Dr Alison Sheridan, Research Associate at the National Museums Scotland, specialises in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Britain and Ireland. She is also currently President of the Prehistoric Society; was a co-chair of the ScARF (Scottish Archaeological Research Framework) Neolithic Panel; is an Honorary Research Fellow in the University of Edinburgh School of History, Classics and Archaeology; is Museum Mentor for Bute Museum; and is Co-ordinator for Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands in the international research project, Projet JADE2. She has been an archaeological curator in National Museums Scotland, in various capacities, since 1987.