Dr Angel Trendafilov is an archaeologist with 25 years of experience in Bulgaria and New Zealand. He graduated with a Masters degree in Archaeology from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1998 and in 2018 completed his PhD degree in History from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His experience includes excavations on sites from 6000 years BC to 1900 AD.

Angel has been approved as an archaeologist by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga under Section 45 of the HNZPH Act 2014 for assessing and excavating European and Māori sites, and producing final reports for this work. Between 2016 – 2021 Angel was part of bigger consulting company and successfully completed over 150 reports for Heritage New Zealand as an author or co-author for projects in Christchurch and wider Canterbury.