Catherine Mary Hills
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| Employer | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Early Medieval Archaeology |
Catherine Mary Hills is a British archaeologist and academic, who is a leading expert in Anglo-Saxon material culture. She is a senior research fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.[1]
In the 1960s, Hill excavated with Philip RahtzatBeckery chapel, Glastonbury.[2]
She was appointed as a lecturer in Cambridge in 1977 in the Department of Archaeology.[3] Previous to that she was a Field Officer for Norfolk Archaeological Unit.[4] Hills was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1978.[5] She was a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge.[6]
Hills was closely associated with the excavation of the early Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery at Spong Hill, North Elmham, Norfolk, where she directed excavations from 1974 until the completion of excavations in 1981.[4][7] Hills' post-excavation analyses of this major site led to substantial contributions in the fields of early Anglo-Saxon archaeology, particularly regarding burial and migration,[8] and more recently the chronology of the 5th century.[7]
She presented the Channel 4 series The Blood of the British.[9] She was Vice-President of the Society for Medieval Archaeology from 2017-2022.[10]
