Dr. John Pouncett
John Pouncett has a long-standing interest in GIS, spatial analysis and landscape archaeology, with a particular emphasis on spatial modelling of stable isotope data, the role of web-GIS in collaborative research, and Neolithic occupation and stone working on the Yorkshire Wolds.
His interest also extends to GIS, spatial analysis, landscape archaeology, archaeological prospection, lithic analysis, prehistoric burial mounds, historic woodlands, isoscapes, and geographic assignment; in Europe (Britain, Crete, Ireland) and Central America (Carribean)
Recent and ongoing research includes:
- the identification of the likely sources of the raw materials used in prehistoric wood carvings from Pitch Lake (Trinidad),
- the determination of the possible geographic origins of the individuals cremated and buried in the Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge (UK),
- the development of the web-mapping application for the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland,
- the creation of a map of biologically available strontium for Ireland,
- and the geophysical and topographic survey on Lower Gypsades hill at Knossos (Crete).
In 2018, John Pouncett received the Esri UK 2018 Customer Success Award for Community Engagement. He is an active member of Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). He is currently an elected officer (Treasurer) on the CAA Executive Steering Committee and a co-opted member of the Scientific Committee as the Local Organiser for CAA2020 Oxford.
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