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Professor Carenza Rachel Lewis (born 30 November 1963) is a British academic archaeologist and television presenter.
's theoretical history programme entitled ''What If'', where she examined the failed revolt of
Access Cambridge ArchaeologyCarenza Lewis's Home Page at the University of Lincoln
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Professor Carenza Rachel Lewis (born 30 November 1963) is a British academic archaeologist and television presenter.
Early life
Lewis received her formal education at the school of theChurch of England
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Community of All Hallows, in Suffolk, and at Girton College
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, University of Cambridge
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.
Field and academic career
In 1985, she joined theRoyal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) was a government advisory body responsible for documenting buildings and monuments of archaeological, architectural and historical importance in England. It was established in 19 ...
as a field archaeologist for the Wessex
la, Regnum Occidentalium Saxonum
, conventional_long_name = Kingdom of the West Saxons
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area. During part of her time with the Commission she was seconded to the History Department of the University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingha ...
to research the relationship between settlement and landscape in the East Midlands. She followed this with a similar project in Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
and the Isle of Wight
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.
Lewis was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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Within the context of higher education ...
in 1998. In 1999, she was elected a visiting fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where she was a Senior Research Associate and Affiliated Lecturer. In 2004, she took on a new post at Cambridge
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to promote undergraduate archaeology, and created ''Access Cambridge Archaeology''. In 2015, Lewis was appointed to the Professorial Chair of 'Public Understanding of Research' at the University of Lincoln
, mottoeng = Freedom through wisdom
, established = 1861 – Hull School of Art1905 – Endsleigh College1976 – Hull College1992 – University of Humberside1996 – University of Lincolnshire and Humberside2001 †...
.
Television career
In the early 1990s she joined the team presenting the ''Time Team
''Time Team'' is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Created by television producer Tim ...
'' series, a new television programme designed to make archaeology accessible for the general public, which was first broadcast on Channel 4 Television
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
in 1994. She appeared on the show from 1993 to 2005, appearing each season from the first through the twelfth. The ratings success of the ''Time Team'' series led to further television presenting commissions for Lewis, including the series ''House Detectives'' (1997–2002).
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...Queen Boudicca
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and the Iceni
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against the Roman Empire in AD 60. She also devised and presented a series called ''Sacred Sites'' for HTV.
In 2010, she appeared in the television series ''Michael Wood's Story of England
''Michael Wood's Story of England'' is a six-part BBC documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood and airing from 22 September 2010. It tells the story of one place, the Leicestershire village of Kibworth, throughout the whole of En ...
''.
In 2022, she rejoined the Time Team crew for its Youtube revival.
Personal life
Lewis has three children. In 2000, she appeared in national print media detailing her experiences as one of a number of victims of medical misdiagnosis at the hands of Dr James Elwood in the late 1990s.Publications
* Aston, Mick and Lewis, Carenza (eds.) (1994) ''The Medieval Landscape of Wessex'' Oxford: Oxbow *Lewis, Carenza, Mitchell-Fox, Patrick and Dyer, Christopher (1997) ''Village, Hamlet and Field: Changing Medieval Settlements in Central England'' Manchester University Press *Lewis, Carenza, Harding, Phil and Aston, Mick (2000) ''Time Team's Timechester: a companion to archaeology''; ed. Tim Taylor London: Macmillan *Aberg, Alan and Lewis, Carenza (eds.) (2000) ''The Rising Tide: Archaeology and Coastal Landscapes'' Oxford: OxbowReferences
External links
Access Cambridge Archaeology
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Carenza 1963 births British archaeologists Academics of the University of Cambridge Academics of the University of Birmingham Living people Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Place of birth missing (living people) Archaeologists appearing on Time Team British women archaeologists Fellows of the Higher Education Academy People of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England