Matthew Law
- Lecturer - Environmental Change and Sustainability
- Email: m.law@bathspa.ac.uk
- School or Department: CoLA - Culture and Environment
- Office: NP.CN.G04
- Website:
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Personal statement
Matt is an environmental archaeologist who teaches as part of the Geography team at Bath Spa. His teaching covers areas such as climate change, sustainability, Quaternary palaeoecology, GIS and prehistory.
Professional memberships
- Associate Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
Other external roles
- Joint Editor-in-Chief, Open Quaternary
- STEM Ambassador.
Teaching specialism
Environmental change, in particular:
- Quaternary science
- Human palaeoecology
- Public engagement with environmental change.
Research supervision
Interested in supervising students in areas relating to molluscs and Quaternary palaeoecology; prehistoric landscapes, archaeology of south west Britain, and public perceptions of environmental change/climate change/ sustainability.
Research and academic outputs
Land and freshwater molluscs
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Law, M and Davies, P (2018) 'Land and freshwater molluscs.' In: Lopez Varela, S, ed. The SAS encyclopedia of archaeological sciences. Wiley-Blackwell. (Forthcoming)
Palaeoenvironmental investigations of a Mesolithic–Neolithic sedimentary sequence from Queen’s Sedgemoor, Somerset
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Hill, T, Whittaker, J, Brunning, R, Law, M, Bell, M, Bronk Ramsey, C, Dunbar, E, Marshall, P and Reimer, P (2017) 'Palaeoenvironmental investigations of a Mesolithic–Neolithic sedimentary sequence from Queen’s Sedgemoor, Somerset.' In: Williams, M, Hill, T, Boomer, I and Wikinson, I.P, eds. The archaeological and forensic applications of microfossils: a deeper understanding of human history. The Geological Society, Bath. ISBN 9781786203052
Molluscs from dune-machair systems in the Western Isles: archaeological site formation processes and environmental change
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Law, M and Thew, N (2017) 'Molluscs from dune-machair systems in the Western Isles: archaeological site formation processes and environmental change.' In: Allen, M.J, ed. Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Oxbow, Oxford. ISBN 9781785706080
Numerical approaches to land snail palaeoecology
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Law, M (2017) 'Numerical approaches to land snail palaeoecology.' In: Allen, M.J, ed. Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Oxbow, Oxford. ISBN 9781785706080
Molluscs
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Law, M (2016) 'Molluscs.' In: Glover, G, Flintoft, P and Moore, R, eds. 'A mersshy country called Holdernesse': excavations on the route of a National Grid pipeline in Holderness, East Yorkshire. Archaeopress Publishing, Oxford, pp. 246-247. ISBN 9781784913137
Mollusc shells from archaeological building materials
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Law, M (2014) 'Mollusc shells from archaeological building materials.' In: Szabo, K, Dupont, C, Dimitrijevic, V, Gomez Gastelum, L and Serrand, N, eds. Archaeomalacology: shells in the archaeological record. Archaeopress, Oxford, pp. 253-256. ISBN 9781407313085
Shellfish and coastal exploitation
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Law, M (2012) 'Shellfish and coastal exploitation.' In: Parker Pearson, M, ed. From machair to mountains: archaeological survey and excavation in South Uist. Oxbow, Oxford, pp. 247-250. ISBN 9781842174517
Stability and flux in the dune environment
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Evans, J.G, Law, M and Thew, N (2012) 'Stability and flux in the dune environment.' In: Parker Pearson, M, ed. From machair to mountains: archaeological survey and excavation in South Uist. Oxbow, Oxford, pp. 250-253. ISBN 9781842174517
Further Neolithic wooden structures at Walpole Landfill Site, Somerset, UK
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Hollinrake, A and Law, M (2018) 'Further Neolithic wooden structures at Walpole Landfill Site, Somerset, UK.' PAST (88). pp. 15-16.
Introduction: emerging approaches to public archaeology
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Wright, E and Law, M (2016) 'Introduction: emerging approaches to public archaeology.' Arquelogia Publica: Online Journal in Public Archaeology, SV2. pp. 1-4. ISSN 2171-6315
Back to the future? Presenting archaeology at the Green Man Festival
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Law, M, Reynolds, F and Mulville, J (2016) 'Back to the future? Presenting archaeology at the Green Man Festival.' Arquelogia Publica: Online Journal in Public Archaeology, SV2. pp. 57-68. ISSN 2171-6315
Open Quaternary: a new, open access journal for Quaternary research [editorial]
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Herridge, V, Pilaar Birch, S and Law, M (2015) 'Open Quaternary: a new, open access journal for Quaternary research [editorial].' Open Quaternary, 1. ISSN 2055-298X
Land snails, sand dunes and archaeology in the Outer Hebrides
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Law, M and Thew, N (2015) 'Land snails, sand dunes and archaeology in the Outer Hebrides.' Journal of the North Atlantic, 9 (sp). pp. 125-133. ISSN 1935-1933
The archaeology of digital abandonment: online sustainability and archaeological sites
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Law, M and Morgan, C (2014) 'The archaeology of digital abandonment: online sustainability and archaeological sites.' Present Pasts, 6 (1) (2). pp. 1-9.
Bryozoans in archaeology
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Law, M (2013) 'Bryozoans in archaeology.' Internet Archaeology (35). ISSN 1363-5387
Palaeoparasitology and histories of environmental justice
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Law, M (2016) Palaeoparasitology and histories of environmental justice. In: Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, 19 - 21 December 2016, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Land snails and environmental change in the Western Isles and Orkney
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Law, M and Thew, N (2016) Land snails and environmental change in the Western Isles and Orkney. In: Islands: Isolation and connectivity - Association for Environmental Archeology (AEA) Spring Conference, 1-2 April 2016, St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.
The historic landscape of the Mendip Hills [book review]
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Law, M (2018) The historic landscape of the Mendip Hills [book review]. Environmental Archaeology. ISSN 1749-6314
Camilla Dickson [blog post]
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Lodwick, L and Law, M (2017) Camilla Dickson [blog post]. Trowelblazers.