Dr Louisa Campbell

  • LKAS Fellowship (Archaeology), Honorary Research Associate (Archaeology)
  • Subject Coordinator (Archaeology) (External Relations)

Research interests

My current position as LKAS Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science is generously funded by research grants from the Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellowship, University of Glasgow and Historic Environment Scotland.

As a material culture specialist, my primary research interests focus on developing innovative methodologies and technologies to analyse and interpret artefacts set within the framework of appropriate theoretical models and cutting edge scientific techniques. My PhD thesis exploited museum collections to explore the social meanings of Roman material culture from Roman Scotland. Since then I have expanded the chronological, material and geographical focus of my research using p-XRF and Raman Spectrometry to analyse elemental composition of a range of material culture classes. In collaboration with colleagues from Physics I am developing analytical equipment and software to bring innovation to the field of Materials Science. I am currently leading several research projects in collaboration with colleagues from across traditional disciplinary divides, including the College of Arts and the College of Science and Engineering. These include:

  • Analysing elemental composition of material culture
  • Recreating colour on the Hunterian Museum’s renowned Antonine Wall Distance Slabs 
  • Investigating evidence of pigments on prehistoric, Roman and Medieval sculpture
  • Chairing the PPIP (Paints and Pigments in the Past) Research Group, comprising a multi-disciplinary collective of specialists from the University of Glasgow
  • Developing specialist equipment and bespoke software for non-destructive analysis and x-ray imagery of archaeological materials and works of art
  • Exploiting and promoting research collections in Scottish museums
  • Contributing to innovation in displaying temporary and permanent museum exhibits.

Publications

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2019

Campbell, L. (2019) Memories, monumentality and materiality in Iron Age Scotland. In: Stoddart, S., Aines, E. and Malone, C. (eds.) Gardening Time. Monuments and Landscape from Sardinia, Scotland and Central Europe in the Very Long Iron Age. Cambridge University Press. (Accepted for Publication)

Campbell, L. (2019) Vibrant colours on the Antonine Wall Distance Stones: a new methodology for identifying pigments on Roman sculpture. Britannia, (Accepted for Publication)

2018

Campbell, L. (2018) Decorating the Distance Stones: pXRF and Portable Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Pigments on the Antonine Wall Distance Stones. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Campbell, L. , Wright, D. and Hall, N. A. (Eds.) (2018) Roots of Nationhood: The Archaeology and History of Scotland. Archaeopress: Oxford. ISBN 9781784919825

Campbell, L. (2018) Culture contact and the maintenance of cultural identity in Northern Britain: a theoretical approach. In: Campbell, L., Wright, D. and Hall, N. A. (eds.) Roots of Nationhood: the Archaeology and History of Scotland. Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 75-92. ISBN 9781784919825

Campbell, L. and Wright, D. (2018) Introduction. In: Campbell, L., Wright, D. and Hall, N. A. (eds.) Roots of Nationhood: The Archaeology and History of Scotland. Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 1-5. ISBN 9781784919825

2016

Campbell, L. (2016) The Pottery in Mithras in Scotland: a Mithraeum at Inveresk (East Lothian). Britannia, 47, p. 152. (doi: 10.1017/S0068113X16000295)

Pierce, E. , Russell, A., Maldonado, A. and Campbell, L. (Eds.) (2016) Creating Material Worlds: the uses of identity in archaeology. Oxbow Books Ltd.: Oxford. ISBN 9781785701801

Campbell, L. (2016) Proportionalising practices in the past: fragments beyond the frontier. In: Pierce, E., Russell, A., Maldonado, A. and Campbell, L. (eds.) Creating Material Worlds: The Uses of Identity in Archaeology. Oxbow Books: Oxford, pp. 215-239. ISBN 9781785701801

