Hannah Russ

Hannah Russ FSA is a British zooarchaeologist with a specialism in fish remains.[1]

Hannah Russ

FSA
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchaeologist
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Bradford
Thesis (2011)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Sheffield
Oxford Brookes University
Northern Archaeological Associates
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Main interestsZooarchaeology, Post-excavation, Field archaeology

Career

Russ gained her PhD in 2011 from the University of Bradford with a thesis titled 'A taphonomic approach to reconstructing Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer fishing strategies. A load of old trout!'[2]

She has worked at the University of Sheffield, Oxford Brookes University and Northern Archaeological Associates and has undertaken an honorary research role at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, working on the 'Wales Qatar Archaeological Project' and the Newport medieval ship.[1][3]

On 21st February 2019 she was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[4]

Select publications
  • Russ, H. 2017. "To fish, or not to fish? Using observations of recent hunter-gatherer fishing in the interpretation of Late Pleistocene fish bone assemblages". In Broderick, L. (ed.) People with Animals: Perspectives and Studies in Ethnozooarchaeology. Oxford: Oxbow.
  • Melton, N. D. and Russ, H. 2013. "Archaeological evaluation undertaken in 2007 on the site of the 1834 Gristhorpe discovery". In Melton, N. D., J. Montgomery & K. Knüsel (eds) Gristhorpe Man: a life and death in the Bronze Age. Oxford: Oxbow
  • Russ, H. & Petersen, A. 2013. "Fish and fishing during the Late Islamic period at Rubayqa, northern Qatar; preliminary results". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 43.
  • Russ, H., Armit, I., McKenzie, J. & Jones, A.K.G. 2012. "Deep-sea fishing in Iron Age Scotland? New evidence from Broxmouth hillfort, East Lothian". Environmental Archaeology 17(2): 177 184.
  • Russ, H. 2010. "The Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo): a fish bone accumulator on Pleistocene cave sites?", Journal of Taphonomy 8(4): 281 290.
  • Russ, H., Donahue, R. E. and Jones, A.K.G. 2008. "Trout Processing in the Upper Palaeolithic?" In N. Sykes and C. Newton (eds) Food and Drink in Archaeology I. Totnes: Prospect Books: 167-169.
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References
  1. "Dr Hannah Russ". University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. Russ, H. A taphonomic approach to reconstructing Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer fishing strategies. A load of old trout! (Thesis). University of Bradford. hdl:10454/5528.
  3. "Who We Are: Dr. Hannah Russ". Cleveland Archaeology. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. "21 FEBRUARY 2019 BALLOT RESULTS". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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