UCD School of Archaeology

Scoil na Seandálaíochta UCD

Dr Helen Lewis PhD MSc BA

Professional Associations:

Association: European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Function/Role: Member of the executive committee; Conference coordinator for EurASEAA14

Association: McBurney Geoarchaeology Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Function/Role: Affiliated Scholar

Association: Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Function/Role: Affiliated scholar

Association: World Archaeological Congress, Function/Role: Member

Association: Wilhelm H. Solheim II Foundation for Philippine Archaeology http://www.solheim-foundation.com/philippine_archaeology.html, Function/Role: Incorporator (founding member)

Association: European Archaeological Association, Function/Role: Member

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Conference Contributions:

Lewis, H. (2011) Shinano Valley Landscape Project: Geoarchaeology. [Invited Lecture], Workshops on Japanese Archaeology: 'The Archaeology of River Valleys', DRAC Strasbourg , 03-DEC-11 - 04-DEC-11.

Lewis, H., Gallagher, C., Davis, S., Turner, J., Foster, G., Scaife, R., Langdon, C., Holmes, N., Allen, M.J., Barton, K., Lennon, D. and Brown, A. (2011) The Boyne Valley Landscape Project: summary of environmental and geomorphological research. [Invited Lecture], Workshops on Japanese Archaeology: 'The Archaeology of River Valleys', DRAC Strasbourg , 03-DEC-11 - 04-DEC-11.

Helen Lewis (2012) EurASEAA14. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists 14th International Conference, Dublin Castle and Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland , 18-SEP-12 - 30-OCT-12.

Lewis, H. (2011) Day-conference discussing the results of INSTAR Boyne Valley Landscape Project and other recent work in the archaeology of the Boyne. [Chaired Session], Recent Research in the Boyne Valley, Drogheda, Meath, Ireland , 26-FEB-11 - 26-FEB-11.

Turner, J., Macklin, M., Jones, A. and Lewis, H. (2010) Developing an Irish fluvial 14C database: progress and prospects. [Oral Presentation], UCD Chronology Day, University College Dublin , 06-AUG-10 - 06-AUG-10.

Lewis, H., Gallagher, C., Davis, S., Turner, J., Foster, G., Courtney, L., Goucher, K., Scaife, R., Langdon, C., Holmens, N., Mulrooney, G., Allen, M.J., Brady, C., Guinan, L., Brown, A., Cummins, T., Meehan, R., Barton, K., Lennon, D. and Beta Analytic Inc. (2009) 'Boyne River Valley Landscape Project Phase II'. [Invited Lecture], Culture, Environment and Change. Archaeological Research Seminar 2009, University College Dublin , 10-DEC-09 - 10-DEC-09.