Jones, R.E. and Campbell, L. (2016) Non-destructive analysis of Samian ware from Scottish military sites. In: Peacock, D. P.S., Sibbesson, E., Jervis, B. and Coxon, S. (eds.) Insight from Innovation: New Light on Archaeological Ceramics : Papers Presented in Honour of Professor David Peacock's Contributions to Archaeological Ceramic Studies. Series: Southampton monographs in archaeology (6). Highfield Press, pp. 118-136. ISBN 9780992633646

2015

Campbell, L. (2015) Interfacing with the Empire: materiality matters. In: Breeze, D. J., Jones, R. H. and Oltean, I. A. (eds.) Understanding Roman Frontiers: A Celebration for Professor Bill Hanson. John Donald: Edinburgh, pp. 167-181. ISBN 9781906566852

2014

Campbell, L. (2014) Negotiating identity on the edge of empire. In: Popa, C.N. and Stoddart, S. (eds.) Fingerprinting the Iron Age. Oxbow Books: Oxford, UK, pp. 211-222. ISBN 9781782976752

2013

Campbell, L. (2013) Samian pottery. In: Armit, I. and McKenzie, J. (eds.) An Inherited Place: Broxmouth Hillfort and the South-East Scotland Iron Age. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Edinburgh, pp. 249-250. ISBN 9781908332059

2012

Campbell, L. (2012) Beyond the confines of empire: a reassessment of the Roman coarsewares from Traprain law. Journal of Roman Pottery Studies, 15, pp. 1-25.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Blar na Leine. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Dunbar I. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Dunkeld. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Glenlivit. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Inverlochy I. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Loudoun Hill. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Roslin. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Modifying material: social biographies of Roman material culture. In: Jervis, B. and Kyle, A. (eds.) Make Do and Mend: The Archaeologies of Compromise, Repair and Reuse. Series: BAR international series (2408). Archaeopress: Oxford, UK, pp. 13-26. ISBN 9781407310060

2010

Campbell, L. (2010) Roman objects from northern Britain. In: Andrews, P. (ed.) Scotland and Rome: Centuries of Enrichment. Italian Cultural Institute: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 13-17.

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Number of items: 23.

Articles

Campbell, L. (2019) Vibrant colours on the Antonine Wall Distance Stones: a new methodology for identifying pigments on Roman sculpture. Britannia, (Accepted for Publication)

Campbell, L. (2016) The Pottery in Mithras in Scotland: a Mithraeum at Inveresk (East Lothian). Britannia, 47, p. 152. (doi: 10.1017/S0068113X16000295)

Campbell, L. (2012) Beyond the confines of empire: a reassessment of the Roman coarsewares from Traprain law. Journal of Roman Pottery Studies, 15, pp. 1-25.

Book Sections

Campbell, L. (2019) Memories, monumentality and materiality in Iron Age Scotland. In: Stoddart, S., Aines, E. and Malone, C. (eds.) Gardening Time. Monuments and Landscape from Sardinia, Scotland and Central Europe in the Very Long Iron Age. Cambridge University Press. (Accepted for Publication)

Campbell, L. (2018) Culture contact and the maintenance of cultural identity in Northern Britain: a theoretical approach. In: Campbell, L., Wright, D. and Hall, N. A. (eds.) Roots of Nationhood: the Archaeology and History of Scotland. Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 75-92. ISBN 9781784919825

Campbell, L. and Wright, D. (2018) Introduction. In: Campbell, L., Wright, D. and Hall, N. A. (eds.) Roots of Nationhood: The Archaeology and History of Scotland. Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 1-5. ISBN 9781784919825

Campbell, L. (2016) Proportionalising practices in the past: fragments beyond the frontier. In: Pierce, E., Russell, A., Maldonado, A. and Campbell, L. (eds.) Creating Material Worlds: The Uses of Identity in Archaeology. Oxbow Books: Oxford, pp. 215-239. ISBN 9781785701801

