About Me
I am a historian specialising in the history of archaeology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Following a BA majoring in History, and an MA in Museum Studies, I obtained my PhD from University College London (UCL) in 2011. My doctoral research focused on social networks in the professionalisation of archaeology between 1870 and 1939, concentrating on a cadre of British archaeologists working in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
In August 2016 I completed a British Academy-funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, undertaking a project entitled “Popular Publishing and the Construction of a British Archaeological Identity.” The research from this project has been published in my book, Archaeologists in Print: Publishing for the People, with UCL Press (2018). In addition, I am currently Principal Investigator of a collaborative research and digitisation project, Filming Antiquity, as well as leading the Institute's History of Archaeology Network.
In 2018 I held a Council for British Research in the Levant Centenary Award to undertake a project to create a digital resource of the Diary from the 1929 excavations of an international team of researchers at the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan. The Diary and several additional related resources are available at www.petra1929.co.uk.
From February 2019 to May 2020 I was Research Officer at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology at the University of Reading. I have a research blog related to this post, Ure Routes, which explores the wider context of the Museum and its collections. I was subsequently Research Officer at the University of Reading leading "Narrating the Diverse Past", a joint University of Reading and British Museum partnership project between October 2020 and January 2021.
From October 2021, I am Co-Investigator on Beyond Notability: Re-Evaluating Women's Work in Archaeology, History and Heritage in Britain 1870-1950. For the duration of this three year project I am based at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London.
In August 2016 I completed a British Academy-funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, undertaking a project entitled “Popular Publishing and the Construction of a British Archaeological Identity.” The research from this project has been published in my book, Archaeologists in Print: Publishing for the People, with UCL Press (2018). In addition, I am currently Principal Investigator of a collaborative research and digitisation project, Filming Antiquity, as well as leading the Institute's History of Archaeology Network.
In 2018 I held a Council for British Research in the Levant Centenary Award to undertake a project to create a digital resource of the Diary from the 1929 excavations of an international team of researchers at the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan. The Diary and several additional related resources are available at www.petra1929.co.uk.
From February 2019 to May 2020 I was Research Officer at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology at the University of Reading. I have a research blog related to this post, Ure Routes, which explores the wider context of the Museum and its collections. I was subsequently Research Officer at the University of Reading leading "Narrating the Diverse Past", a joint University of Reading and British Museum partnership project between October 2020 and January 2021.
From October 2021, I am Co-Investigator on Beyond Notability: Re-Evaluating Women's Work in Archaeology, History and Heritage in Britain 1870-1950. For the duration of this three year project I am based at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London.
About This Site
This research site contains 5 pages in total. These include a blog, lists of my publications and public lectures/events to date, and a short explanation of my current and past projects. My personal website is www.amarathornton.com. All views expressed here are my own.