Nicola King, BA (Hons), MPhil
Location: NEWPORT PAGNELL
Membership Grade: Fellow
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General Experience
I work mostly on books about archaeology and history, and on memoirs and general academic books, and I am happy to consider other subject areas and types of books, including trade books. Editors, authors and providers of publishing services are among my clients, as well as traditional publishers and self-publishing authors.
I studied archaeology at undergraduate and post-graduate levels, worked as an archaeological project manager and finds supervisor, and attained the Associate grade (AIFA) membership of the Institute for Archaeologists. I have also worked in the areas of domestic energy efficiency policy and testing and trialling consumer products for Which? magazine.
I am available all year, including over the summer and other school holidays.
You can follow me on BlueSky @nicolaking.bsky.social and my website includes more information about the 350+ books I have indexed.
Subjects
Ex-professional field archaeologist, AIFA, with project management and finds expertise.
Publishers of books I have indexed include: British Museum, Cambridge University McDonald Institute, Cotswold Archaeology, East Anglian Archaeology, Equinox, Historic England, Oxbow, Prehistoric Society, Routledge, Royal Collection Trust, Sidestone,
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Society for Medieval Archaeology, Thames & Hudson, and Wessex Archaeology.
Book types include academic studies, annual journals, collections of papers, excavation reports, exhibition books, and covered a range of locations and periods across Britain, Europe and Asia.
A list of archaeology titles I have indexed can be found on my blog.
The contemporary art scene has featured in a number of titles I have indexed, and I have stepped back in time a little to work on a few books on members of the Bauhaus and art in Yugoslavia. I have also indexed exhibition catalogues and studies of work by artists such as Rodin and Munch.
A list of art, art history and Art Theory titles can be found on my blog.
A keen home baker who also enjoys indexing cookery books. Indexes include books by Brad McDonald and Tanya Burr.
I have indexed a range of academic and general interest books including subjects as diverse as Viking place-name evidence in East Anglia, the Battle of Britain, Daniel Defoe’s work as a spy in Scotland, diplomacy, and medieval hermitages. Earlier in my indexing career I indexed a number of works in English about the history of Spain and Spanish speaking countries. More recently I indexed Saint-Simon in Spain and a book on Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velazquez.
A list of all history books can be found on my blog.
I have indexed several books on landscape architecture including books on Capability Brown and the memoir of Hal Moggridge.
A list covering Architecture, Gardening and Landscape Gardening can be found on my blog.
Local organisations and groups I have worked with include Ramsbury in Wiltshire and Beaulieu in Hampshire.
Related qualifications
MPhil European Archaeology, Oxford University
Other skills
Recent indexes include
Bellow, Juliet, Rodin’s DancersArt and Performance in Belle Époque Paris, Yale University Press, 2025
Caldwell, David, The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay: Excavations at the Centre of the Lordship of the Isles, 1989–1998, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2025
Harrison-Hall, Jessica , China’s 1800s: Material and Visual Culture, British Museum , 2024
Parker Pearson, Michael, Cladh Hallan – Roundhouses and the dead in the Hebridean Bronze Age and Iron Age, Oxbow, 2025
Clients Include
In 2024 and 2025 I worked on books published by:
Birlinn
Bloomsbury Academic
British Museum
Cotswold Archaeology
Elliott & Thompson
Equinox
Manchester University Press
Oxbow
Routledge
Royal Collection Trust
Scala
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Unicorn Press
Wessex Archaeology
Yale University Press
Special Publication Type
I have indexed over 25 books of biography, family history and memoir of people from a range of walks of life. All are listed on my blog .
I have indexed a number of books to accompany exhibitions by the British Museum and The Royal Collection Trust, and a number of American museum and gallery collection publications.
A list appears on my blog.
Tools
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