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Primary investigator | Title | Level | End date |
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Tony King |
Excavations at Hayling Island, Meonstoke and Brockenhursy, Hampshire, and at Dinnington and Yarford, Somerset
I am currently writing up excavations at Hayling Island, Meonstoke and Brockenhursy, Hampshire, and at Dinnington and Yarford, Somerset. I would like to be able to contextualise these sites by reference to surrounding discoveries. |
External project (UK only) | - |
Adrienne Ponsford |
Early medieval brooches
My project will look at early medieval brooches and the context within which they are found; I will be comparing examples found on the PAS which are thought to represent casual losses in daily life, with those found in formal excavated contexts. I hope to determine whether there i… |
Masters degree | 2025 |
Gabor Thomas |
Early medieval Lyminge
I would like to conduct a detailed search and mapping of recorded objects of early medieval date from the parish of Lyminge in Kent to contextualise the results of research excavations in the village which I directed on behalf of the University of Reading, 2008-15. |
External project (UK only) | - |
John Graves |
Chipping Norton Local History Society GIS
I am the treasurer of the Chipping Norton Local History Society and I am working on the creation of a graphical information system (GIS) to be used by the Society and our museum. The GIS' primary purpose is to put into a geographic context the collections of artefacts held by the museum f… |
Archaeology society project | - |
David Field |
Neolithic stone and flint axeheads from Wiltshire
I am a retired archaeologist working with the Implement Petrology Group in recording and studying Neolithic stone and flint axeheads. Specifically, I'm preparing those from the county of Wiltshire for publication and am in the process of incorporating recent finds and rounding up loose en… |
Archaeology society project | - |
Miles Clifford |
Three Thousand Years of Ritual and Rubbish: A Long Duree Investigation of Riverine Deposition Powered by Collaborative Partnerships
My project aims to systematically investigate and interpret the practice and meaning of river deposition over the long durée from the Bronze Age to the Early Medieval period, c. 2200 BC to AD 1100. The long-term potential of river deposition has been highlighted by previous r… |
PhD level research | 2026 |
Hugo Perette |
The monetary workshop of Amiens 350-354 AD
The central historical problem of this thesis project is the following: what were the reasons for the creation of a monetary workshop in Amiens in 350 AD by the usurper Magnentius and what place did it occupy in the production of its coinage? This question will lead us, on the more specif… |
PhD level research | 2025 |
Peter Walker |
Roman ritual objects from the Brigstock area
I'm a third-year undergraduate archaeology student at the University of Leicester and also a member of Brigstock Archaeological Group undertaking a dissertation about Roman ritual objects from the Brigstock area. The dissertation will re-evaluate the finds assemblages from the 196… |
Undergraduate | 2024 |
Janet Moss |
Skell Project
I am a volunteer researcher participating in the HLF-funded Skell Project. The area of research I am undertaking for the project is looking at the distribution of finds reported to PAS within the Skell catchment. This information will be of great value in adding to our und… |
External project (UK only) | 2024 |
James Morgan-Foley |
Finds distribution in Wiltshire
I am currently a third year undergraduate student at Cardiff University studying Archaeology and Ancient History. I am looking to conduct a project as a part of a GIS module conducting research into finds distribution in an area of Wiltshire. |
Undergraduate | 2024 |
Gerald Livings |
Determining the impact of lace tags on material culture during the Tudor and Elizabethan cultural periods through a review of extant source material as well as a practical application of material analysis and experimental archeology, using interdisciplinary processes related to jewelry and similar metalworking
While substantial progress has been achieved in the research of clothing, textiles, and associated items over the last century, it has been the case that the body of research on the manufacturing, use, and impact of lace tags on material culture remains rather impoverished. Despite their … |
Personal research project | 2027 |
Juliane Machado |
Identities, mobility, and personal ornamentation in the Breton Iron Age
My research focusses on my Master dissertation titled "Identities, mobility, and personal ornamentation in the Breton Iron Age," specifically centering on the analysis of glass beads from the PAS database. |
Masters degree | 2026 |
Adél Ternovácz |
The Re-use of Ancient Gems as seals in Medieval Britain
Gemstones depicting mythical and everyday-life scenes or magical motifs played a significant role in ancient cultures from the Bronze Age onwards. In medieval Britain (especially the 12th-14th centuries), surviving gems were reset in engraved metal mounts as seals, a… |
PhD level research | 2027 |
Leonora O'Brien |
Rede water pipeline DBA
Desk-based assessment for Anglian Water's proposed Grafham to Rede water pipeline across Cambridgeshire (Huntingdonshire, South Cambs, Cambridge City, East Cambs) and West Suffolk. |
Desk based assessment | - |
Michael Stevens |
Early medieval royal vills in the Kingdom of Northumbria and its precursor states
My research is on early medieval royal vills in the Kingdom of Northumbria and its precursor states. Analysing the material signatures of these places as well as enabling comparison with the assemblages from the surrounding landscape. The PAS data will be examined alongside excavated evid… |
Personal research project | - |
Libby Harris |
Roman intaglios on medieval finger rings, c.1100-1700 AD
Master's dissertation topic exploring the reuse of Roman intaglios on medieval finger rings, c. 1100-1700 AD, found in England. Accurately plotting and analysing geographical distribution of finds on a single map, to determine if there is any regional significance. |
Masters degree | 2024 |
Sam Elphick |
Religious expressions of Scandinavians in England c.865-954
Research title: Religious expressions of Scandinavians in England c.865-954. I am undertaking a PhD in Medieval Studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. My research project will be taking an interdisciplinary approach to the religious practices and bel… |
PhD level research | 2026 |
Kathryn Murphy |
REMADE
I am the Data Scientist on the Roman and Early Medieval Alloys Defined (REMADE) project at the University of Reading. My colleagues are conducting chemical analysis of copper alloy objects, and I am building a database to record the objects and the results of the corresponding analysis. I… |
Large scale research AHRC | 2026 |
David Britten |
The old parish of Washingley in Cambridgeshire
I am researching the old parish of Washingley in Cambridgeshire. The parish was split in two prior to the Norman Conquest with Washingley containing a village and church, along with a possible motte and bailey castle. The other part of the parish is known as Ogerston in the c.… |
Masters degree | 2025 |
Molly Johnson |
Imported Byzantine Coinage in Post-Imperial Western Europe
This research project will be concerned with tracking the spread of imported Byzantine coinage through Lombard Italy, into Merovingian Gaul, Visigothic Spain, and across the Channel into Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Britain during the late 5th, 6th, and 7th centuries. |
PhD level research | - |
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