Our team
The reputation of Coracle Archaeology is built on the knowledge, expertise and skills of our team members.
Our core staff are educated to post-graduate level, and have extensive national and international experience in the commercial and research sectors.
Principal Archaeologist
Darren Glazier MA PhD MCIfA MIAI
Darren joined Coracle Archaeology in early 2020 following a period working as an independent researcher and consultant. He previously spent several years as a lecturer and research fellow in the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, and has directed and participated in numerous archaeological projects in Europe, the Middle East, east Africa and the Gulf. He has also worked on a number of commercial marine and offshore developments around the UK, including renewable energy technologies, interconnector and telecoms cables, and power stations.
Darren has published extensively on heritage management programs, non-invasive archaeological survey and the impact of archaeological research on coastal communities. Whilst at the University of Southampton he taught both archaeological method and theory, and spent two years as co-ordinator of the MSc in Maritime Archaeology. He has also taught archaeological methods in Egypt, Eritrea and the UAE. Darren completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Southampton in 2003.
