Jess Shaw
United Kingdom
Affiliation: Butser Ancient Farm
Member since: 2023
Topics of Interest: Ancient Technology, Construction of Buildings, Education, teaching & training
Focus areas: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Chalcolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman Era, Viking Age
Experimental Archaeologist with a keen interest in education, outreach, and engagement. Co-host of the EXARC show podcast. I believe experimental archaeology is a fantastic tool with which to inspire and engage people.
I gained my MSc in Experimental Archaeology from the University of Exeter in 2021. Since then I have had the pleasure of working as a professional cavewoman with Sarah Day/Memma the Cavewoman, and now work for the Ancient Technology Centre as a tutor. I enjoy the variety of my job; coordinating volunteers, teaching a range of topics to school children, building roundhouses, and maintaining the Neolithic village at Stonehenge visitor centre.