Laura Desrosiers
Project Officer Laura has worked as an archaeologist since 2015. She started at PCA in 2016 as a field archaeologist before progressing to Senior Project Officer, subsequently running and reporting on sites from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period, from small evaluations to large excavations. In 2020, Laura began working as a lithics specialist…
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Finds Manager Märit has been working since 1997 for PCA, where she is currently Finds Manager and specialist of post-Roman metal and small finds. She is an established specialist in early medieval metalwork, with commissions including the exhibition “Weapons and Warriors” at the Sutton Hoo Visitor’s Centre, for The National Trust in 2002. She has…
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Conservator Carys first joined PCA in 2021 as a field archaeologist after completing a BSc in Archaeology with Forensic Science. In 2022, she began studying Conservation and spent the following years working in the UK and abroad as an object conservator. As well as her contract at a museum, her experience includes field conservation on…
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BA, MSCFinds and Environmental Manager Following the completion of an MSc in Environmental Archaeology, Tegan started work at PCA Cambridge in 2018 as an environmental processor and junior specialist. Since then, she has become an established archaeobotanist and marine shell specialist at PCA. Tegan has undertaken work in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk,…
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Prehistoric Pottery Specialist Lawrence started his career as an archaeologist in 2011 with the Cambridge Office of PCA, following on from his studies at Bristol University. His initial focus was on fieldwork, rapidly progressing towards working as a Project Officer for over a decade with a focus on sites within the East Anglian and East…
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Roman Pottery Specialist Iza studied Archaeology at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. During her studies she spent a semester at Newcastle University as part of the Erasmus exchange programme. She worked as a curatorial intern in a museum in Slovenia and excavated in France as a volunteer. She has been working in British commercial…
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ACIfAArchaeobotanist Bronagh started her career in archaeology in 2014, working part time in the Oxford Archaeology East environmental processing department while finishing her undergraduate degree in Archaeology and Landscape History. After working for various archaeological units across the East of England, Bronagh joined the Colchester Archaeological Trust in 2018, where she quickly took over the…
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BSc (Hons), MSc Duncan joined PCA in 2018 as an Environmental Assistant, progressing to Environmental Supervisor then Project Officer and Geoarchaeologist. Duncan came into commercial archaeology having initially studied Applied Geology at the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, followed by an MSc in Environmental Archaeology focused on the geochemical sampling of a Bronze Age copper ore processing…
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BSc MAPost-Roman Pottery Specialist Berni Sudds specialises in Saxon, medieval and later pottery in addition to ceramic building material and painted and decorative plasterwork of all periods. She has worked as a finds manager and specialist since completing her Master’s degree in 1998, the last 26 of these with PCA as a specialist. Berni has…
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BSc (Hons), MScAnimal Bone Specialist Tess joined PCA in January 2025 as an Animal Bones Specialist, bringing an MSc in Bioarchaeology (Zooarchaeology pathway) and commercial archaeological fieldwork experience. Since joining the company, she has rapidly developed her specialist skills and now undertakes work on major infrastructure projects and archive reports. She is currently developing an…
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