Alan George Vince (30 March 1952 – 23 February 2009)[1] was a British archaeologist who studied Saxon, medieval and early modern ceramics through the application of petrological, geological and archaeological techniques.
[3] Vince's PhD thesis, The Medieval Ceramic Industry of the Severn Valley, made heavy use of artefacts characterised by petrological analysis, and served as justification for the use of this technique to assist with classification of pottery samples.
Based in the University of York, he worked as managing editor until 1999, by which time he had overseen the journal through its formative issues and set the standard for what was to follow.
[6] In 1999, Vince stopped working at the University of York to concentrate on his archaeological consultancy, based in Lincoln.
[7] Vince appeared twice on TV as a pottery expert on the Channel 4 programme, Time Team: in series 7, episode 10 (Sutton, Hereford) and series 10, episode 11 (Not a Blot on the Landscape, Castle Howard, Yorkshire).