Project Group

Prof. Eric Cross

  • Project Director
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 222 6536
  • Dean of Cultural Affairs, HASS Faculty, Newcastle University

Dr. Sarah Glynn

  • Project Manager
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 222 6878
  • Museum Manager, Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne

Andrew Parkin

  • Specialist Collections Advisor
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 2228867
  • Keeper of Archaeology, Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne

Jo Anderson

Dr. Andrea Dolfini

  • Specialist Advisor
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 222 3402
  • Lecturer in Archaeology, School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University

Dr. Chris Fowler

  • Specialist Advisor
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 222 5759
  • Lecturer in Later Prehistoric Archaeology, School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University

Dr. Stephen McGough

  • Research Manager
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 277 2324
  • Research Manager of the Digital Institute, Newcastle University

Mark Turner

Lindsay Allason-Jones

Mel Whewell

  • Specialist collections and documentation advisor
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 277 2324
  • Head of Collections, Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums

Prof. Paul Watson

  • Steering group member
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 222 7653
  • Professor of Computing Science and Head of the Digital Institute, Newcastle University

Prof. Peter Davis

  • Steering group member
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 232 6386
  • Professor of Museology and Council member of the Natural History Society of Northumbria

Dr. Les Jessop

  • Informal Advisory Member (World Cultures)
  • Department of Anthropology, Durham University

Prof. Ian Haynes

  • Informal Advisory Member (Archaeology)
  • Head of Archaeology, Newcastle University

Margaret Maitland

  • Informal Advisory Member (Egyptology)
  • Future Curator, British Museum & Great North Museum: Hancock