Graduate Student, Archaeology
Thesis Title: Landscapes of transition, landscapes of settlement: contextualising portable artefacts in Anglo-Scandinavian England
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Steve Ashby
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About
My research aims to assess changes in land use and in attitudes to material culture across the mid-late Saxon period (c. AD 700-1100), especially in light of potential influences between Anglo-Saxon populations and settling Scandinavians. Did culture contact inspire shifts in practice? How were migrant identities shaped and exhibited? Secondary, methodological aims are to reconcile studies of portable material culture (derived from the PAS database) with landscape archaeology approaches, and to demonstrate the potential value of datasets synthesised from lesser-known and unpublished records.
GIS mapping is a necessary initial step in the analysis process, but more nuanced interpretations at varying scales of study and on the ground will ensure effective integration and interpretation of artefact, land use, and the built environment.
