#874 - Jim Leary (Archaeologist & Prehistorian)

Jim Leary is an archaeologist and lecturer at the University of York. His current fascination is the way people walked and moved around in the past, and is writing a book called 'Roam', which takes us from the footsteps of early hunter-gatherers preserved in mud to ancient trackways hollowed by time, and from drovers and pilgrims, to long-distance travel and migration. Other research interests include responses to climate change and sea-level rise in the past, and understanding Neolithic society and the construction of monuments.