Barry Molloy is a prehistoric archaeologist with a particular interest in how people made and used objects, from the everyday to specialist tools and weapons. As sources for how resources were sought and used, how craft was practiced, what were normal or special routines of life, how people viewed their own material world in relation to that of others, and how we as humans can use the same thing in so many different ways during our lives are all of interest. This broad interest means he has conducted research in countries across Europe and used methods from experimental archaeology (a personal favourite), to stable isotope studies, ancient genetics, excavation (yes, another favourite) and looking at original objects in museums for endless hours. He has worked on many excavations in Greece and directed the IIHSA excavations at Priniatikos Pyrgos in Crete. He currently conducts excavations and survey some distance to the north in the Carpathian Basin. Why? Because his current interest is how and why the Bronze Age of the south-east Europe and the east Mediterranean unfolded around 1200 BC and that means stepping back beyond traditional boundaries and borders and looking at the prehistory of the wider area with a fresh perspective.