Research Interests: The dressed body and meaning-making through decoration.

George Prew is a Treasure Trove Officer, with particular focus on Orkney, Shetland, Moray, and the Lothians.

George has a PhD in Archaeology from University of Glasgow, for which he developed tools to help understand ancient communities through how they dressed their corpses. George also has an MPhil in Classical Archaeology and a BA in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History from University of Oxford.

George joined the Treasure Trove team in September 2022, bringing with him his knowledge of dress items, and in his time working with the Unit he has developed further expertise particularly in heraldry, battlefield finds, and small lead objects. He has previously undertaken digs in Tuscany, Umbria, and Wiltshire, and he is relishing the chance to dig in Scotland and to travel around the country performing outreach and meeting finders.