Past projects - Classics and Archaeology

This page features a selection of past projects from across the Department of Classics and Archaeology.

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Past projects: REF 2021 (1 August 2013 to 31 July 2020)

Research projects
Project	Principal Investigator	Region	Project Dates
Ancient religions and cognition	Esther Eidinow	Mediterranean and Near East	2013-14
Bioarchaeology of rituals	Alexandra Livarda	Spain, Greece	2016-19
Byzantine mosaic glass tesserae project	Julian Henderson	Turkey, Italy	2007-17
Causing a flap: using chicken-based research to transform education, inform the poultry industry and enhance human well-being	Naomi Sykes	UK, Africa	2017
Cognitive approaches to ancient religious experience (CAARE)	Esther Eidinow	UK	2015-6
Cultural biogeography of plants and animals	Naomi Sykes, Alexandra Livarda	UK	2010-19
Dama International: Fallow deer	Naomi Sykes	UK	2011-15
Fate, luck and fortune	Esther Eidinow	UK	2017
Glass reflections: Creations and transformation of Glass in Eastern Mediterranean, International Workshop	Artemios Oikonomou	Mediterranean	2016-17
Iron Age in the Aegean: plants and people	Alexandra Livarda	Greece	2012-19
Maritime and marine historic environment research framework for England: early medieval period	Chris Loveluck	England	2010-13
Mosaic glassy tesserae from Italian sites: the study of provenance and technology	Julian Henderson, Kalliopi Nikita, Chloe Duckworth	Italy
Mycenaean chamber tombs at Epidaurus Limera, Laconia	Chrysanthi Gallou	Greece
Palaikastro phase four: 2012-2016	Alexandra Livarda	Greece	2012-16
Palaikastro: Urbanisation in Bronze Age Crete	Alexandra Livarda	Greece	2012-16
Pavlopetri underwater archaeology	Jon Henderson Chrysanthi Gallou	Greece	2009-15
Port Royal underwater survey	Jon Henderson	Jamaica
Prehistoric pottery production in Charnwood Forest	Julian Henderson, Edward Faber	UK
Presence in the past	Jon Henderson	Egypt
Production and exchange of Early Medieval granodiorite tempered pottery	Edward Faber	East Midlands, UK	2014
Production strategies in the Nottingham salt-glazed stoneware industry	Edward Faber, Pamela Wood	Nottingham, UK
Quantifying the mosaic	Hannah O'Regan	Africa	2011-15
Rising from the Depths	Jon Henderson	East Africa	Heritage from local to global
Social identity of medieval tile makers working at Keighton, Nottingham	Edward Faber	Nottingham, UK
Sparta in comparative perspective	Stephen Hodkinson	Greece	2003-17
Valentia landscape project	Hector A Orengo	Valencia, Spain	2012-14

Past projects: REF 2014 (1 January 2008 to 31 July 2013)

Research projects
Project	Principal Investigator	Region	Project Dates
Animalscapes	Naomi Sykes	UK	2005-08
Archaeological fish resource	Naomi Sykes	UK	2010-11
Beastly question: animal answers to archaeological issues	Naomi Sykes	UK	2010-12
Caithness broch landscapes	Jon Henderson	Scotland	2002-11
Chemistry, provenance and archaeology of plant ashes in Mycenaean glass production	Kalliopi Nikita	Greece	2007-08
Developing digital survey techniques for archaeology	Jon Henderson	Scotland	2005-08
Early metal production and exchange systems in Southern Iran	Lloyd Weeks	Iran	2006-08
Flixborough Anglo-Saxon settlement	Christopher Loveluck	UK	1995-2010
Foodways in archaeology	Claire Newton, Naomi Sykes		2006-10
Glass in Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique Sparta	Kalliopi Nikita	Greece	2007-08
Halasarna archaeological programme	Mercourios Georgiadis	Kos, Greece	2009-12
Lake Powidz	Jon Henderson	Poland	2008-10
Late post-medieval rural landscapes in Southern Calabria	Hamish Forbes	Italy	2005-09
Loch Arthur crannog	Jon Henderson	Scotland	2003-12
Maritime Caithness	Jon Henderson	Scotland	2002-11
Medieval and post-medieval glass production in Europe	Julian Henderson	Europe	2006-10
Nonconformist places of worship	Chris King	UK	2007-2012
Northwest Chistendom from the Carolingians to the Crusades, AD600-1200	Chris Loveluck	Northwest Europe	2000-13
Provenance of glass	Julian Henderson	Worldwide	2012
Silica in Mycenaean glass production	Kalliopi Nikita	Greece	2007-08
Southern Kharga Oasis	Claire Newton	Egypt	2000-11
Southwest Scotland crannog survey	Jon Henderson	Scotland	2002-09
Stanley Grange medieval iron project	Patrice de Rijk	Derbyshire, UK	2010
West front of Lincoln Cathedral	David Taylor	Lincoln, UK	2008-10

Past projects: pre-2008

Research projects
Project	Principal Investigator	Region	Project Dates
Bronze Age metalwork in the River Trent	Mark Pearce	UK	1995-2002
Diaporit Roman villa	William Bowden	Albania	Identities and Empires
Early medieval Leffinge-Wilskerke, Flanders	Christopher Loveluck	Belgium	2002-06
Fieldwork in Highland South-West Iran: Mamasani archaeological project	Lloyd Weeks	Iran	2002-06
Glass finds from Eleutherna	Kalliopi Nikita	Greece	2005-07
Glass industry in the Mycenaean palace of Thebes	Kalliopi Nikita	Greece	2006-07
Glazed ceramics in the Early Iron Age Mediterranean	Kalliopi Nikita	Mediterranean	2004-07
Karnak (Upper Egypt)	Claire Newton	Egypt	2006
Kouphovouno Neolithic project	William Cavanagh	Greece	1999-2007
Laconia rural sites	William Cavanagh	Greece	2005
Libiola	Mark Pearce	NW Italy	1997-2007
Meaning and identity in a Greek landscape	Hamish Forbes	UK	2007
Mote of Mark	Lloyd Laing	Scotland	2006
Theban Tomb #29	Claire Newton	Egypt	2000-06
Transition to Late Antiquity	Andrew Poulter	Bulgaria	1999-2003
Underwater excavations at Ederline Boathouse Crannog, Loch Awe, Argyll	Jon Henderson	UK

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Past projects: REF 2021 (1 August 2013 to 31 July 2020)

Past projects: REF 2014 (1 January 2008 to 31 July 2013)

Past projects: pre-2008

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