Roger Mercer

Roger Mercer is a British archaeologist whose work has concentrated on the Neolithic and Bronze Age of the British Isles.

Between 1970 and 1973 he led the excavations at Carn Brea in Cornwall and then went on to direct the excavations at Hambledon Hill. He became a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh before becoming Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). He retired in 2004.

He has published widely on prehistoric Britain including:

• Farming Practice in British Prehistory, Edinburgh University Press, 1981
• The Archaeology of Scotland, Roger Mercer (Editor), Edinburgh University Press, 2004
• Hambledon Hill: A Neolithic Landscape, Edinburgh University Press, 1980