Dr Brenna Hassett

Brenna teaches on courses in both the Forensics and Archaeology degrees, covering research methods, archaeological theory, and several different fieldwork options.

Brenna has carried out considerable research into the human past using biological anthropological techniques, covering a broad range of subjects from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Central Anatolia to Post-Medieval London. Her work focuses on understanding health and growth in the past, and she is also interested in methodological developments in dental anthropology that move research forward such as the work carried out at the Natural History Museum London with Louise Humphrey and Christopher Dean on the 'Tooth Fairy' Project.

Her most recent large research project was the AHRC-funded 'Radical Death' project with David Wengrow examining retainer burial and mass graves in Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia. Currently, she is investigating changes in health at the dawn of the Neolithic in Central Anatolia with several field projects.

As an active science communicator, Brenna publishes well-received trade books on aspects of archaeology and anthropology. She is committed to a more equal practice of science through outreach and research through the TrowelBlazers Project.