Dr Paul Everill

Biography

I have pursued a career in archaeology since first exploring my growing interest in the discipline through a 5th form work experience opportunity at Wroxeter in 1989. I have co-directed the Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi in western Georgia since 2002, an archaeological collaboration with colleagues at the Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, and have been at the University of Winchester since 2008 where I teach on the BA, BSc and MA programmes, as well as supervising PhD research students (see below).

In addition to the archaeology of western Georgia, my research also concerns understanding the social implications of archaeology, such as working conditions and employment, and the impact that engagement in archaeology and heritage can have on mental health and wellbeing. I am a lead collaborator on the AMPHORA project, funded by the UKRI MARCH Network, which produced a series of toolkits to support the delivery of therapeutic heritage-related activities. Alongside over 40 peer-reviewed publications on a variety of topics I am the author of "The Invisible Diggers" (2009; 2nd Edition 2012); editor of "Nokalakevi-Tsikhegoji-Archaeopolis: Archaeological Excavations 2001–2010" (2014); and co-editor of "Rescue Archaeology: Foundations for the Future" (2015), "Archaeology, Heritage and Wellbeing: Authentic, Powerful, and Therapeutic Engagement with the Past" (2022), and "On the shoulders of Prometheus: International collaboration and the archaeology of Georgia" (2023).

I was Undergraduate Programme Leader for Archaeology from 2013 to 2018, before being appointed Research Excellence Framework Unit of Assessment Lead for Archaeology (C15) in 2018, and for Social Work and Social Policy (C20) in 2022.

Areas of expertise

• Archaeology, Heritage and Wellbeing
• Archaeology of Western Georgia
• Archaeological field techniques
• History and structure of commercial archaeology
• 'Early' excavations and excavators

Publications

Books/Monographs

• Intagliata, E. and Everill, P. (eds) 2023. On the Shoulders of Prometheus: International Collaboration and the Archaeology of Georgia. Georgian Archaeological Monographs. Oxford, Archaeopress
• Everill, P. and Burnell, K. (eds) 2022. Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing: Authentic, powerful and therapeutic engagement with the past. Routledge.
• Everill, P. and Irving, P. (eds) 2015. Rescue Archaeology: Foundations for the Future. Hertford, RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust
• Everill, P. (ed.) 2014. Nokalakevi Tsikhegoji Archaeopolis: Archaeological excavations 2001-10. Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi. BAR International Series 2612. Oxford, Archaeopress.
• Everill, P. 2012. The Invisible Diggers: A study of commercial archaeology in the UK (2^nd Edition). Oxford, Oxbow books. Available as an ebook HERE.
• Everill, P. 2009. The Invisible Diggers: A study of commercial archaeology in the UK. Heritage Research Series: 1. Oxford, Oxbow books.

