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Christopher Gaffney

Head of Archaeological & Forensic Sci

Faculty/Dept/School School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences
(Faculty of Life Sciences)
Emailc.gaffney@bradford.ac.uk
Telephone +441274 233542

Biography

Chris Gaffney is a British archaeological geophysicist and currently Head of the School of Archaeological and Forensics Sciences at the University of Bradford. 

Chris Gaffney's research interests are based on understanding how geophysical data can aide archaeology in the understanding of the life and culture of ancient peoples. In pursuing these research goals he has pursued research in challenging environments where technical excellence and novel methodological approaches can lead to enhanced interpretation of the past. In doing so, Gaffney has undertaken research and managed surveys within Britain and across the world . These have included research projects across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Significant research projects include work his work as part of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, research on World Heritage Sites at Diocletian’s Palace, Split, in Croatia and at Fountains Abbey, UK, the Greek colony at Megara Hyblaea (Sicily) and ancient Cyrene in Libya. More recently he has participated in major projects directed at broader cultural issues including the Curious Travellers project,[2] utilising web-scraping technologies to reconstruct heritage under threat, but also projects which have sought to understand the relationship between above ground and below ground remains.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal
TitleDurrington walls and the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project 2010–2016 (2018)
AuthorsGaffney V.;Neubauer W.;Garwood P.;Gaffney C.;Löcker K.;Bates R.;De Smedt P.;Baldwin E.;Chapman H.;Hinterleitner A.;Wallner M.;Nau E.;Filzwieser R.;Kainz J.;Trausmuth T.;Schneidhofer P.;Zotti G.;Lugmayer A.;Trinks I.;Corkum A.
JournalArchaeological Prospection
DOI10.1002/arp.1707
 
TitleTOWARDS A MULTI-SCALAR, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE CLASSICAL Greek CITY: THE OLYNTHOS PROJECT (2017)
AuthorsNevett L.;Tsigarida E.;Archibald Z.;Stone D.;Horsley T.;Ault B.;Panti A.;Lynch K.;Pethen H.;Stallibrass S.;Salminen E.;Gaffney C.;Sparrow T.;Taylor S.;Manousakis J.;Zekkos D.
JournalAnnual of the British School at Athens
DOI10.1017/S0068245417000090
 
TitleYou know its summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer: Analysing repetitive time-lapse earth resistance data to determine ‘optimal’ survey climate conditions (2015)
AuthorsBonsall, James P.T.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Armit, Ian
 
TitleStill searching for graves: an analytical strategy for interpreting geophysical data used in the search for "unmarked" graves (2015)
AuthorsGaffney, Christopher F.; Harris, Chrys; Pope-Carter, F.; Bonsall, James P.T.; Fry, Robert J.; Parkyn, Andrew K.
 
TitleUnveiling the prehistoric landscape at Stonehenge through multi-receiver EMI (2014)
AuthorsDe Smedt, P; Van Meirvenne, M.; Saey, T.; Baldwin, E.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Gaffney, Vincent L.
 
TitleAssessment of the CMD Mini-Explorer, a New Low-frequency Multi-coil Electromagnetic Device, for Archaeological Investigations (2013)
AuthorsBonsall, James P.T.; Fry, Robert J.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Armit, Ian; Beck, A.; Gaffney, Vincent L.
 
TitleTime and a Place: A luni-solar 'time-reckoner' from 8th millennium BC Scotland (2013)
AuthorsGaffney, Vincent L.; Fitch, Simon; Ramsey, E.; Yorston, R.; Ch'ng, E.; Baldwin, E.; Bates, R.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Ruggles, C.; Sparrow, Thomas; McMillan, A.; Cowley, D.; Fraser, S.; Murray, C.; Murray, H.; Hopla, E.; Howard, A.
DOIGaffney V, Fitch S, Ramsey E, et al (2013) Time and a Place: A luni-solar 'time-reckoner' from 8th millennium BC Scotland. Internet Archaeology 34. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.34.1
 
TitleSpace and movement in an Iron Age oppidum: Integrating geophysical and topographic survey at Entremont, Provence (2012)
AuthorsArmit I.;Gaffney C.;Hayes A.
JournalAntiquity
DOI10.1017/S0003598X00062542
 
TitleSpace and movement in an Iron Age oppidum: integrating geophysical and topographic survey at Entremont, Provence (2012)
AuthorsArmit, Ian; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Hayes, A.
 
