Geoforensics and Information Management for crime Investigation (GIMI)

Project Staff - John Hunter

Professor John Hunter
Institute of Archaeology & Ancient History
Birmingham University
B15 2TT
UK

Email: J.R.Hunter@bham.ac.uk
Tel: 0121 41 45498
Fax:  0121 41 43595

Current Research Activities

John’s interests include forensic archaeology which involves operational support and presentational work for UK police forces. He is a lead assessor for the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners and has worked widely on homicides in the UK, as well as in the Falklands, the Balkans and Iraq. He is a former Secretary of RESCUE, Vice-Chair of the Institute of Field Archaeologists, both a Diocese and Cathedral Archaeologist, and was Head of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology from 1997 - 2002.

He was appointed a Royal Commissioner of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland in 2004. Currently he is  investigating Early Christian sites in the Northern and Western Isles, most recently the monastery on Papa Stronsay, Orkney. He is also actively engaged in research into the use of geophysics and wearable computing in forensic science, and landscape analysis/cultural resource management of Harris.

Who’s Who cites his recreational interests as walking the dog, watching football, and rowing which he still maintains at competition level.

Key Relevant Publications

• 1996. Hunter, J.R., Roberts, C.A. and Martin, A., Studies in Crime: An Introduction to Forensic Archaeology, London, Batsford.
• 1996. Hunter, J.R., Fair Isle: the Archaeology of an Island Community, Edinburgh, HMSO.
• 1996. Hunter, J.R. and Ralston, I.B.M. (eds), Archaeological Resource Management in the UK. Stroud: Sutton Publishing.
• 1997. Hunter, J.R. A Persona for the Northern Picts, Groam House Museum, Rosemarkie.
• 1999. Hunter, J.R. and Heyworth, M. The Hamwic Glass, York: Council for British Archaeology Research Report 116.
• 1999. Hunter, J.R. and Ralston,I.B.M. (eds), The Archaeology of Britain. An Introduction from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution. London, Routledge.
• 2005. Hunter, J.R and Cox, M., Advances in Forensic Archaeology, CRC Press Boca Raton.