Paul Blinkhorn - Anglo-Saxon & Medieval Pottery Specialist
Based in Northampton, with nearly 30 years experience of the analysis of Anglo-Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery.
My area of expertise for Anglo-Saxon and later pottery includes Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Humberside, Ireland, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, South Wales, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, and Wiltshire. I have also published a number of reports on Iron Age pottery from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, and Warwickshire. I can produce reports to a high standard on ceramic assemblages of any size from any of these areas, and at a very competitive cost - no job too small or large! I have clients at all levels from private individuals and local societies through to major commercial units and national-level research projects. Please contact me for further details.
I am the visiting lecturer in medieval pottery at the University of Cambridge, teach the Anglo-Saxon archaeology and pottery modules for the certificate course at the University of Leicester, and have taken part in research projects in conjunction with English Heritage and the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, and Leicester. A selection of academic papers, pottery reports and lecture scripts are available on line at
http://independent.academia.edu/PaulBlinkhorn
I also regularly give talks to local societies, archaeology clubs etc in the Northamptonshire region, and work with community archaeology projects though the University of Cambridge's Higher Education Field Academy Project. I can also run workshops/day schools on Anglo-Saxon and/or medieval and post-medieval pottery or Anglo-Saxon Archaeology, and have worked with local societies and larger field schools, universities etc.
Media experience iincludes presenting the TV series 'Past Finders' for Meridian Television, Anglo-Saxon and later pottery expert for C4's 'Time Team' for 11 years, and as part of the on-screen archaeological support team in the BBC series 'The Story of England' broadcast in 2010. Fulfilled the same role in the follow-up series "The Story of the Nation' to be broadcast by the BBC in spring 2012.
In 2011, co-presenter/lead archaeologist with Rory McGrath in Oxford Scientific Film's series 'Pub Dig', broadcast on History Channel in Nov/Dec 2011, and due for broadcast on Channel 5 in April 2012