Mark Horton (archaeologist)
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Mark Horton is a British maritime and historical Archaeologist, television presenter and writer.
He was born 15 February 1956 and is the youngest of four very successful children, the eldest being the highly successful industrialist Sir Robert Horton.
[edit] TV career
Dr Horton first appeared on the BBC Two television program Time Team in 1996, remaining on this program until 2001. Since then, he has worked on another BBC Two production, Time Flyers. Most recently, he has acted as the resident maritime archaeologist on the program Coast, exploring the coastline of Britain.
He attended Cambridge University with a doctorate in medieval archaeology. Mark is a reader in Archaeology at the University of Bristol, and recently stood down as head of department.[1]
[edit] Interests
Mark is an authority on Isambard Kingdom Brunel and is currently digitising the engineer's sketch books and letters at Bristol University library. He spends much of his spare time restoring his historic 26ft Maurice Griffiths designed yacht. He has conducted excavations in Zanzibar, Egypt, the Caribbean, as well as numerous sites in Britain, travelling with his youngest son, Owen.
He is also a writer, co-authoring the book Shanga: The Archaeology of a Muslim Trading Community on the Coast of East Africa.[2]
