UCL Institute of Archaeology

• BSc, MSc, PhD
  
• Senior Archaeologist
• Archaeobotanist & Charcoal Specialist, Archaeology South-East

Research Interests

• People-environment interactions, resource use and woodland management in South East Britain
• Palaeovegetation and environmental reconstructions using archaeobotanical remains
• Charcoal analysis, documenting and disseminating reference material
• The impact of global climate changes upon vegetation environments during the Quaternary in southern Africa

Professional Skills

• Charcoal identification, assessment and analysis publication
• Waterlogged wood identification and assessment
• Flot and macrobotanical assessment and analysis publication
• Environmental sampling management and advising
• Post-excavation environmental processing management
• Column sampling and specialist on-site sampling
• Lecturing and tutoring in charcoal analysis, environmental archaeology, sampling and processing

Qualifications

• PhD School of Geography, Archaeology, and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
• MSc (distinction) School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
• BSc (hons) 2:1 School of Archaeology, Classics & Oriental Studies, University of Liverpool, Liverpool

Professional Societies

• Member, Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists
• Society of Africanist Archaeologists

• Allott, L. (in prep) Charred, waterlogged and mineralised plant remains from Ropetackle, Shoreham-by-sea.
• Allott, L. (in prep) The charred wood assemblage from Highstead Farm Quarry, Kent
• Allott, L. 2008 The charred macroplant remains from Comines, Pas-de-Calais, France. Unpublished Analysis Report prepared for ArchaeoScape, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London.
• Allott, L. (2006) The macroplant remains. In S. Stevens T he Elms, (south and east of Sainsbury’s), Dymchurch Road, New Romney, Kent: Archaeological Excavations 2005
• Allott, L. (2006) The charcoal. In S. Steven T he Elms, (south and east of Sainsbury’s), Dymchurch Road, New Romney, Kent: Archaeological Excavations 2005
• Allott, L. 2006. Archaeological charcoal as a window on palaeovegetation and wood-use during the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu Cave. Southern African Humanities 18 (1): 173-201
• Allott, L. 2004. ‘Vegetation Environments During Oxygen Isotope Stage 3: reconstructions using archaeological charcoal from Sibudu Cave’ South African Journal of Science 100: 179-184.