Rice, K., Hernandez, V., Lewis, H., Paz, V. and Ronquillo, W. (2009) Searching for the Neolithic of Ille Cave, Palawan, the Philippines. [Oral Presentation], Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Congress 2009, Hanoi , 01-DEC-09 - 01-DEC-09.
Lewis, H. (2009) Soil micromorphology and Southeast Asian caves. [Oral Presentation], Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Congress 2009, Hanoi , 04-DEC-09 - 04-DEC-09.
Mijares, A. and Lewis, H. (2009) Understanding cave site formation: soil micromorphology of Callao Cave. [Oral Presentation], Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Congress 2009, Hanoi , 04-DEC-09 - 04-DEC-09.
Lara, M., Paz, V., Lewis, H., Kress, J. and Medrana, J. (2009) The context of modified human remains in early Holocene Palawan. [Oral Presentation], Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Congress 2009, Hanoi , 03-DEC-09 - 03-DEC-09.
Lewis, H. (2009) Assessing archaeological potential of cave sites from Lao PDR: some comments on survey criteria. [Oral Presentation], Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Congress 2009, Hanoi , 03-DEC-09 - 03-DEC-09.
Lewis, H. (2008) Regional modelling of Pleistocene-Holocene palaeoenvironmental change and cultural adaptation in archaeologically important landscapes on Palawan Island, Philippines. [Oral Presentation], Discovering our Past Archaeological Research Seminar, University College Dublin School of Archaeology , 11-DEC-08 - 11-DEC-08.
Lewis, H. (2007) Soil micromorphological applications to sites and landscapes. [Oral Presentation], Association for Environmental Archaeology, University College Cork , 01-OCT-07 - 01-OCT-07.
Lewis, H. (2007) Chair 'Landscapes' session, UK Archaeological Science. [Chaired Session], UK Archaeological Science, Cambridge , 01-SEP-07 - 30-SEP-07.
Lewis, H., Goodman-Elgar, M., Merlos, S. (2007) Developing International Geoarchaeology Theme at WAC-6. [Conference Organising Committee Member], World Archaeological Congress, Dublin , 01-OCT-07 - 01-SEP-08.
Lewis, H. (2007) Programme Committee, World Archaeological Congress (WAC-6). [Conference Organising Committee Member], World Archaeological Congress, UCD , 01-OCT-07 - 01-SEP-08.
Lewis, H. & Goodman, M. (2002) Organiser, Cultivating Archaeology: Innovations in Agriculture conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Cultivating Archaeology: Innovations in Agriculture, Cambridge , 23-NOV-02 - 24-NOV-02.
Lewis, H. (2002) Chair 'Visualising the past: archaeology and the inspiration of the visual' session, TAG. [Chaired Session], Theoretical Archaeology Group, Manchester , 21-DEC-02 - 21-DEC-02.
Lewis, H. & Milek, K. (2000) Organiser: Integrating Soil Studies into Archaeological Practice and Theory: Minding the Gap conference 2000. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Integrating Soil Studies into Archaeological Practice and Theory: Minding the Gap, Cambridge , 06-MAY-00 - 06-MAY-00.
H. Lewis, G. Wallace & K. Milek (2000) Organiser: Soil Micromorphology in Archaeology Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Soil Micromorphology in Archaeology Workshop, Cambridge , 07-MAY-00 - 08-MAY-00.
Lewis, H. & Kitchen, W. (1999) Organiser of 1999 TAG session: 'Landscapes in transition: the concept of the Middle Bronze Age in British Prehistory (or slaughtering the sacred cow?)'. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Theoretical Archaeology Group, Cardiff , 09-DEC-99 - 11-DEC-99.
Lewis, H. (1998) Organiser of 1998 TAG session: 'Land use and landscape'. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Theoretical Archaeology Group, Birmingham , 10-DEC-98 - 12-DEC-98.
Lewis, H., Paz, V., Lara, M., Barton, H., Piper, P., Ochoa, J., Vitales, T.J., Carlos, J., Higham, T., Neri, L., Hernandez, V., Stevenson, J., Robles, E., Ragragio, A., Padilla, R. Solheim II, W. and Ronquillo, W. (2008) Terminal Pleistocene to mid Holocene occupation and cremation burial at Ille Cave, Palawan, Philippines. [Oral Presentation], World Archaeological Congress, University College Dublin , 30-JUN-08 - 30-JUN-08.
Lewis, Helen (2008) Micromorphology now - and in the future. Cases from recent research. [Invited Lecture], New Perspectives in Scientific Archaeology, Stavanger , 23-SEP-08 - 24-SEP-08.
Lewis, H. & the Ille Cave Project (2008) Ille Cave Project: final field season and some post-excavation results. [Invited Lecture], Second Southeast Asian Workshop, University College London , 22-MAY-08 - 22-MAY-08.
Wurster, C.M., Bird, M.I., Bull, I., Dungait, D., Bryant, C.L., Erunç, T., Hunt, C., Lewis, H.A. & Paz, V. (2008) Late Glacial tropical savannas in Sundaland inferred from stable carbon isotope records of cave guano. Conference paper given at the PP06: Tracking the Last Glacial cycle¿s Indo-pacific abrupt climate variability session. [Oral Presentation], American Geophysical Union, San Francisco , 15-DEC-08 - 19-DEC-08.
Beresford-Jones, D. and Lewis, H. (2007) DIG 2007 - Geomorphological survey and data in the context of reconstructing ecological and land-use changes in the Lower Inca Valley, Peru, from the Early Nasca Period to the Middle Horizon. [Oral Presentation], Developing International Geoarchaeology, Cambridge , 01-MAR-07 - 30-MAR-07.
Lewis, H. & Boreham, J. (2007) UKAS 2007 - Fine layers from a prehistoric cemetery sequence in thin section at Niah Cave 2002, Malaysian Borneo. [Poster Presentation], UK Archaeological Science, Cambridge , 31-AUG-07 - 03-SEP-07.
White, J., Bousisengpaseuth, B., Lewis, H., Marwick, B. & Given, O. (2007) Middle Mekong Archaeological Project: Preliminary results and recent work. [Invited Oral Presentation], Human Origins Patrimony Studies in South East Asia (HOPSEA) network conference, Muséum national d¿histoire naturelle, Paris , 10-DEC-07 - 12-DEC-07.
