School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan

Interlace panel from the Govan sarcophagus, carved for the bones of St Constantine, c. 900 AD

Projects


Historical Archaeology at Glasgow

This area has grown from a core of early medieval specialists into a group with research interests stretching from the classical period to the twentieth century. Research into early medieval Scotland has now expanded into the wider Celtic and Norse worlds, where our most vibrant international connections are to be found. An important dimension of this group is work on aspects of the Classical and Post-Colonial Mediterranean which has emerged through archaeological research. 

Our historical perspective has also extended chronologically into the later medieval and modern eras, which allows us to explore instances of historical development of current and international relevance, such as the Reformation in Scotland, Colonial Economies and Industrialisation. 

Academic Staff

  • Prof Stephen T Driscoll
  • Dr Jeremy Huggett
  • Dr Chris Dalglish
  • Dr Colleen Batey
  • Dr Ewan Campbell
  • Dr Michael Given

Research Students

  • Adamson, Donald Beck: Commercialisation before Culloden: An archaeology of the re-direction of food surpluses in the Scottish Highlands prior to 1745
  • Bankier, Anne: Norse Settlement and Contacts in Northern Argyll
  • Buchanan, Courtney: Scandinavian artefacts from southern Scotland and northern England: cultural contacts, interactions and identities in peripheral areas of Scandinavian settlement
  • Blackwell, Alice: Anglo-Saxon artefacts from northern Britain: an insight into personal identities, social relationships and cultural horizons in the Early Historic period
  • Charland, Amanda: Social roles of Frankish and Muslim landscapes in the 12th century Levant
  • Christian, Terence: Operations Analysis of Second World War Squadrons in Scotland Including a New Methodology for Aircraft Wreck Excavation
  • Ferguson, Natasha: An Assessment of the Impact and Contribution of Metal Detectorists to Battlefield Archaeology
  • Grant, Kevin: Evocations of Modern Scottish Highland and Island Landscapes
  • Horne, Tom: A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland: Defining Hebridean-Norse Sub-region in the Viking World
  • Kyle, Alison: An examination of regionality in the material culture of Ireland and western Britain in the first millennium AD
  • McCabe, Morgana: Liminal Faces and Places: the feared other in the archaeological landscape
  • McNutt, Ryan: A methodology of historic landscape reconstruction and predictive modelling of battlefield locations
  • Mitchell, Mark: Studying the archaeological evolution of medieval estates within the west coast of Scotland
  • Novotny, Jen: Sedition at the supper table: the material culture of the Jacobite rebellions
  • Pierce, Elizabeth: Identity at the Far Edge of the Earth: An examination of cultural identity manifested in the material culture of the North Atlantic, c. 1150-1450
  • Roberts, Julie: An anthropological study of war crimes against children in Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 1990s
  • Watson, Shirley Ann: The Cultural Associations and Contemporary Interpretation of Scottish Battlefields

Honorary Staff

  • Chris Morris
  • Rachel Barrowman
  • Sally-Ann Coupar
  • Dr Stuart Nisbet

Current Research Projects and Networks

Programmes and Courses

  • MLitt in Celtic and Viking Archaeology
  • MLitt in Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Historical Landscapes of the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Early Medieval Gaeldom, 6th-8th Centuries
  • Northern Britons, 5th-12th Century
  • Picts and the Formation of Alba
  • Settlement and Society in Scandinavian Scotland
  • Viking Movements
  • Viking Age Scandinavia
  • Medieval Ireland, 800-1100 (tbc)
  • Founding of Scotland: 11th-13th Centuries
  • Kingship and Locality: Scotland in the 14th-15th Centuries
  • Post-Medieval Britain and Ireland