TitleThe Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (2012)
AuthorsGaffney C.;Gaffney V.;Neubauer W.;Baldwin E.;Chapman H.;Garwood P.;Moulden H.;Sparrow T.;Bates R.;Löcker K.;Hinterleitner A.;Trinks I.;Nau E.;Zitz T.;Floery S.;Verhoeven G.;Doneus M.
JournalArchaeological Prospection
DOI10.1002/arp.1422
 
TitleCommunity Archaeology and the Archaeological Geophysicist. (2009)
AuthorsGaffney, Christopher F.
 
TitleArchaeological Prospection - the first fifteen years. Evolution of a specialist journal devoted to shallow prospecting. (2008)
AuthorsAspinall, A.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Conyers, L.
 
TitleInitial Results using GPS Navigation with the Foerster Magnetometer System at the World Heritage Site of Cyrene,Libya. (2008)
AuthorsGaffney, Christopher F.; Gaffney, Vincent L.; Cuttler, R.; Yorston, R.
 
TitleDetecting trends in the prediction of the buried past: A review of geophysical techniques in archaeology (2008)
AuthorsGaffney C.
JournalArchaeometry
DOI10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00388.x
 
TitleD-Day: geophysical investigation of a World War II German site in Normandy, France. (2004)
AuthorsGaffney, Christopher F.; Adcock, J.; Gater, J.A.; Saunders, T.
 
TitleGeophysical surveys at King Lobengula's Palace KoBulawayo, Zimbabwe. (2004)
AuthorsGaffney, Christopher F.; Hughes, G.; Gater, J.A.
 
TitleThe Schlumberger array—potential and pitfalls in archaeological prospection (2001)
AuthorsAspinall A.;Gaffney C.
JournalArchaeological Prospection
DOI10.1002/arp.169
 
TitleThe Schlumberger array - potential and pitfalls in archaeological prospection (2001)
AuthorsGaffney, Christopher F.; Aspinall, A.
 

Other Journal
TitleFrom sites to landscapes: How computing technology is shaping archaeological practice (2011)
AuthorsCh'ng E.;Chapman H.;Gaffney V.;Murgatroyd P.;Gaffney C.;Neubauer W.
JournalComputer
DOI10.1109/MC.2011.162
 

Book
TitleMagnetometry for Archaeologists (2008)
AuthorsAspinall, A.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Schmidt, Armin R.
 
TitleRevealing the Buried Past (2003)
AuthorsGaffney, C and Gater, J
PublisherThe History Press
 

Book Chapter
TitleExploring urbanisation in the southern French Iron Age through integrated geophysical and topographic prospection (2014)
AuthorsArmit, Ian; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Marty, F.; Thomas, N.; Friel, R.; Hayes, A.
 
TitleA decade of ground-truthing: reappraising magnetometer prospection surveys on linear corridors in light of excavation evidence (2014)
AuthorsBonsall, James P.T.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Armit, Ian
 
TitleThe use of geophysical techniques in landscape studies: experience from the commercial sector. (2009)
AuthorsGaffney, Christopher F.
 
TitleGeophysical Survey (2008)
AuthorsGaffney, Christopher F.
 
TitleGeophysical Survey and the Emergence of Underground Archaeological Landscapes: The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. (2007)
AuthorsCard, N.; Gater, J.A.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Wood, E.
 

Published Report
TitlePreparing for the future: A reappraisal of archaeo-geophysical surveying on Irish National Road Schemes 2001-2010 (2014)
AuthorsBonsall, James P.T.; Gaffney, Christopher F.; Armit, Ian
 

Other Publication
Other typeEditorial
TitleArchaeological prospection - The first fifteen years (2008)
AuthorsAspinall A.;Gaffney C.;Conyers L.
JournalArchaeological Prospection
DOI10.1002/arp.342
 

Title Author(s)
Cityscapes without figures: geophysics, computing and the future of urban studies (2016)Gaffney, Christopher F.; Gaffney, Vincent L.; Neubauer, W.; Ch'ng, E.; Goodchild, H.; Murgatroyd, Philip; Sears, G.; Kirigin, B.; Milosovic, A.; White, R.
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2016 (2016)Gaffney V.;Cuttler R.;Bates R.;Gaffney C.;Ch'Ng E.;Wilson A.