A. Mark Pollard

Mark Pollard

FSA
Mark Pollard; FSA
Born	5 July 1954; Takapuna, New Zealand
Alma mater	University of York
Known for	Materials analysis in archaeology; Biogeochemical analysis; Statistical applications in archaeology;
	Scientific career
Fields	Archaeological science
Institutions	University of York; University of Cardiff; University of Bradford; University of Oxford; Linacre College;
Thesis	X-ray fluorescence and surface studies of glass, with application to the durability of mediaeval window glass (1979)
Doctoral advisor	G. A. Cox

Alan Mark Pollard FSA (born 5 July 1954) is a British archaeological scientist, who has been the Edward Hall Professor of Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford since 2005. He is director of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. He has significantly contributed to many areas of archaeological science, most notably materials analysis, with hundreds of well-cited papers.

In 2018 he was awarded the Pomerance Medal for scientific contributions to archaeology by the Archaeological Institute of America.

He has co-authored several key textbooks on archaeological science: Archaeological Chemistry (now in 3rd edition), Handbook of Archaeological Science, and Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology.

Pollard is a Fellow of Linacre College and has been the vice-principal since October 2020.

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