Barkman-Astles
Marc (Mr Soup) firmly believes in the value of Heritage and the power of the past to directly inform who and what we are today.
Originally from North Wales, Marc is now based in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear. In 2007, Marc graduated from the University of Durham with a First Class BA (hons) in Archaeology. Since then he has worked in Archaeological Units in North Wales, Yorkshire and the North East of England.
Marc cut his teeth as a public educator in York presenting daily workshops at the world famous Jorvik Viking Centre and has been ‘ladling’ out the ‘Soup as a lecturer, film-maker, author and teacher since 2010.
Originally from North Wales, Marc is now based in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear.
Marc is comprehensively insured and has been subjected to an enhanced DBS check*.
*Documentation can be provided upon request.
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Chiara has studied Pre- and Protohistory at Tübingen and Frankfurt University, as well as Palaeopathology at Durham University.
She starts her PhD on social change and organisation of the Urnfield Culture in April 2020. Her research interests evolve around the Urnfield Culture, the reconstruction of social structures, statistical applications, notably the use of non-linear dynamics. In osteology she focusses on cremations and fracture pattern analysis.
Her main goal is to combine both fields to see past societies from a more holistic viewpoint. She lives in Munich and works as a field archaeologist. In her free time she does living history, plays pen and paper, and spends a lot of time with her dog.
