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Born | 22 August 1977 |
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Raksha Dave (born 22 August 1977) is an archaeologist, TV presenter, and is the current president of the Council for British Archaeology.
Dave graduated with a degree in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology in London in 1999. [1]
In April 2017, Dave married Nigel Jeffries, who is a medieval and post-medieval pottery expert at the Museum of London. [2]
Dave worked with a commercial archaeological unit, primarily excavating in London with the Museum of London Archaeology Service. [1] She also excavated at the World Heritage Site of Catalhoyuk in Turkey, and sites in Texas and Puerto Rico. [3]
Dave featured regularly on Time Team between 2003 and 2013 as a field archaeologist. [4] She was a presenter on season 7 of Digging for Britain, broadcast in 2018. [1] She presented the BBC Learning Zone Ancient Voices programme on prehistory, broadcast in 2015, [5] and co-presented Pompeii’s Final Hours: New Evidence for Channel 5. [1]
Other TV work includes The Bone Detectives (2020) and Digging Up Britain's Past (2020).
Dave is an advocate for increasing the diversity of archaeologists, [6] was a trustee for the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) and is a patron of its Young Archaeologists Club. [1] In July 2021 CBA announced that Dave had taken up the three-year presidency of the organisation. [7]
She is a co-founder of the archaeological social-enterprise DigVentures. [8]
Dave is a research affiliate of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. [1]
Raksha Dave | |
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Born | 22 August 1977 |
Occupations |
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Known for | |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University College London |
Academic work | |
Institutions |
Raksha Dave (born 22 August 1977) is an archaeologist, TV presenter, and is the current president of the Council for British Archaeology.
Dave graduated with a degree in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology in London in 1999. [1]
In April 2017, Dave married Nigel Jeffries, who is a medieval and post-medieval pottery expert at the Museum of London. [2]
Dave worked with a commercial archaeological unit, primarily excavating in London with the Museum of London Archaeology Service. [1] She also excavated at the World Heritage Site of Catalhoyuk in Turkey, and sites in Texas and Puerto Rico. [3]
Dave featured regularly on Time Team between 2003 and 2013 as a field archaeologist. [4] She was a presenter on season 7 of Digging for Britain, broadcast in 2018. [1] She presented the BBC Learning Zone Ancient Voices programme on prehistory, broadcast in 2015, [5] and co-presented Pompeii’s Final Hours: New Evidence for Channel 5. [1]
Other TV work includes The Bone Detectives (2020) and Digging Up Britain's Past (2020).
Dave is an advocate for increasing the diversity of archaeologists, [6] was a trustee for the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) and is a patron of its Young Archaeologists Club. [1] In July 2021 CBA announced that Dave had taken up the three-year presidency of the organisation. [7]
She is a co-founder of the archaeological social-enterprise DigVentures. [8]
Dave is a research affiliate of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. [1]