Andrew Townsend

Andrew Townsend was awarded a PhD from the University of Bristol during the mid-1990s. His research included the ritual Neolithic of Malta and Gozo. He directed excavations in Libya, Cyprus, Jordan, Israel, Spain, the Maltese islands and the West Indies, and in 1997–98 he was Jerusalem scholar at the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. In the latter years of his life, Andrew worked for the Avon Archaeological Unit, Bristol and Region Archaeological Services, Bath Archaeological Trust and SLR Consulting. In his professional career, Andy did much to bridge the gap between commercial archaeology and the construction industry, devoting much of his precious time and energy, turning archaeology from an insular academic subject to a profession.