Mark Patton (born 7 January 1965 in

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the l ...

) is a British archaeologist and

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known for his work on the prehistory of the

Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

and North-Western France, particularly the archaeology of megaliths, as well as the prehistory of the Mediterranean islands, the theory of island biogeography and the history of European archaeology. He is also the author of three historical novels, ''Undreamed Shores'' (2012), ''An Accidental King''(2013) and ''Omphalos'' (2014).

Biography

Patton was educated at

Hautlieu School Hautlieu School, or simply Hautlieu, is a secondary school in Jersey which accepts students aged 14 and over. The school is owned and operated by the States of Jersey. Overview In 2012, the school had approximately 680 pupils. During the acade ...

, Jersey, and went up to

Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refound ...

in 1983 to read

Archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

. He completed his PhD thesis at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

in 1990 on Neolithic Communities of the Channel Islands. He has lectured at Trinity College Carmarthen, the

University of Greenwich , mottoeng = "To learn, to do, to achieve" , former_name = Woolwich Polytechnic(1890–1970)Thames Polytechnic(1970–1992) , established = , type = Public university , budget = £214.9 million (2020) , administrative_staff = , chancel ...

and the

University of Westminster The University of Westminster is a public university, public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first Polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic to open in London. The Polyte ...

(at which he was formerly the Dean of their Harrow Business School.). Between 1991 and 1995 he led the excavations at

La Hougue Bie La Hougue Bie is a historic site, with museum, in the Jersey parish of Grouville. La Hougue Bie is depicted on the 2010 issue Jersey 1 pound note. Toponymy ''Hougue'' is a Jèrriais/Cotentin variant form of the more common Norman form ''Ho ...

, Jersey. In 1997, Patton unsuccessfully contested the Lewes Parliamentary Constituency for the Labour Party. In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and was the following year appointed as a member of the governing body of the

Museum of London The Museum of London is a museum in London, covering the history of the UK's capital city from prehistoric to modern times. It was formed in 1976 by amalgamating collections previously held by the City Corporation at the Guildhall Museum (fou ...

Books

* Patton, M.A. 1987 ''Jersey In Prehistory''. Jersey, La Haule Books. * Patton, M.A. 1994 ''Statements in Stone: Monuments and Society in Neolithic Brittany''. London, Routledge. * Patton, M.A. 1995 ''Neolithic Communities of the Channel Islands''. Oxford, British Archaeological Reports. * Patton, M.A. 1997 ''Islands in Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory''. London, Routledge. Cherry, J. F., & Patton, M. (1997). Review of Islands in Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory. Journal of Anthropological Research, 53, 4, 501-503 * Patton, M.A., Rodwell, W. & Finch, O. 1999 ''La Hougue Bie, Jersey: a Study of the Neolithic Tomb, Medieval Chapels and Prince's Tower, including a Report on the 1991-1994 Excavation''. Jersey, Societe Jersiaise. * Patton, M.A. & Finlaison, M. 2001 ''Patterns in a Prehistoric Landscape: the Archaeology of Les Mielles, Jersey''. Jersey, Société Jersiaise. * Patton, M.A. 2007 ''Science, Politics & Business in the Work of Sir John Lubbock: a Man of Universal Mind''. Aldershot, Ashgate. . * Patton, M.A. 2012 ''Undreamed Shores,'' Edinburgh, Crooked Cat Publications. ; . * Patton, M.A. 2013 ''An Accidental King,'' Edinburgh, Crooked Cat Publications. ; . * Patton, M.A. 2014 "Omphalos," Edinburgh, Crooked Cat Publications. .

References

External links

Personal website
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