Roger Mercer

Roger Mercer is a British archaeologist whose work has concentrated on the Neolithic and Bronze Age of the British Isles.^[1]

Between 1970 and 1973 he led the excavations at Carn Brea in Cornwall and then went on to direct the excavations at Hambledon Hill and Grimes Graves, a Neolithic flint mine. He became a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh before becoming Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS).^[2] He retired in 2004.

He has published widely on prehistoric Britain including:

• Farming Practice in British Prehistory, Edinburgh University Press, 1981
• The Archaeology of Scotland, Roger Mercer (Editor), Edinburgh University Press, 2004
• Hambledon Hill: A Neolithic Landscape, Edinburgh University Press, 1980

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