Articles

• Burnell, K. Everill, P., Makri, E., Baxter, L. & Watson, K (2024) Developing the AMPHORA policy guidelines for heritage projects as mental health interventions: a Delphi consultation. Mental Health Review Journal April 2024.
• Everill, P., Murgulia, N., Doherty, S., Colvin, I., Lortkipanidze, B. and Lomitashvili, D (2024). Schneider’s Tower: An extraordinary archaeological collaboration between the Soviet Narkompros and the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, Nokalakevi, Georgia 1930-31. Bulletin of the History of Archaeology.
• Everill, P., Murgulia, N., Bennett, R., Lomitashvili, D., and Burnell, K. 2022. Authentic and therapeutic engagement with the past for veterans at Nokalakevi, Georgia, and on Breaking Ground Heritage projects in the UK. Arheologia 2 (2022)
• Everill, P., Murgulia, N., Lomitashvili, D., Colvin, I., Lortkipanidze, B., Schwenninger, J-L, and Cook, G. 2021. The recent contribution of scientific techniques to the study of Nokalakevi in Samegrelo, Georgia. Anatolian Studies 71: 29-45 doi:10.1017/S00661546210
• Everill, P. 2020. Quo Vadis? What next for British archaeology? European Journal of Post-Classical Archaeologies 10: 73-90
• Everill, P., Bennett, R. and Burnell, K. 2020. Dig in: an evaluation of the role of archaeological fieldwork for the improved wellbeing of military veterans. Antiquity 94 (373): 212-227
• Everill, P. and Ashby, D. 2019. Excavation and survey at Church Place, Denny Wait, in the New Forest in 2016/17. Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society (74): 115-136
• Everill, P. 2019. Travellers’ Tales of Mingrelia and of the ancient fortress of Nokalakevi. Ancient West and East 18: 195-224 
• Everill, P., Antidze, N., Lomitashvili, D., Murgulia, N. 2018. Bringing methodology to the fore: The Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi. Ancient West and East (17): 1-25
• Lortkipanidze, B., Murgulia, N., Lomitashvili, D., Everill, P., and Colvin, I. 2018. Sad mdebareobda egrisis tsikhesimagre onogurisi?! Arkeospektri (1): 80-99 [* In Georgian *]
• Lomitashvili, D., Lordkipanidze, B., Murgulia, N., Everill, P., Colvin, I. 2017. Khuntsis tsikhe. Iberia-Kolxeti (13): 99-111  [* In Georgian *]
• Everill, P., Lomitashvili, D., Murgulia, N., Colvin, I., Lortkipanidze, B. 2017. Forty seasons of excavation: Nokalakevi Tsikhegoji Archaeopolis. Iberia Colchis (13): 146-165
• Everill, P., Lortkipanidze, B., Murghulia, N., Colvin, I., Lomitashvili, D. 2017. The lost fortress of Onoguris? Recently discovered 6th century AD fortifications at Khuntsistsikhe, West Georgia. Antiquity 91 (356) e5   Read it online.
• Everill, P., Finneran, N. and Flatman, J. 2015.Training and Teaching in the Historic Environment. The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice 6 (2): 93-97 Read it online
• Everill, P. 2015. Pedagogy and Practice: The Provision and Assessment of Archaeological Fieldwork Training in UK Higher Education. The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice 6 (2): 122-141
• Lomitashvili, D., Tvalchrelidze, Z., Kebuladze, N., Murgulia, N., Bokeria, M., Tvaradze, A., Zamtaradze, M., Kapanadze, T., Colvin, I., Everill, P., Neil, B., Timby, J., Slater, A., and James, L. 2013. Nokalakevis kartul-inglisuri ekspeditsiis 2010 tslis sezonis arkeologiuri gatxrebis angarishi. Dziebani: sakartvelos arkeologiashi (21): 44-63 [* In Georgian *]
• Everill, P. 2012. Excavating a memory: The British in Georgia 1918-1920. Anatolian Studies (62): 153-162
• Everill, P. 2012. Through a Strange Country: The Parkers at Old Winchester Hill. Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 67 (pt.II): 398-404
• Lomitashvili, D., Tvalchrelidze, Z., Kebuladze, N., Murghulia, N., Bokeria, M., Kvavadze, E., Colvin, I., Everill, P., Timby, J., and Neil, B. 2011. Kartul-inglisuri ekspeditsia nokalakevshi, 2008-2009 tslebis sezonis arkeologiuri gatxrebis angarishi. Dziebani: sakartvelos arkeologiashi (20): 133-152 [* In Georgian *]
• Everill, P., Marter, P., Lomitashvili, D., Murgulia, N. 2011. Arkeopolisis topograpia: Nokalakevis mravalfeniani zeglis GPS kvlevai.Moambe: sakartvelos erovnuli muzeumis #2 (47-B): 117-130 [* In Georgian *]
• Everill, P. and Nicholls, R. 2011. Archaeological Fieldwork Training: Provision and Assessment in Higher Education. University of Winchester and the Higher Education Academy
• Everill, P., Colvin, I., Neil, B. and Lomitashvili, D. 2010. Nokalakevi-Archaeopolis: ten years of Anglo-Georgian collaboration. Antiquity 84 (326)
• Lomitashvili, D., Tvalchrelidze, Z., Lordkipanidze, B., Kebuladze, N., Murghulia, N., Bokeria, M., Zamtaradze, M., Kapanadze, T., Colvin, I., Everill, P., Timby, J., and Neil, B. 2010. Nokalakevis arkeologiuri ekspeditsiis 2007 tslis savele samusharebis angarishi. Dziebani: sakartvelos arkeologiashi (19): 46-56 [* In Georgian *]
• Everill, P. 2010. The Parkers of Heytesbury: Archaeological pioneers. Antiquaries Journal 90: 441-53
• Everill, P. 2009. Invisible Pioneers. British Archaeology 108: 40-43
• Everill, P. 2007. A day in the life of a training excavation: Teaching fieldwork in the UK. World Archaeology 39:4

