Ballot Archive

25 Jul 2024

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Melissa Melikian

Academic degrees, honours etc.

BA, MSC

Profession or occupation

Archaeologist, Operation Director of AOC Archaeology, Southern Region

Grounds for election

Melissa has been working in commercial archaeology for over 20 years. After graduating, Melissa worked as an excavator for the Museum of London Archaeology Service. She worked on a number of prestigious sites including the cemetery at Spitalfields, London where she learned skills in the recording of human remains. During her MSc she was a visiting scholar at the Royal College of Surgeons and Natural History Museum. Melissa joined AOC Archaeology in 2001 managed several large cemetery excavations. She is responsible for the development of the osteology department at AOC Archaeology. In December 2007, Melissa was appointed Operations Director of the southern region and is responsible for the management of all the offices within that area. Melissa has many publications some with a focus on burial archaeology.

Signatories

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