ULAS
University of Leicester Archaeological Services

Dr Roger Kipling BA MA PhD

Field Officer

After gaining an HND in Practical Archaeology at the Dorset Institute of Archaeology in 1981, Roger worked throughout the 1980s with archaeological field units in Hampshire, principally on multi-period excavations in Winchester and Southampton, and in Lincolnshire as a site photographer and supervisor. He has been based at the University of Leicester since 1991 when he commenced a BA (Hons.) degree in 'Archaeology', following which he gained an MA (with a distinction) in 'Landscape Studies'. In April 2000 he completed a Doctoral Research Studentship on the subject of urban development in England, Gaul, Ireland and Scandinavia between c.AD 300-1050. Throughout this period he also undertook supervision of teams of Birmingham and Leicester undergraduates on archaeological fieldwork projects in Britain, France and Italy.

Roger joined ULAS full-time in 2000, subsequently undertaking a wide range of urban and rural archaeological projects across the East Midlands, since 2003 in the capacity of Field Officer. Most recently, his special interest in urban archaeology resulted in his direction of significant excavations at St. Nicholas Place and Bath Lane in Leicester, the former constituting one of the largest excavation projects undertaken in the city for the last thirty years. Desk-based projects have included joint authorship of the project design for the Urban Archaeological Database (UAD) for Leicester, jointly funded by English Heritage and Leicester City Council, and he is currently involved in the preparation of a number of backlog excavations from the city for publication as part of the Highcross post-excavation project.