Matt Williams, Time Team digger

One of the new diggers for the 2004 series is Matt Williams. An accomplished field archaeologist, Matt also has an interest in educating people about archaeology.

'I always wanted to do archaeology ever since I was little,' says Matt. 'I used to scramble about in the mud as a kid and ended up doing an archaeology degree at the Institute of Archaeology in London.'

After leaving university Matt went on to work for five years as a field archaeologist for Oxford Archaeology and the London field unit MOLAS (Museum of London Archaeological Service). 'After that I went back to university,' he continues, 'and did an MA degree in public archaeology because I didn't think enough people were involved in their local archaeology and I wanted to find out more about why. After that I ended up working for an archaeological consultancy as one of their consultants.'

Matt saw an advert on the internet for Time Team diggers and applied. Following an interview he started work with the Team at the first programme filmed for the 2004 series at Syndale in Kent. 'I think my favourite one so far has to be Inverness because it was such a great place to be and we had a real laugh at the hotel. As for archaeology, that's difficult. This one is pretty good and the trench I'm digging at the moment is great.'

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