Mike Seager Thomas

Mike Seager Thomas is a British archaeologist specialising in the study of stone in prehistoric archaeology, Rapa Nui, conflict heritage and landscape archaeology.[1][2] Till 2025 he was an honorary Research Fellow of the UCL Institute of Archaeology.[3]

Career

Mike Seager Thomas studied archaeology at the UCL Institute of Archaeology.[3] He has been a full time professional archaeologist since 1996, working in the commercial sector as an excavator/excavation supervisor and as a freelance prehistoric pottery and stone specialist.[4] Mike Seager Thomas is also a long-term participant in UCL Institute of Archaeology research projects, including the well-known Leskernick Project,[5] the Tavoliere-Gargano Prehistory Project,[6] and—most recently—the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Landscapes of Construction Project,[3][7][8] and he has reported on prehistoric pottery from several IoA Institute of Archaeology training excavations.[9][10] Out of his involvement in the Leskernick Project, he became the principal subject of project sociologist Mike Willmore's very funny "The Book and the Trowel,"[11] published in the Leskernick project book Stone Worlds,[12] and the perceived victim of a "top-down interpersonal project hierarchy," which challenged the egalitarian pretensions of what is otherwise considered a theoretically seminal archaeological project.[13][14][15] He has ongoing academic interests in stone in prehistoric archaeology, conflict heritage and landscape archaeology, Rapa Nui, and the use of period photographs in archaeological and historical research.[2] Books by Mike Seager Thomas include Excavating Stone Worlds (2007), co-written with Sue Hamilton and Phillip Thomas,[16] the Afrikamütze Database, Volumes 1–3 (2019),[17][18][19] Neolithic Spaces, Volume 2: The Bradford Archive and The WW2 Foggia Airfield Complex in the Bradford Archive of Aerial Photographs (both 2020),[6][20] and Wally's War: The WW2 North African Campaign Diaries of Walter von Schramm of the NZ Graves Registration & Enquiries Unit (2024).[21]

References

  1. ^ "Mike Seager Thomas". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b ORCID. "Mike Seager Thomas (0000-0002-4767-346X)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  3. ^ a b c UCL (2019-01-22). "Michael Seager Thomas - Honorary Research Associate". Institute of Archaeology. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  4. ^ "Artefact Services: archaeological stone and British prehistoric pottery analysis". Artefact Services: archaeological stone and British prehistoric pottery analysis. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  5. ^ "Leskernick Homepage". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  6. ^ a b "Research". Mysite. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  7. ^ Hamilton, Sue (2013). "Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s Stone Worlds" (PDF). Archaeology International. 16: 108. doi:10.5334/ai.1613.
  8. ^ UCL (2019-01-22). "Rapa Nui Landscapes of Construction". Institute of Archaeology. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  9. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2023). "Prehistoric pottery from UCL Institute of Archaeology excavations at Downley Park, West Sussex. A Middle Iron Age settlement assemblage in context". Artefact Services Technical Reports. 30: 1–44 – via ResearchGate.
  10. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2016). "Bronze and Iron Age Pottery from Bow Hill and Goosehill Camp, Sussex; excavations by UCL Institute of Archaeology". Artefact Services Technical Reports. 25: 1–17 – via ResearchGate.
  11. ^ Willmore, Mike (2007). The Book and the Trowel. In Stone Worlds: Narrative and Reflexivity in Landscape Archaeology. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. pp. 244–76.
  12. ^ Bender, Barbara; Hamilton, Sue; Tilley, Christopher (2007). Stone Worlds. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. pp. 244–76.
  13. ^ Krsmanovic, Damjan; Anderson, William (January 2008). "Critiquing the archaeological diary". P.i.t.: Archeologische ervaringen 6, 29-40.
  14. ^ "How Can Phenomenological Methodologies help us understand past Landscapes? | The Post Hole". www.theposthole.org. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  15. ^ "Review of Stone Worlds: narrative and reflexivity in landscape archaeology | Studio Michael Shanks ~ Stanford". 13 December 2008. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  16. ^ Excavating Stone Worlds. London: UCL Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1844721375.
  17. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2019). The Afrikamütze Database. A guide to the identification, context and interpretation of the German army tropical field cap, 1940–43. Part 1: The Authentic Cap. Artefact Services Research Papers 8/1 (1st ed.). Lewes: Artefact Services.
  18. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2019). The Afrikamütze Database; A Guide to the Identification, Context and Interpretation of the German Army Tropical Peaked Cap, 1940–43, Part 2: The Fake. Artefact Services Research Papers 8/2 (1st ed.). Lewes: Artefact Services.
  19. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2019). The Afrikamütze Database. A guide to the identification, context and interpretation of the German army tropical peaked cap, 1940–43. Part 3: References & Appendices. Artefact Services Research Papers 8/3 (1st ed.). Lewes: Artefact Services.
  20. ^ OpenLibrary.org. "The WW2 Foggia Airfield Complex in the Bradford Archive of Aerial Photographs by Mike SEAGER THOMAS | Open Library". Open Library. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  21. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike; von Schramm, Walter (2024). Wally's War: The WW2 North African Campaign Diaries of Walter von Schramm of the NZ Graves Registration & Enquiries Unit (1st ed.). Lewes: Artefact Services. ISBN 978-1-0685961-1-7.
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