THE TEAM
Alex ElliottAlex Elliott completed his PhD in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews. He also holds an MA in Classics and Archaeology from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Alex has archaeological experience from digs in both Portugal and Australia and previously acted as the Collections Coordinator for the Hellenic Museum in Melbourne, Australia. His research interests focus on the Roman military, particularly on its often-overlooked naval elements. Since 2017, Alex has also acted as an excavation supervisor for the Santa Susana Archaeological Project, a Roman villa site also located in the Alentejo.
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Jemima CoweyJemima Cowey is an Assistant Lecturer for the Masters in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum objects at Durham University in the UK. Jemima has been involved with archaeological projects in Australia, Greece, Portugal, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Croatia, Spain, and Cyprus. As an archaeological conservator, she has worked with a wide range of materials, including Neolithic pottery, huge iron swords, gorgeous Classical Greek ceramics and even a crocodile skin! Jemima is looking forward to working with students in the field laboratory to clean and conserve our finds.
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Hugo Miranda de MoraisHugo Miranda de Morais is a MA in Prehistory and Archaeology from the University of Lisbon and has been working as a independent archaeologist since 2017, alternating between rescue archaeology in construction sites, heritage consulting projects as well as collaborating with research projects. As a result, he has dug extensively all round center/south of Portugal and worked in all the chronological periods.
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