Andrew Shapland

Curator

Greek Bronze Age (Minoan and Mycenaean)

Department: Greece and Rome

Telephone: +44(0)20 7323 8411
Email: AShapland @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Andrew Shapland is responsible for the Greek Bronze Age collection. His research interests centre on the role of material culture in human-animal relations. After studying the archaeology of modern zoo enclosures he commenced a PhD about human-animal relations in Bronze Age Crete.

He is currently involved in the Knossos Urban Landscape Project, having previously worked on excavation projects and contract archaeology in the UK and abroad. He studied at Cambridge University and the UCL Institute of Archaeology before joining the department in 2009.

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Publications

A. Shapland and D. Van Reybrouck, Reconciling natural and historical heritage values: the Penguin Pool at London Zoo, International Journal of Heritage Studies 14:1 (2008), 10-29

A. Shapland, The changing nature of the Monkey Temple at Bristol Zoo, Anthrozöos 17:3 (2004), 194-209