Mark Horton (archaeologist)
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Dr Mark Horton is a British maritime and historical Archaeologist, television presenter and writer.
He was born 15 February 1956 and is the youngest of four children, the eldest being the industrialist Sir Robert Horton.
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[edit] Academic career
Mark attended Cambridge University graduating with a doctorate in medieval archaeology. He is currently Reader in Archaeology at the University of Bristol, and recently stood down as head of department.[1] Mark has conducted archaeological excavations in Zanzibar, Egypt, the Caribbean, as well as numerous sites in Britain, and has published widely on east African archaeology and medieval Britain. Mark is also an authority on Isambard Kingdom Brunel and is currently overseeing the digitisation of the engineer's sketch books and letters at Bristol University library.
[edit] TV career
Mark Horton first appeared on the Channel 4 television program Time Team in 1996, remaining on this program until 2001. Since then, he has worked on the BBC Two production, Time Flyers. Most recently, he has acted as the resident maritime archaeologist on the program Coast, exploring the coastline of Britain.
[edit] Books
- 1996. Shanga: The Archaeology of a Muslim Trading Community on the Coast of East Africa. British Institute in Eastern Africa, Monograph Series 14. (with Helen W. Brown and Nina Mudida).
- 2001. The Swahili. Oxford: Blackwell (with John Middleton).