Chapters in books

• Everill, P., Murgulia, N., Lomitashvili, D., Colvin, I., Lortkipanidze, B. 2023. Nokalakevi–Archaeopolis: Twenty Years of Anglo-Georgian Collaboration. In Intagliata, E. and Everill, P. (eds) On the Shoulders of Prometheus: International Collaboration and the Archaeology of Georgia. Georgian Archaeological Monographs. Oxford, Archaeopress: 85-98
• Everill, P. 2022. ‘Over the hills and far away’: An essay on Anglo-Georgian relations. In Boardman, J., Hargrave, J., Avram, A. and Podossinov, A.V. (eds) Connecting the Ancient West and East. Studies Presented to Prof. Gocha R. Tsetskhladze. Leuven: Peeters
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• Everill, P. 2022. Introduction to archaeology: A personal perspective. In Everill, P. and Burnell, K. (ed.) Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing: Authentic, powerful and therapeutic engagement with the past. Routledge.
• Everill, P., Murgulia, N., and Lomitashvili, D. 2022. Wellbeing and brotherhood on the Colchian Plain: Engagement with multinational veterans through archaeological excavation at Nokalakevi, Georgia. In Everill, P. and Burnell, K. (ed.) Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing: Authentic, powerful and therapeutic engagement with the past. Routledge.
• Everill, P., Lomitashvili, D., Murgulia, N., Lortkipanidze, B., and Colvin, I. 2021 From Archaeopolis to Onoguris: Excavations in the heart of Lazika. In Tsetskhladze, G., Avram, A. and Hargrave, J. (ed.) The Greeks and Romans in the Black Sea and the Importance of the Pontic Region for the Graeco-Roman World (7th century BC-5th century AD): 20 Years On (1997-2017): Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Constanţa – 18-22 September 2017). Oxford, Archaeopress: 466-476
• Everill, P. 2015. Editorial Foreword. In Everill, P. and Irving, P. (ed) Rescue Archaeology: Foundations for the Future. Hertford, RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust: xi-xii
• Everill, P. 2015. Archaeology in Higher Education. In Everill, P. and Irving, P. (ed) Rescue Archaeology: Foundations for the Future. Hertford, RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust: 98-103
• Everill, P. 2015. Fifteen windows: pay and conditions in British commercial archaeology. In Everill, P. and Irving, P. (ed) Rescue Archaeology: Foundations for the Future. Hertford, RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust: 121-131
• Everill, P. 2014. The AGEN excavations 2001-10: Methodology. In Everill, P. (ed) Nokalakevi Tsikhegoji Archaeopolis: Archaeological excavations 2001-10. Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi. BAR International Series 2612. Oxford, Archaeopress: 19-24
• Everill, P., Armour, N., Lomitashvili, D., Murgulia, N., Grant, K., Neil, B. and Slater, A. 2014. AGEN Trench A Results: 2001-10. In Everill, P. (ed) Nokalakevi Tsikhegoji Archaeopolis: Archaeological excavations 2001-10. Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi. BAR International Series 2612. Oxford, Archaeopress: 25-42
• Everill, P., Lomitashvili, D., Tvaradze, A., Neil, B., James, L. and Russel, C. 2014. AGEN Trench B Results: 2002-10. In Everill, P. (ed) Nokalakevi Tsikhegoji Archaeopolis: Archaeological excavations 2001-10. Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi. BAR International Series 2612. Oxford, Archaeopress: 43-54
• Everill, P. and Young, P. 2012. Archaeological Working Conditions and Public Perception. In Rockman, M. and Flatman, J (eds) Archaeology in Society: Its Relevance in the Modern World. New York, Springer Press 57-65
• Everill, P. 2011. Great Expectations, Great Excavations: The view from the trenches. In Schofield, J. (ed) Great Excavations: Shaping the Archaeological Profession. Oxford, Oxbow books: 270-278
• Everill, P. and White, R. 2011. Philip Barker's Wroxeter. In Schofield, J. (ed) Great Excavations: Shaping the Archaeological Profession. Oxford, Oxbow books: 167-180
• Everill, P. 2007. British Professional Field Archaeology: Antiquarians and Labourers; Developers and Diggers. In Hamilakis, Y. and Duke, P. Archaeology and Capitalism: From ethics to politics. Left Coast Press.