Alfie Bower
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Profile
PhD project
Working title: Stratigraphical, environmental and archaeological investigation of the Cromer Forest-bed Formation at Corton, Suffolk
Supervisors
Simon Lewis, Queen Mary University of London
Anna Bourne, Queen Mary University of London
Nick Ashton, British Museum
Simon Parfitt, Natural History Museum, University College London
Funding
Queen Mary University of London Principal's Studentship
Research Interests
Quaternary geology, Palaeolithic archaeology, Pleistocene palaeontology, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Academic Background
MSc, Palaeolithic Archaeology, University College London
BSc, Geology with Palaeontology, University of Leicester
Publications
Marciszak, A. and Bower, A., 2025. New Records of Panthera gombaszoegensis (Kretzoi, 1938) from Europe. Quaternary, 8(4), p.65.
Marciszak, A. and Bower, A., 2025. New records of Lutra simplicidens Thenius, 1965 from Europe. Journal of Quaternary Science, 40(2), pp.355-366.
Conference Presentations
Bower, A., Lewis, S., Ashton, N., Bourne, A., Parfitt, S., Lister, A., Preece, R., Penkman, K., Nelson, E. and Marciszak, A., 2026. A new Palaeolithic site in Cromer Forest-bed Formation deposits at Corton, Suffolk. Pathways to Ancient Britain Workshop, Queen Mary University of London, (oral presentation).
Bower, A., Lewis, S., Bourne, A., Ashton, N. and Parfitt, S., 2026. A new archaeological site within the Cromer Forest-bed Formation: Initial evidence from Corton, Suffolk. Quaternary Research Association Annual Discussion Meeting, University of Brighton, (poster presentation).
Interested in collaborating on projects related to Quaternary science, Palaeolithic archaeology, Pleistocene palaeontology, geomorphology, geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, and related fields.