Benjamin Neil is a specialist in human osteology and has worked nationally and internationally within the field of archaeology for the past 25 years. Since 2016, he has been the commercial specialist in Osteoarchaeology at the Cambridge Archaeological Unit. He studies human remains and their funerary practices from the Neolithic to Medieval periods within the East Anglian region. This has resulted to date in over 50 grey literature reports and joint authored articles.
He endeavours to take a multi- and transdisciplinary approach to his work, from expanding his professional skill base as a soft tissue therapist to using artificial intellegence with osteobiographies and interpreting computed tomography imagery.
His interests vary from exploring clinical differentials of paleopathological and traumatic conditions, to interpreting the taphonomic pathways of interred remains. He studies funerary practice through evidence-based observation to provide differentiated interpretations on health and lifestyle, and their interactions with each other and their environment.
Current workplace duties include the administration of burial licences, radiocarbon, isotope and aDNA samples, training in manual handling and being the office fire safety manager.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland