Helena Francisca Hamerow is Professor of Early Medieval Archaeology and Head of the School of Archaeology at Oxford University. She is the author of numerous books and academic articles on archaeology and early medieval history.

Education and appointments

Hamerow obtained a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a DPhil from Oxford. She was a research fellow at Somerville College and a lecturer at Durham University

Durham University

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

. She is Professor of Early Medieval Archaeology and Head of the School of Archaeology at Oxford University. She is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London

Society of Antiquaries of London

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Re-burial of excavated human remains

In 2011, Hamerow was one of forty leading archaeologists who wrote to the Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

asking for more time to study ancient human remains found in archaeological excavations.

Selected publications

• Mucking: The Anglo-Saxon Settlement (English Heritage, 1993)
• Early Medieval Settlements: the Archaeology of Rural Settlements in Northwest Europe (OUP, 2002)
• The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology (OUP, 2011) - joint editor