Alexzandra Hildred, Head of research at the Mary Rose Trust, talking about the Many Faces of Tudor England, on the Humans Stage at New Scientist Live 2019
The Mary Rose Museum is dedicated to the crew who served onboard Henry VIII’s famous ship, as the vast majority of them perished when she sank in the Solent in 1545. Until recently, relatively little was known about the crew, but now new scientific research has given us an unprecedented insight into where they were from and where they grew up. In a world where migration is a hot topic, it is intriguing to be able to shine a light on what was happening in generations past. Alexzandra Hildred is head of research and curator of ordnance and human remains at the Mary Rose Trust. A diver on the excavation project, she served as an archaeological supervisor during the 1979-1982 excavations, and directed the excavations between 2003-2005. Alex has published and presented extensively on many aspects of the Mary Rose, including both the crew and the weapons on board, amongst others. Alex joined the project in 1979 as a graduate archaeologist. An archaeological supervisor during the 1979-1982 excavations, she has since directed the site monitoring, survey and excavations which culminated in recovering the stem in 2005. She has researched and published the weapons of the ship, producing one of the five volumes comprising the archaeology of the Mary Rose, and has worked with the Royal Armouries manufacturing and firing full-scale copies of guns recovered. Alex has taught both at undergraduate and post graduate level and within the Nautical Archaeological Society training scheme. Alex has extensive experience on other underwater sites and has directed multi-season projects in Malta and Holland. She was Chairman of the Institute of Field Archaeologists Maritime Affairs Group and a member of the Government Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites. She is nominated archaeologist for the Cattewater and Roosvijk historic wreck sites. Alex is married with four children.
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