Michael Fulford
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Michael Gordon Fulford, CBE, FBA
, (born 1948 Hampshire) is a Professor of Archaeology
at the University of Reading
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He studied Archaeology and Latin at Southampton University, where he was also awarded a doctorate. Between 1971 and 1974, he was employed as the personal research assistant of Professor Barry Cunliffe
and was afterwards appointed lecturer and later also reader at the University of Reading. He received a personal professorship in 1988 and became professor of the Chair of Archaeology at the university when it was established in 1993. He has also been Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (1998–2004).
Elected in 1977, he is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
and has served on both the Council and the Executive and Research Committees of the Society. In 1994 Michael Fulford was elected a Fellow of the British Academy
. He is currently the Honorary Treasurer of the Academy.
Between 1994 and 1998, he was editor for the academic journal Britannia and he is currently President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
. For the period between 2003 and 2007, he was granted the Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.
Fulford has published widely on subjects relating to Romano-British and Roman archaeology, especially with regards to the dynamics of towns, landscape archaeology
and the economy. He is probably best known for a series of digs conducted since 1974 at the site of the former Iron Age and Romano-British town of Silchester
(Calleva Atrebatum), Hampshire.
Fulford was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours.
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
, (born 1948 Hampshire) is a Professor of Archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
at the University of Reading
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
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He studied Archaeology and Latin at Southampton University, where he was also awarded a doctorate. Between 1971 and 1974, he was employed as the personal research assistant of Professor Barry Cunliffe
Barry Cunliffe
Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, CBE, known professionally as Barry Cunliffe is a former Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford, a position held from 1972 to 2007...
and was afterwards appointed lecturer and later also reader at the University of Reading. He received a personal professorship in 1988 and became professor of the Chair of Archaeology at the university when it was established in 1993. He has also been Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (1998–2004).
Elected in 1977, he is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Society of Antiquaries of London
The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...
and has served on both the Council and the Executive and Research Committees of the Society. In 1994 Michael Fulford was elected a Fellow of the British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
. He is currently the Honorary Treasurer of the Academy.
Between 1994 and 1998, he was editor for the academic journal Britannia and he is currently President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies....
. For the period between 2003 and 2007, he was granted the Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.
Fulford has published widely on subjects relating to Romano-British and Roman archaeology, especially with regards to the dynamics of towns, landscape archaeology
Landscape archaeology
Landscape archaeology is the study of the ways in which people in the past constructed and used the environment around them. Landscape archaeology is inherently multidisciplinary in its approach to the study of culture, and is used by both pre-historical, classic, and historic archaeologists...
and the economy. He is probably best known for a series of digs conducted since 1974 at the site of the former Iron Age and Romano-British town of Silchester
Silchester
Silchester is a village and civil parish about north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about south-west of Reading....
(Calleva Atrebatum), Hampshire.
Fulford was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours.
Selected writing
- (2000), with D. Allen and Jane Timby. Late Iron Age and Roman Silchester: Excavations on the Site of the Forum-Basilica, 1977, 1980-86. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
- (1989), with D. Allen. The Silchester amphitheatre: excavations of 1979-85. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Britannia monograph series 10. London.
- (1985). "Excavations on the sites of the amphitheatre and forum-basilica at Silchester, Hampshire: an interim report." The Antiquaries Journal 65. pp. 39–81.
- (1984), with Mark Corney. Silchester: excavations on the defences, 1974-80.
- (1975). New Forest Roman pottery: manufacture and distribution, with a corpus of the pottery types. Oxford.
External links
- Michael Fulford's webpage, University of ReadingUniversity of ReadingThe University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...