Ian Ralston OBE, MA, PhD, FRSE, FSA, FSA Scot, MIFA
Professor of Later European Prehistory
Roles:
- Director of Studies
- Head of Archaeology Subject Area
- Director of Research
Room 2.18, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place
Telephone: 0131 650 2370Biography
Ian Ralston studied under Professor Stuart Piggott at Edinburgh University, and was appointed to a Research Fellowship and then a Lectureship at Aberdeen University (1974-1985) Thereafter he joined this University’s Department of Archaeology. Between 1990 and 2000 he was Director of the Centre for Field Archaeology, the University’s applied archaeological unit, which is now in the private sector.
In 1998, he was promoted to a personal Chair in Later European Prehistory. His interests include the European Iron Age, Scottish archaeology of all periods, and the development of applied archaeology. His main recent field project is in central France, where he is involved in large-scale excavations around the city of Bourges, in collaboration with French colleagues from UMR 8546-6 of CNRS (based at the Ecole normale supérieure, Paris) and the local archaeological service. Outwith the University, he has held a number of senior administrative roles, and is presently Chair of the Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel.
External appointments
- Chair, Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel (to December 2011)
- Member, Steering Committee, Scottish Archaeological Research Framework since 2008
- Associate, CNRS-UMR 8546, Ecole normale supérieure, Paris
Useful Links
Full website: www.ianralston.co.uk