EDUCATION 

• Since 2023: Researcher/lecturer at the Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology Freie Universität Berlin
• Since 2021: PhD student, Christian Albrechts Universität in Kiel in project "Forschungskontinuität und Kontinuitätsforschung. Siedlungsarchäologische Grundlagenforschung zur Eisenzeit im Baltikum" (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz; Zentrum für Skandinavische und Baltische Archäologie) (https://www.akademieprojekt-baltikum.eu/informationen.html)
• 2019: Archaeological geophysician, Magnitude Surveys (archaeological firm in Bradford, U.K.)
• 2017-2019: Archaeological technician, Wessex Archaeology (archaeological firm in Sheffield, U.K.)
• 2016- 2017: Master of Sciences, Archaeological Prospection, University of Bradford. Thesis: Prospecting and Characterization of Iron Age Enclosure in the Uplands of Britain with Electromagnetic Methods.
• 2015-2017: Teaching assistant, University of Liverpool archaeological field school
• 2015-2016: Associate Curator of Education, Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
• 2013-2014: Student. Technician, Office of Contract Archaeology (archaeological firm University of New Mexico)
• 2013-2016: Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology (Archaeology), Certificate for Museum Studies, University of New Mexico

Honors Thesis: Inferring Social Structure and Symbolism from the Hillforts of Northern Wales, the Marches, and Northwest England.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 2023 - Present Researcher - Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie 2023-
• Archaeological Prospection, Teaching, Implementation of a "Fields&Finds" Lab
• 2021 - Present Researcher- Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz/Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie
• Doctoral candidate of prehistoric and migration period fortifications in former East Prussia. Development of comparative and quantitative GIS methods. 
• 2015 - 2017 Geophysicist, Supervisor, Site assistant- University of Liverpool Archaeological Field School 
• Geophysical Data collection and processing, author of geophysical report. Teaching of excavation methods, recording practices.  
• 2014 Research Assistant- Hawaiian Archaeological Research Project
• Preparing and analyzing specimens with Energy dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, tabulating data from field excursion reports.  

RELATED EXPERIENCE 

• 2019 Archaeological Geophysicist (Magnitude Surveys)
• Carrying out motorized geophysical data collection with ground penetrating radar and magnetic gradiometry. Primary author for geophysical survey reports. Research committee. 
• 2017 - 2019 Archaeological Technician, Assistant Supervisor, Geophysics Supervisor (Wessex Archaeology)
• Supervising teams of 2-4 field technicians doing mobile work across England. Geophysical data collection and preparation of survey reports. Archaeological excavation. 
• 2015 - 2016 Associate Curator of Education (Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum)
• Organizing educational and volunteer programs, assistant to curator of education. 
•  2013 - 2014 Student Technician (Office of Contract Archaeology, University of New Mexico)
• Preparation and cataloguing of archaeological material including indigenous remains. Limited field work. 

AWARDS 

• International Society for Archaeological Prospection Conference Stipend 2019 
• University of Bradford International Academic Excellence Fee Scholarship 2016 – 2017

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

• “Can’t see the hill for the fort: Comparative approaches or fortifications and landscapes in the eastern Baltic” . Theoretical Archaeology Group- Edinburgh 2022 
• “Linking Databases for Comparing Research: Do We Need a European Hillfort Information System?” Roundtable European Archaeological Association Annual Meeting- Budapest 2022 
• “Prospective Alternatives: Assessing Low Frequency Electromagnetic Survey”. Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Annual General Meeting- Leeds 2019 
• “Characterizing Prehistoric Enclosures with Electromagnetic Survey”. Iron Age Research Student Symposium- Bradford 2017 

Burgwälle

Archaeological prospection, Geophysics

Excavation techniques

Geoarchaeology

Grey literature

H. Whitefield (2019) Land at High Street, Wrestlingworth. Bradford: Magnitude Surveys Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1089334.

T. Richardson, A. Schmidt, H. Whitefield (2019) Oxton 15. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1058942.

H. Whitefield (2019) Detailed gradiometer survey report Standen House, East Grinstead, West Sussex. Wessex Archaeology, Salisbury.

H. Whitefield (2019) Detailed gradiometer survey report Trendlewood, Nailsea, Somerset. Wessex Archaeology, Salisbury.

H. Whitefield (2019) Detailed gradiometer survey report Straight Halfmile, Maresfield, Sussex. Wessex Archaeology, Salisbury.

H. Whitefield (2019) Detailed gradiometer survey report Yorke Drive, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Wessex Archaeology, Sheffield.

H. Whitefield, M. Tooke (2018) Detailed gradiometer survey report Harthill and North Anston, South Yorkshire.  Wessex Archaeology, Sheffield.

H. Whitefield (2018) Geophysical survey at Penycloddiau hillfort: 2013-2017. University of Liverpool.