Amanda Clarke
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Associate Professor
Amanda is a field archaeologist appointed by the University to help train its students in all aspects of field archaeology. She is Site Director for the Department of Archaeology's training excavation at the Roman town of Silchester, and for fieldwork in Pompeii, Italy. When not in the field she is involved in the post-excavation work for these projects.
Areas of interest
- Archaeological field method and techniques
Research centres and groups
Background
Amanda has spent many years in the field, on sites all over the world – including Norway, Beirut, Jamaica, Belize and the northern and western isles of Scotland.
She has worked most recently for York Archaeological Trust on many of their large urban sites, as well as directing two seasons of work on the early Christian site of Whithorn in Galloway. She also works as a Teaching Fellow for the Department of Archaeology at Boston University on the student training excavations in Belize, Central America.
Academic qualifications
- BA (Durham)
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
Publications
- Fulford, M. , Clarke, A. , Durham, E. , Pankhurst, N. (2020) Silchester Insula IX: the Claudio-Neronian occupation of the Iron Age oppidum. The early Roman occupation at Silchester Insula IX. Britannia Monograph Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (33). , London. pp 682. ISBN: 9780907764472 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1076947
- Fulford, M. , Clarke, A. , Durham, E. , Pankhurst, N. (2018) Late iron age Calleva: the pre-conquest occupation at Silchester Insula IX. Britannia Monograph Series , 32. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies , London. pp 552. ISBN: 9780907764458 (Silchester Roman Town: The Insula IX Town Life Project: Volume 3)
- Leary, J. , Clarke, A. , Bell, M. (2016) Valley of the Henges: exploring Neolithic landscapes in the Pewsey Vale. Current Archaeology , 316 pp. 28-34. ISSN: 0011-3212
- Bradley, R. and Clarke, A. (2016) The Hill of Tuach, Kintore, Aberdeenshire: the excavation of a small stone circle and henge. In: Bradley, R. and Nimura, C. , (eds.) The Use and Reuse of Stone Circles: Fieldwork at Five Scottish Monuments and its Implications. Oxbow Books , Cheshire. pp. 74-102. ISBN: 9781785702433
- Clarke, A. , Bradley, R. , Hunter, F. (2016) Excavations at Waulkmill, Tarland, Aberdeenshire: a Neolithic pit, Roman Iron Age burials and an earlier prehistoric stone circle. In: Bradley, R. and Nimura, C. , (eds.) The Use and Reuse of Stone Circles: Fieldwork at Five Scottish Monuments and its Implications. Oxbow Books , Cheshire. pp. 27-56. ISBN: 9781785702433
- Clarke, A. and Bradley, R. (2016) Excavations at Hillhead, Tarland, Aberdeenshire: a recumbent stone circle and its history. In: Bradley, R. and Nimura, C. , (eds.) The Use and Reuse of Stone Circles: Fieldwork at Five Scottish Monuments and its Implications. Oxbow Books , Cheshire. pp. 7-27. ISBN: 9781785702433
- Banerjea, R. , Fulford, M. , Bell, M. , Clarke, A. , Matthews, W. (2015) Using experimental archaeology and micromorphology to reconstruct timber-framed buildings from Roman Silchester: a new approach. Antiquity , 89 (347). pp. 1174-1188. ISSN: 0003-598X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.108
- Cook, S. , Clarke, A. , Fulford, M. , Voss, J. (2014) Characterising the use of urban space: a geochemical case study from Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK) Insula IX during the late first/early second century AD. Journal of Archaeological Science , 50 pp. 108-116. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.07.003
- Clarke, A. , Creighton, J. , Eckardt, H. (2013) Introduction: Michael Fulford and Roman Silchester. In: Eckardt, H. and Rippon, S. , (eds.) Living and Working in the Roman World, Essays in Honour of Michael Fulford. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series , 95. Journal of Roman Archaeology , Portsmouth, Rhode Island. pp. 19-30.
- Bradley, R. and Clarke, A. (2012) Scottish henges re-excavated. Current Archaeology , 270 pp. 36-42.
