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John has been involved in archaeological geophysics for 18 years, working for British Gas, the Ancient Monuments Laboratory (English Heritage) and Bradford University Research. In 1986, he set up Geophysical Surveys (later known as GSB Prospection), an independent consultancy in geophysics for archaeology. He is also associate editor of the Journal of Archaeological Prospection.
John is interested in 'investigating without digging' all periods of archaeology. His favourite Time Team site is Athelney in Somerset, part of the very first series, where he was fascinated to see how the shape of the medieval building gradually became apparent. But there is life – and work – outside of Time Team, and of the many sites he has been involved with in Britain and elsewhere in the world, John best remembers the royal palace in Zimbabwe.
His ideal sites would be the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness, both circle henges on Mainland in Orkney. Work has been done on these 'superb' sites, but, says John, there is still much to do.