Mark completed his PhD at Newcastle in 2001 based on the excavations of the Byzantine levels at Kilise Tepe, Turkey. He gained an MA entitled 'Methods in Byzantine archaeology' from Newcastle in 1996. He is currently collaborating with the University of Sydney at excavations in Cyprus. His research interests include Mediterranean field survey; rural settlement; Late Roman and Byzantine ceramics and early Byzantine pilgrimage centres.

In his role as AHRB Centre Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Byzantine Archaeology, Mark teaches undergraduates and postgraduates both at the Institute of Byzantine Studies and at the School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Forthcoming publications
M.P.C. Jackson, ‘Local painted pottery trade in early Byzantine Isauria’, Byzantine trade, 4th-12th century, ed. M. Mango (Ashford, 2005)

All the following papers will appear in Kilise Tepe Excavations 1994-1998, ed. J.N. Postgate (Cambridge, 2005):
‘The Kilise Tepe area in the Byzantine period’; ‘Level I; I-M14’; ‘Level I; The Church’; ‘Level I; North West Corner’; ‘Level I; NE Corner Sub Surface’; ‘Architectural fragments’ (with D. Collon); ‘Hellenistic ceramics and lamps’ (with L. Nevett); ‘Level I Pottery from Kilise Tepe’

For full details, see http://historical-studies.ncl.ac.uk/people/mark_jackson/index.htm