Geraldine Finlayson
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Geraldine Finlayson at John Mackintosh Square during the tercentenary commemoration of the Treaty of Utrecht, 13 July 2013
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| Born | Gibraltar |
| Residence | Gibraltar |
| Citizenship | Gibraltarian |
| Nationality | British |
| Institutions | Gibraltar Museum |
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| Thesis | Climate, vegetation and biodiversity: a multiscale study of the south of the Iberian Peninsula (2006) |
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| Spouse | Professor Clive Finlayson |
Geraldine Finlayson is Deputy Head of Heritage, as well as Director of the Institute for Gibraltarian Studies and Chief Laboratory Scientist of the Gibraltar Museum, and was Director of the John Mackintosh Hall until October 2011. She has played a major role in developing the "Gibraltar method" of archaeological research, especially that carried out underwater, and is one of a team of scientists who have made major discoveries about the nature of Neanderthal culture.
Finlayson was born in Gibraltar and attended Gilbraltar Girls Comprehensive School.
Finlayson earned her PhD in 2006 by the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, where she presented the thesis "Climate, vegetation and biodiversity: a multiscale study of the south of the Iberian Peninsula."
She worked in the civil service of the government of Gibraltar from 1981 to 1993. For many years, Finlayson has studied the presence of Neanderthal Man in Gibraltar, having performed several excavations in the region, including underwater.
Finlayson was Director of the John Mackintosh Hall from 1993 to 2011. During that time she oversaw a great many public functions, including conferences, exhibitions, and concerts.
She has been Deputy Head of Heritage at the Gibraltar Museum since October 2011. In addition, she is Director of the Institute for Gibraltarian Studies, responsible for research into Gilbraltar's linguistic heritage and the collection of oral histories about the colony, and Chief Laboratory Scientist.
She is also Co-Director of the Underwater Research Unit (URU), the activities of which include surveying the seabed and caves for the Gibraltar Caves Project, conducting a comprehensive survey of Gibraltar's Submerged Heritage for the Heritage Database, and carrying out wreck surveys and pre-disturbance surveys on archaeological sites.
Furthermore, she is an Advanced Diver and Open Water Instructor with BS-AC, a Tutor with the Nautical Archaeology Society, and a Senior Tutor at the Gibraltar Museum.
Finlayson's research interests include the relationship among climate, vegetation, landscape features and biodiversity; the spatio-temporal distribution patterns of vegetation and animals, focusing mainly on the Southern Iberian Peninsula and the Quaternary; the cultural influences on the development of "Gibraltarian cuisine"; and the study of Gilbraltar's "underwater cultural heritage."
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