Michael Parker Pearson Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Michael 'Mike' Parker Pearson, FSA, FSA Scot (born 1957) is an English archaeologist specialising in the study of the Neolithic British Isles, Madagascar and the archaeology of death and burial. A professor at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, he previously worked for 25 years as a professor at the University of Sheffield in England, and was the director of the Stonehenge Riverside Project. A prolific author, he has also written a variety of books on the subject.Parker Pearson gained his BA in archaeology from Southampton University in 1979. Supervised by Ian Hodder as a post-graduate at Cambridge, Parker Pearson was a contemporary of Sheena Crawford, Daniel Miller, Henrietta Moore, Christopher Tilley and Alice Welbourn; these students were influenced by Hodder's ideas, then a pioneering part of the post-processualist current within archaeological theory. He went on to gain his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1985, producing a thesis on burials and bog bodies in Iron Age Denmark.A media personality, Parker Pearson has appeared several times in the Channel 4 show Time Team in particular in one looking at the excavation of Durrington Walls. He also appeared in the National Geographic Channel documentary Stonehenge Decoded, along with the PBS programme "NOVA: Secrets of Stonehenge".
Full Name
Michael Parker Pearson
Net Worth
$1.6 Million
Date Of Birth
1957-06-26
Profession
Miscellaneous Crew
Education
University of Southampton
Nationality
English
Nicknames
Michael Parker Pearson, Mike Parker Pearson, Parker Pearson, Michael
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Universe
2014
TV Series documentary simulation archaeology consultant - 1 episode
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
2013
TV Movie documentary archaeological consultant - as Professor Mike Parker Pearson
Stonehenge: Decoded
2008
TV Movie documentary consultant - as Prof. Mike Parker Pearson / stock footage - as Prof. Mike Parker Pearson
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Madagascar
2011
TV Mini-Series documentary thanks - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Time Team
2003-2014
TV Series documentary
Himself - UCL Institute of Archaeology / Himself - University of Sheffield / Himself / ...
Walking Through History
2014
TV Series documentary
Himself - Institute of Archaeology, UCL
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
A History of Ancient Britain
2012
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - University of Sheffield
Digging for Britain
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Nova
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Silbury: The Heart of the Hill
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Sheffield University (as Prof Mike Parker Pearson)
Richard & Judy
2007
TV Series
Himself
Seven Ages of Britain
2003
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - archaeologist (as Dr. Mike Parker Pearson)
Meet the Ancestors
2002-2003
TV Series
Himself
Stonehenge
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself (as Dr. Michael Parker-Pearson)
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons (2013) as Miscellaneous Crew
Seven Ages of Britain (2003) as Himself - archaeologist
Stonehenge (1998) as Himself
Silbury: The Heart of the Hill (2007) as Himself - Sheffield University