Bence, Polly
Polly Bence has worked in the curatorial team in the Oceanic section of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, at the British Museum since 2011. Over the last five years as the Project Curator, Oceanic collections, she has been preparing the Oceanic collection for a move into the World Conservation and Exhibition Centre – a new onsite collections store facility in Bloomsbury.
Benkert, Helene (Dr.)
Helene Benkert completed her MSc at the University of Sheffield with a specialisation in zooarchaeology. Her PhD thesis (2023, Exeter) investigated horse stature and morphology in medieval Europe, in collaboration with the AHRC-funded Project “Warhorse – A medieval revolution?”.
Bérard, Benoît (Dr.)
Benoît Bérard is currently an associate professor of Caribean Archaeology at the Université des Antilles et de la Guyane in Martinique campus where he is head of the history department and Vice-director of the “Archéologie industrielle, histoire et patrimoine de la Caraïbe” EA 929 laboratory.
Berghuijs, Koen M.A. (M.A.)
Koen Berghuijs holds a B.A. in Archaeology and an M.A. in Archaeology of the Near East from Leiden University. A former student of the late Olivier Nieuwenhuyse, Koen has published on (Late) Neolithic ceramics and basketry remains from various sites in Syria and Iraq and on more recent petroglyphs from the Jordanian Black Desert. He has participated in several survey and excavation projects in the Netherlands, Jordan, and Oman.
Bernbeck, Reinhard (Prof. dr.)
Reinhard Bernbeck is Professor of Western Asian archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin and professor emeritus of Anthropology at Binghamton University. His interests include the prehistory of Iran, archaeological manifestations of social and material inequality, economic exploitation and ideological dimensions of archaeological practice.
Bes, Philip (Dr.)
Philip Bes is a ceramic specialist who studied Classical Archaeology at Leiden University (1998-2003), followed by doctoral research (2004-2007) at the University of Leuven (Belgium), where he researched the distribution of terra sigillata and red slip ware in the Roman Eastern Mediterranean. Two years of postdoctoral research (2008-2009) also in Leuven were dedicated to ceramic studies within the Sagalassos Project. From January 2010 until November 2021 he worked on an independent (freelance) basis, and while continuing his long-term involvement with the Boeotia Survey (Greece) and the Sagalassos Project (Turkey), this also allowed him to become involved as either consultant or staff member in a number of smaller and larger survey and excavation projects in Greece (e.g. Megara, Skyros, Kenchreai), Turkey (e.g. Ephesos, Limyra, Patara, Pergamon), Israel (Caesarea Maritima, Horvat Kur) and Cyprus (Hala Sultan Tekke). From December 2021 until November 2023 he held a two-year Lise Meitner postdoctoral scholarship at the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Vienna, in order to study and publish the Roman to Early Byzantine pottery from the recent excavations in Limyra.
Besemer, Sytske (Dr.)
Sytske Besemer studied psychology and criminology at Leiden University and at the VU University Amsterdam before embarking on a PhD at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, UK. She now works as criminal justice researcher in the Trust and Safety Team at Uber Technologies in San Francisco.
Bence, Polly
Polly Bence has worked in the curatorial team in the Oceanic section of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, at the British Museum since 2011. Over the last five years as the Project Curator, Oceanic collections, she has been preparing the Oceanic collection for a move into the World Conservation and Exhibition Centre – a new onsite collections store facility in Bloomsbury.
Benkert, Helene (Dr.)
Helene Benkert completed her MSc at the University of Sheffield with a specialisation in zooarchaeology. Her PhD thesis (2023, Exeter) investigated horse stature and morphology in medieval Europe, in collaboration with the AHRC-funded Project “Warhorse – A medieval revolution?”.
Bérard, Benoît (Dr.)
Benoît Bérard is currently an associate professor of Caribean Archaeology at the Université des Antilles et de la Guyane in Martinique campus where he is head of the history department and Vice-director of the “Archéologie industrielle, histoire et patrimoine de la Caraïbe” EA 929 laboratory.
Berghuijs, Koen M.A. (M.A.)
Koen Berghuijs holds a B.A. in Archaeology and an M.A. in Archaeology of the Near East from Leiden University. A former student of the late Olivier Nieuwenhuyse, Koen has published on (Late) Neolithic ceramics and basketry remains from various sites in Syria and Iraq and on more recent petroglyphs from the Jordanian Black Desert. He has participated in several survey and excavation projects in the Netherlands, Jordan, and Oman.
Bernbeck, Reinhard (Prof. dr.)
Reinhard Bernbeck is Professor of Western Asian archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin and professor emeritus of Anthropology at Binghamton University. His interests include the prehistory of Iran, archaeological manifestations of social and material inequality, economic exploitation and ideological dimensions of archaeological practice.
Bes, Philip (Dr.)
Philip Bes is a ceramic specialist who studied Classical Archaeology at Leiden University (1998-2003), followed by doctoral research (2004-2007) at the University of Leuven (Belgium), where he researched the distribution of terra sigillata and red slip ware in the Roman Eastern Mediterranean. Two years of postdoctoral research (2008-2009) also in Leuven were dedicated to ceramic studies within the Sagalassos Project. From January 2010 until November 2021 he worked on an independent (freelance) basis, and while continuing his long-term involvement with the Boeotia Survey (Greece) and the Sagalassos Project (Turkey), this also allowed him to become involved as either consultant or staff member in a number of smaller and larger survey and excavation projects in Greece (e.g. Megara, Skyros, Kenchreai), Turkey (e.g. Ephesos, Limyra, Patara, Pergamon), Israel (Caesarea Maritima, Horvat Kur) and Cyprus (Hala Sultan Tekke). From December 2021 until November 2023 he held a two-year Lise Meitner postdoctoral scholarship at the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Vienna, in order to study and publish the Roman to Early Byzantine pottery from the recent excavations in Limyra.
Besemer, Sytske (Dr.)
Sytske Besemer studied psychology and criminology at Leiden University and at the VU University Amsterdam before embarking on a PhD at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, UK. She now works as criminal justice researcher in the Trust and Safety Team at Uber Technologies in San Francisco.
