Steve Roskams worked for a decade in rescue archaeology, directing excavations in Tunisia and in the City of London before moving to the University of York, where he teaches archaeology. Alongside work abroad, in Algeria and Beirut, he has undertaken the investigation of sites in Devon, in Wiltshire, and Iron Age and Roman landscapes and settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds. He advises York City Council on archaeological matters and co-wrote the Yorkshire Archaeological Research Framework.