Research Assistant for Sudan
Ed Burnett has a BA in Archaeology & Anthropology from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Digital Archaeology from the University of York.
Ed’s main professional interest is in using geospatial techniques to present and analyse archaeological knowledge, especially in unconventional ways (in short: he likes maps, especially the weird ones!).
His enthusiasm for geospatial archaeology led him to pursue an MSc in Digital Archaeology at the University of York, within which he mostly specialised in GIS, particularly within his dissertation, which applied a variety of spatial analyses within and between buildings at Songo Mnara, in Tanzania. After a period working with the British Institute in Eastern Africa as a remote graduate attaché, the position with MAEASaM came up, and seemed like the perfect fit!
When Ed is not staring excitedly at maps, he likes to spend his time failing to look after houseplants properly, painting people and/or dogs, and cooking way too many portions of vegetarian chilli.
I’ve loved world archaeology since childhood and was reading The Cartoon History of the Universe before I ever really understood anything within it. I’m just as enthralled nowadays. I’m delighted to be part of the MAEASaM project, with its wonderful focus on many different countries and time periods, particularly the rich archaeology of Sudan.
Read more about Ed on the University of Cambridge website.