Simon Fitch, archaeologist and lead on remote sensing and landscape reconstruction within Lost Frontiers, has been awarded the coveted status of UKRI Future Leader Fellow and just over £1 million to carry out research on inundated Late Palaeolithic landscapes around the UK and the Mediterranean at the University of Bradford.

This is fantastic news for palaeolandscape research across Europe and demonstrates the importance of such research at the highest level.

Simon said: “Our knowledge of the submerged coastal zones of the Late Palaeolithic is essentially non-existent and we have little to no knowledge on the settlement of these areas. This project will represent the first serious attempt to record these landscapes and understand the communities who lived on the edge of the continents.”

UKRI Chief Executive, Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, said: “The Future Leaders Fellowships provide researchers and innovators with the freedom and generous long-term support to progress adventurous new ideas, and to move across disciplinary boundaries and between academia and industry.

“The fellows announced today provide shining examples of the talented researchers and innovators across every discipline attracted to pursue their ideas in universities and businesses throughout the UK, with the potential to deliver transformative research that can be felt across society and the economy.”

More at https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2022/university-of-bradford-academics-awarded-almost-2m-by-ukri-to-conduct-pioneering-research.php
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https://lostfrontiers.teamapp.com/clubs/165984/player_profiles/176447?detail=v1&teamid=397065