- Clarke, A. and Phillips, T. (2011) Archaeology for all? Inclusive policies for field schools. In: Mytum, H. , (eds.) Global perspectives on archaeological field schools: constructing knowledge and experience. Springer , New York. pp. 41-60. ISBN: 9781461404323
- Fulford, M. and Clarke, A. (2011) Silchester: city in transition. The mid-Roman occupation of Insula IX c. A.D. 125-250/300. A report on excavations undertaken since 1997. Britannia Monograph Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (25). , London, UK. pp 544. ISBN: 9780907764373
- Cook, S. , Banerjea, R. , Marshall, L. , Fulford, M. , Clarke, A. , van Zwieten, C. (2010) Concentrations of copper, zinc and lead as indicators of hearth usage at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK). Journal of Archaeological Science , 37 (4). pp. 871-879. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.017
- Fulford, M. , O'Riordan, E. , Clarke, A. , Rains, M. (2010) Silchester Roman Town: developing virtual research practice 1997-2008. In: Bodard, G. and Mahony, S. , (eds.) Digital Research in the Study of Classical Antiquity. Ashgate , Farnham, Surrey. pp. 15-34. ISBN: 9780754677734
- Eckardt, H. , Clarke, A. , Hay, S. , Macaulay, S. , Ryan, P. , Thornley, D. , Timby, J. (2009) The Bartlow Hills in context: report on recent excavations. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society , XCVIII pp. 47-64.
- Warwick, . , Fisher, . , Terras, . , Baker, . , Clarke, A. , Fulford, . , Grove, . , O'Riordan, . , Rains, . (2008) iTrench: a study of user reactions to the use of information technology in field archaeology. Literary and Linguistic Computing , 24 (2). pp. 211-223. ISSN: 0268-1145 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqp006
- Clarke, A. , Fulford, M. , Rains, M. , Tootell, K. (2007) Silchester Roman Town Insula IX: the development of an urban property c. AD 40-50 - c. AD 250. Internet Archaeology , 21 ISSN: 1363-5387
- Fulford, M. , Clarke, A. , Eckardt, H. (2006) Life and Labour in Late Roman Silchester: Excavations in Insula IX from 1997. Britannia Monograph 22 Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies , London. pp 0.
- Cook, S. , Clarke, A. , Fulford, M. (2005) Soil geochemistry and detection of early Roman precious metal and copper alloy working at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK). Journal of Archaeological Science , 32 (5). pp. 805-812. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2005.01.006
- Clarke, A. , Eckardt, H. , Fulford, M. , Rains, M. , Tootell, K. (2005) Silchester Roman Town: the Insula IX Town Life Project: the Late Roman archaeology. University of Reading
- Stewart, R. , Clarke, A. , Fulford, M. (2004) Promoting inclusion: facilitating access to the Silchester 'town life' project. World Archaeology , 36 (2). pp. 220-235. ISSN: 0043-8243
- Clarke, A. and Fulford, M. (2004) Silchester Roman Town. The Insula IX 'Town Life' Project. Interim Report 6. University of Reading, Department of Archaeology , Reading. pp 22.
- Cook, S. , Fulford, M. , Clarke, A. , Pearson, C. (2003) Soil geochemical analyses as an indication of metal working at the excavation of a house in the Roman City at Silchester (UK). Journal de Physique IV , 107 (Part 1). pp. 319-321. ISSN: 1155-4339 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jp4:20030306
- Clarke, A. , Fulford, M. , Rains, M. (2003) Nothing to hide - online database publication and the Silchester Town Life Project. In: Doerr, . and Sarris, . , (eds.) CAA 2002. The Digital Heritage of Archaeology. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Proceedings of the 30th Conference, Heraklion, Crete, April 2002. Hellenic Ministry of Culture , Greece. pp. 401-404.
- Clarke, A. and Fulford, M. (2003) Silchester Roman Town: the Insula IX 'Town Life' Project. Interim Report on the 2002 Season. University of Reading, Department of Archaeology , Reading. pp 17.