Marcus Brittain
I engage with a spectrum of fieldwork and research programmes that promote a collaboration of commercial, academic and public engagements in archaeology. My interests are broad, though often return to pioneer communities of the later prehistoric and later historical eras, the social value of archaeology and its contribution to the diversity of life, and a concern with archaeological methods and concepts. I mainly conduct fieldwork in Britain, the South Atlantic, and in various parts of Africa.
I am a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, and a Member of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.
Current projects include:
Human impact in the Antarctic region from the 18th century to the present: http://www.sght.org/sealing-archaeological-project/
The development of prehistoric hillfort communities at Ham Hill, Somerset
Prehistoric identities over the western Fenland margins
Training in archaeological fieldwork and data analysis in Nigeria
Ethnoarchaeology of East African agri-pastoralism: www.mursi-archaeology.com
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Address: Cambridge Archaeological Unit
University of Cambridge
34a Storey's Way
Cambridge
CB3 0DT
United Kingdom
I am a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, and a Member of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.
Current projects include:
Human impact in the Antarctic region from the 18th century to the present: http://www.sght.org/sealing-archaeological-project/
The development of prehistoric hillfort communities at Ham Hill, Somerset
Prehistoric identities over the western Fenland margins
Training in archaeological fieldwork and data analysis in Nigeria
Ethnoarchaeology of East African agri-pastoralism: www.mursi-archaeology.com
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Address: Cambridge Archaeological Unit
University of Cambridge
34a Storey's Way
Cambridge
CB3 0DT
United Kingdom
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Oxford University Press
352 Pages
ISBN: 9780199693948
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of the archaeological and landscape contexts of Thurstan Shaw’s pioneering investigations. Extending southward by 2 km from the sites of Igbo Richard, Igbo Isaiah, and Igbo Jonah, a large ceramic assemblage of Igbo-Ukwu ware was recovered in four of our five areas of investigation. For the two areas discussed in this article, substantial quantities of cultural materials came from stratified contexts. From these, three radiocarbon dates fall between the end of the ninth and the second half of the thirteenth centuries CE. This article introduces various pilot studies conducted on samples collected from recent excavations. Soil analyses (pH and particle size distribution) indicate the presence of mostly acidic soils and differential preservation potential. Multi-method analysis of pottery from excavated trenches, including multivariate analysis and elemental (pXRF) measurements, recorded similar fabrics but with varying color and chemical compositions. Archaeobotanical analysis on samples from the new excavations reveals the presence of wood charcoal and, for the first time, remains of Vitex sp. and the palm oil tree associated with Igbo-Ukwu cultural deposits. This project has garnered new data on material culture, spatial distribution, subsistence, and environment. Thus, the research has demonstrated that a multi-scaler approach that combines various recovery and analytic methods may provide valuable insights into aspects of Igbo-Ukwu’s past.
The project is a partnership between the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust.
Thanks go to all of the local volunteers who gave their time and energy to the project; the Department of Public Works; SafeLane Global for UXO and ground survey support; Neil Golding of SAERI for additional drone photography; FITV and Falklands Radio.
This is a partnership between the Cambridge Archaeological Unit and the South Georgia Heritage Trust. In conjunction with this, coastal mapping was conducted by the South Atlantic Environment Research Institute, which provided the aerial drone imagery.
Special thanks to the projects citizen scientists; with additional thanks to National Geographic; the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge; the Gino Watkins Memorial Fund; The South Georgia Association; Shackleton clothing company.
Oxford University Press
352 Pages
ISBN: 9780199693948
of the archaeological and landscape contexts of Thurstan Shaw’s pioneering investigations. Extending southward by 2 km from the sites of Igbo Richard, Igbo Isaiah, and Igbo Jonah, a large ceramic assemblage of Igbo-Ukwu ware was recovered in four of our five areas of investigation. For the two areas discussed in this article, substantial quantities of cultural materials came from stratified contexts. From these, three radiocarbon dates fall between the end of the ninth and the second half of the thirteenth centuries CE. This article introduces various pilot studies conducted on samples collected from recent excavations. Soil analyses (pH and particle size distribution) indicate the presence of mostly acidic soils and differential preservation potential. Multi-method analysis of pottery from excavated trenches, including multivariate analysis and elemental (pXRF) measurements, recorded similar fabrics but with varying color and chemical compositions. Archaeobotanical analysis on samples from the new excavations reveals the presence of wood charcoal and, for the first time, remains of Vitex sp. and the palm oil tree associated with Igbo-Ukwu cultural deposits. This project has garnered new data on material culture, spatial distribution, subsistence, and environment. Thus, the research has demonstrated that a multi-scaler approach that combines various recovery and analytic methods may provide valuable insights into aspects of Igbo-Ukwu’s past.
The project is a partnership between the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust.
Thanks go to all of the local volunteers who gave their time and energy to the project; the Department of Public Works; SafeLane Global for UXO and ground survey support; Neil Golding of SAERI for additional drone photography; FITV and Falklands Radio.
This is a partnership between the Cambridge Archaeological Unit and the South Georgia Heritage Trust. In conjunction with this, coastal mapping was conducted by the South Atlantic Environment Research Institute, which provided the aerial drone imagery.
Special thanks to the projects citizen scientists; with additional thanks to National Geographic; the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge; the Gino Watkins Memorial Fund; The South Georgia Association; Shackleton clothing company.
The ridge later became the focus for Roman settlement in the site’s third episode of activity, distinguished by three main phases covering the 1st-3rd centuries. Phases 1 and 2 relate to a primary and secondary phase of settlement. There is clearly considerable overlap across these phases, which may have equally been presented as a single episode of activity; however, their division is warranted on the basis of mismatching feature alignment, albeit with respecting spatial arrangement. A valid assumption is that one develops from the other, where a settlement core of 1st–2nd century date lies to the west of the site and was remoulded within an existing fieldsystem. Stratigraphically later within this sequence, Phase 3 sees a ditched trackway – the provenance of which must lay within the preceding phases – traverse the site from south to north, with further evidence of settlement spreading from the west. The ceramic evidence shows that by the mid-3rd century the majority of settlement activity had ceased. A notable highlight of the Roman activity is an early pottery kiln with an assemblage of kiln furniture.
The final, fourth episode of activity, relates to post-Medieval furrow cultivation which lay across much of the site, though with little impact to earlier deposits.
The project is a partnership between the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust.
Thanks go to all of the local volunteers who gave their time and energy to the project; the Department of Public Works; SafeLane Global for UXO and ground survey support; Neil Golding of SAERI for additional drone photography; FITV and Falklands Radio.
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Special thanks to the projects citizen scientists; with additional thanks to National Geographic; the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge; the Gino Watkins Memorial Fund; The South Georgia Association; Shackleton clothing company.