Lewis, H. (2006) IQUA 2006 - Prehistoric cave occupation deposits in Island Southeast Asia. [Poster Presentation], Irish Quaternary Association, Dublin , 24-NOV-06 - 24-NOV-06.
Lewis, H. (2006) IAI 2006 - Soil micromorphological applications to sites and landscapes. [Poster Presentation], Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, Dublin , 19-OCT-06 - 19-OCT-06.
Lewis, H. (2006) EAA 2006 - Characterising archaeological occupation surfaces, boundaries and enclosed spaces through soil micromorphology. [Oral Presentation], European Association of Archaeologists, Kracow , 08-OCT-06 - 10-OCT-06.
Lewis, H. (2006) IPPA 2006 - Soil micromorphology of cultural cave deposits in Palawan and Borneo: results and questions from Tabon Cave and Niah Cave. [Oral Presentation], Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila , 24-MAR-06 - 27-MAR-06.
Brück, J., Fyfe, R., Johnston, R., Lewis, H. and Wickstead, H. (2005) AEA 2005 - A divided land: integrating social and environmental histories on Dartmoor, southwest England. [Oral Presentation], Environmental Archaeology in Landscape Archaeology AEA Spring Conference, UC Winchester , 31-MAR-05 - 31-MAR-05.
Lewis, H. (2005) Soil micromorphology of cultural deposits at Niah caves: interim results. [Oral Presentation], Niah Cave Workshop, McDonald Institute, Cambridge , 22-JUN-05 - 23-JUN-05.
Lewis, H. (2005) EAA 2005 - New Approaches to Bronze Age Landscapes in Northwest Europe: relating land use to field systems. [Oral Presentation], European Association of Archaeologists, Cork , 08-SEP-05 - 11-SEP-05.
Lewis, H. (2004) Caves in tropical Island Southeast Asian Landscapes. [Oral Presentation], European Association for Southeast Asian Studies, British Museum, London , 14-SEP-04 - 15-SEP-04.
Lewis, H. (2004) The ancient terraces of Hiregudda, Bellary District: exploring agriculture and settlement in the Southern Neolithic. [Oral Presentation], Fire, Cattle and Domestication in Prehistoric India: Recent Research on the South Indian Neolithic, McDonald Institute, Cambridge , 21-NOV-04 - 21-NOV-04.
Lewis, H. (2004) Cultural cave deposits in Island Southeast Asia. [Oral Presentation], International Workshop on Soil Micromorphology and Archaeology, University of Stirling , 05-JUN-04 - 06-JUN-04.
Lewis, H. (2003) EAA 2003 - Exploring the landscape of ancient land use from the evidence of burial mounds: a journey beyond the grave. [Oral Presentation], European Association of Archaeologists, St. Petersburg , 10-SEP-03 - 14-SEP-03.
Lewis, H. (2003) Prehistoric cave occupation deposits in tropical island Southeast Asia. [Poster Presentation], Archaeological Soil Micromorphology Workshop, Boston University , 10-OCT-03 - 13-OCT-03.
Lewis, H. (2003) Geoarchaeological approaches to prehistoric landscapes in Bellary District, South India. [Oral Presentation], Recent Research in the South Indian Neolithic, McDonald Institute, Cambridge , 11-OCT-03 - 11-OCT-03.
French, C. & Lewis, H. (2002) SAA 2002 - Prehistoric investigations on Cranborne Chase, Dorset. [Oral Presentation], Society for American Archaeology, Denver , 01-OCT-02 - 30-OCT-02.
Lewis, H. (2002) Assessing archaeological models of Wessex prehistory from the perspective of agricultural land use. [Oral Presentation], Cultivating Archaeology: Innovations in Agriculture, McDonald Institute, Cambridge , 01-JAN-02 - 01-JAN-02.
Lewis, H. (2002) TAG 2002 - 'The pleasant land of counterpane': linking site-specific archaeological land use to landscape scale systems. [Oral Presentation], Theoretical Archaeology Group, Manchester , 09-DEC-02 - 09-DEC-02.
Lewis, H. (2001) TAG 2001 - Life is just one damned thing after another: considering small-scale decisions in monumental landscape histories. [Oral Presentation], Theoretical Archaeology Group, Dublin , 13-DEC-01 - 13-DEC-01.
Lewis, H. & French, C.A.I. (2000) Barrows, land use and landscape in prehistoric Wessex: investigations at Wyke Down, Dorset, England. [Oral Presentation], European Association of Archaeologists, Lisbon , 08-OCT-00 - 08-OCT-00.
Lewis, H. (2000) TAG 2000 - Natural processes in cultural contexts; cultural activities in nature: how the fact that the nature:culture dichotomy doesn't work in geoarchaeology can help address the problems of dualist paradigms in archaeology. [Oral Presentation], Theoretical Archaeology Group, Oxford , 10-DEC-00 - 10-DEC-00.
Lewis, H. (2000) Characterising ancient tillage features. [Oral Presentation], Soil Micromorphology in Archaeology Workshop, Cambridge , 07-MAY-00 - 08-MAY-00.
Lewis, H. (2000) The importance of soils evidence in landscape archaeology ' perceptions and preconceptions. [Oral Presentation], Integrating Soil Studies into Archaeological Theory and Practice: Minding the Gap, McDonald Institute, Cambridge , 06-MAY-00 - 06-MAY-00.
Lewis, H. & French, C. A. I. (2000) Palaeoenvironmental and Archaeological Investigations on Wyke Down and in the Upper Allen Valley, Dorset, England. [Poster Presentation], Soil Micromorphology Working Group, Cambridge , 05-MAY-00 - 05-MAY-00.
Lewis, H. (1999) Investigating pre-barrow land surfaces at Wyke Down, Dorset. [Oral Presentation], Lived in Environments, Prehistoric Society, UC London , 13-MAR-99 - 13-MAR-99.
Lewis, H. (1999) If Lepinski Vir isn't sedentary ' what is? The interpretation of later Bronze Age sedentism in Wessex in light of recent perspectives on the European Neolithic. [Oral Presentation], Theoretical Archaeology Group, Cardiff , 20-DEC-99 - 20-DEC-99.
Lewis, H. (1998) TAG 1998 - Connotations of arable land use in landscape archaeology. [Oral Presentation], Theoretical Archaeology Group, Birmingham , 15-DEC-98 - 15-DEC-98.
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Committee Work:

Committee : Editorial Board of Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland

Committee : Programme and Executive Committees EURASEAA 14 (2012)

Committee : Programme committee World Archaeological Congress

Employment:

Employer: University College Dublin
Position: Lecturer, School of Archaeology

Employer: University of Oxford
Position: Archaeology & Anthropology Tutor & Fellow, Harris Manchester College

Employer: University of Oxford
Position: Fellow in Applied Landscape Archaeology, OUDCE & Kellogg College

Employer: Birkbeck College, University of London
Position: Sessional tutor

Employer: University of Cambridge
Position: Post-doctoral researcher (Wyke Down Project)

Employer: Cambridgeshire County Council
Position: Assistant archaeologist

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Education:

Year 1989 Institution: University of Toronto, ON
Qualification: BA Subject:

Year 1991 Institution: University of Sheffield
Qualification: MSc Subject:

Year 1999 Institution: University of Cambridge
Qualification: PhD Subject:

Year 2006 Institution: University of Oxford
Qualification: Diploma of Education Subject: Post-graduate diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Other:

Theme organiser: Developing International Geoarchaeology at WAC6 2008. http://www.developinginternationalgeoarchaeology.org/6.html

Workshop organiser: Soil Micromorphology in Archaeology Working Group Meeting June 2008. http://www.developinginternationalgeoarchaeology.org/6.html

Association: Soil Micromorphology in Archaeology International Working Group, Function/Role: Member
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Employer: University College London Position: Temporary lecturer
Employer: Cambridge Archaeological Unit Position: Field excavator (part-time)
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