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After completing his undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Bradford, Keir spent several years working in the British commercial archaeological sector – working on sites of every possible period across the UK and Ireland. However, after bailing out yet another near frozen trench he decided to return to academia, where it was warmer and there were chairs.
After a fellowship at the Library of Congress, several field seasons spent crawling through dense jungle, and one unfortunate incident with a dugout canoe in a crocodile infested lake, he received his PhD from Durham University for an examination of the collapse of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, Sri Lanka. He subsequently worked as a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands for several years, before joining La Trobe University in 2016. In addition to his ongoing work in Sri Lanka and Nepal, and his commercial sector work, he has also conducted archaeological fieldwork in Iran, Belize, and across the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
When not teaching, excavating, or falling out of canoes he enjoys sunshine, rum, and baseball.
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