Jones, R.E. and Campbell, L. (2016) Non-destructive analysis of Samian ware from Scottish military sites. In: Peacock, D. P.S., Sibbesson, E., Jervis, B. and Coxon, S. (eds.) Insight from Innovation: New Light on Archaeological Ceramics : Papers Presented in Honour of Professor David Peacock's Contributions to Archaeological Ceramic Studies. Series: Southampton monographs in archaeology (6). Highfield Press, pp. 118-136. ISBN 9780992633646

Campbell, L. (2015) Interfacing with the Empire: materiality matters. In: Breeze, D. J., Jones, R. H. and Oltean, I. A. (eds.) Understanding Roman Frontiers: A Celebration for Professor Bill Hanson. John Donald: Edinburgh, pp. 167-181. ISBN 9781906566852

Campbell, L. (2014) Negotiating identity on the edge of empire. In: Popa, C.N. and Stoddart, S. (eds.) Fingerprinting the Iron Age. Oxbow Books: Oxford, UK, pp. 211-222. ISBN 9781782976752

Campbell, L. (2013) Samian pottery. In: Armit, I. and McKenzie, J. (eds.) An Inherited Place: Broxmouth Hillfort and the South-East Scotland Iron Age. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Edinburgh, pp. 249-250. ISBN 9781908332059

Campbell, L. (2012) Modifying material: social biographies of Roman material culture. In: Jervis, B. and Kyle, A. (eds.) Make Do and Mend: The Archaeologies of Compromise, Repair and Reuse. Series: BAR international series (2408). Archaeopress: Oxford, UK, pp. 13-26. ISBN 9781407310060

Campbell, L. (2010) Roman objects from northern Britain. In: Andrews, P. (ed.) Scotland and Rome: Centuries of Enrichment. Italian Cultural Institute: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 13-17.

Edited Books

Campbell, L. , Wright, D. and Hall, N. A. (Eds.) (2018) Roots of Nationhood: The Archaeology and History of Scotland. Archaeopress: Oxford. ISBN 9781784919825

Pierce, E. , Russell, A., Maldonado, A. and Campbell, L. (Eds.) (2016) Creating Material Worlds: the uses of identity in archaeology. Oxbow Books Ltd.: Oxford. ISBN 9781785701801

Research Reports or Papers

Campbell, L. (2018) Decorating the Distance Stones: pXRF and Portable Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Pigments on the Antonine Wall Distance Stones. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Blar na Leine. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Dunbar I. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Dunkeld. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Glenlivit. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Inverlochy I. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Loudoun Hill. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Campbell, L. (2012) Inventory of Scottish Battlefields: Roslin. Discussion Paper. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

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Grants

  • 2019 Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Leadership Fellowship (£100,000)
  • 2017 Historic Environment Scotland (£46,362)
  • 2019 Historic Environment Scotland (£100,000)
  • 2015 Historic Scotland (£82,000)
  • 2015 Forestry Commission Scotland (£23,000)
  • 2015 Glenmorangie (£12,000)
  • 2015 Glasgow City Council (£10,000)
  • 2015 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (£3,000)
  • 2014 Association of Roman Archaeology (£3,000)
  • 2013 Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (£3,000)
  • 2013 LTDF, University of Glasgow (£12,549)
  • 2012 Chancellor’s Fund, University of Glasgow (£5,000)
  • 2012 Hunter Marshall Bequest Fund (£2,960)
  • 2006 Sue Green Memorial Grant (£680)

Teaching

MLitt

  • Material Culture and Artefact Studies MLitt
  • Process of Artefact Studies
  • Ancient Cultures
  • Pottery in Archaeology

Undergraduate

  • Archaeology of Scotland
  • Archaeology of Theory and Practice
  • Archaeology of Europe and the Mediterranean

Additional Information

  • President:   Scottish Archaeological Forum.
  • Organiser:   Roman Northern Frontiers Seminars.
  • Fellow:        Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
  • Member:      Study Group for Roman Pottery.


Campbell, Louisa

R218 Level2, Archaeology, Gregory Building, G12 8QQ,