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Yr Athro Vicki Cummings
Pennaeth yr Ysgol
Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwyg
Rwy'n archeolegydd sy'n arbenigo ym maes Neolithig Prydain ac Iwerddon o fewn cyd-destun ehangach gogledd-orllewin Ewrop. Mae gen i ddiddordeb arbennig mewn henebion ac rwyf wedi arwain prosiectau ymchwil sy'n archwilio pensaernïaeth beddi siambr yng Nghymru, yr Alban ac Iwerddon. Mae gen i ddiddordeb hirdymor hefyd mewn addysgu ac ymchwilio i hela a chasglu cymunedau ar raddfa fyd-eang.
Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n Bennaeth yr Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd, rôl a ddechreuais yn 2023. Rwyf hefyd yn gyd-gadeirydd University Archaeology UK (gyda'r Athro Andy Gardner yn UCL) sy'n cynrychioli ac yn eirioli dros bob adran archaeoleg yn y DU.
Fy mhrosiectau ymchwil presennol yw:
Hanesion dwfn mudo: archwilio'r Neolithig cynnar o amgylch Môr y Gogledd (gyda Dr Rune Iversen ym Mhrifysgol Copenhagen a'r Athro Dani Hofmann ym Mhrifysgol Bergen). Mae'r prosiect hwn yn ymchwilio i ddechrau a lledaeniad y Neolithig mewn ardaloedd o amgylch Môr y Gogledd. Ein nod yw adeiladu ar naratifau DNA hynafol, ac ehangu'n feirniadol, y foment bontio allweddol hon mewn cynhanes.
Beddrodau siambr Orkney (gyda Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark yn Amgueddfeydd Cenedlaethol yr Alban). Mae'r prosiect hwn yn edrych o'r newydd ar ddilyniant beddrod siambr Orkney, gyda gwaith cloddio yn Nhresness, Sanday a Blomar, Mainland, sy'n darparu deunydd newydd i ddeall y gwaith o adeiladu a defnyddio'r safleoedd hyn.
-Hynafol DNA a kinship yn gynnar ym Mhrydain Neolithig (gyda'r Athro Chris Fowler ym Mhrifysgol Newcastle). Gan adeiladu ar ganlyniadau cyffrous yr astudiaeth o aDNA o Ogledd Hazleton rydym yn archwilio pensaernïaeth berthynas a phensaernïaeth goffaol ledled Prydain.
-Neolithig Ynysoedd y Gogledd (gyda'r Athro Jane Downes a'r Athro Colin Richards yn UHI). Trwy gloddio safleoedd aneddiadau ar Orkney a Shetland, rydym yn archwilio anheddiad cynnar yr ynysoedd hyn (mae'r safleoedd ar ôl cloddio).
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Richards, C. and Cummings, V. 2024. Stone circles: a field guide. New Haven: Yale University Press.
2023
- Cummings, V. and Fowler, C. 2023. Materialising descent: lineage formation in early Neolithic southern Britain.. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, pp. 1-21. (10.1017/ppr.2023.2)
2022
- Cummings, V., Hofmann, D., Bjornevad-Ahlqvist, M. and Iversen, R. 2022. Muddying the waters: reconsidering migration in the Neolithic of Britain, Ireland and Denmark. Danish Journal of Archaeology 11, pp. 1-25. (10.7146/dja.v11i.129698)
- Fowler, C. et al. 2022. A high-resolution picture of kinship practices in an Early Neolithic tomb. Nature 601(7894), pp. 584-587. (10.1038/s41586-021-04241-4)
2021
- Cummings, V. and Richards, C. 2021. Monuments in the making: raising the great Dolmens in early neolithic northern Europe. [Monuments in the Making: Raising the Great Dolmens in Early Neolithic Northern Europe]. Windgather Press. (10.2307/j.ctv13gvgn9)
2020
- Bradley, S., Cummings, V. and Baker, M. J. 2020. Sources of flint in Britain and Ireland: A quantitative assessment of geochemical characterisation using acid digestion inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 31, article number: 102281. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102281)
2019
- Cummings, V. 2019. Excavations at Knowth volume 6: the passage tomb archaeology of the great mound at Knowth. Archaeological Journal 176(2), pp. 369-372. (10.1080/00665983.2019.1590956)
2018
- Cummings, V. and Morris, J. 2018. Neolithic explanations revisited: modelling the arrival and spread of domesticated cattle into Neolithic Britain. Environmental Archaeology 27(1), pp. 20-30. (10.1080/14614103.2018.1536498)
2017
- Bickle, P. et al. eds. 2017. Europe in the Neolithic: essays in honour of Professor Alasdair Whittle. [The Neolithic of Europe: Papers in Honour of Alasdair Whittle]. Oxbow.
- Cummings, V. 2017. The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland. [The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland]. Routledge Archaeology of Northern Europe. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315718866)
- Cummings, V. and Harris, O. 2017. Animals, people and places: The continuity of hunting and gathering practices across the mesolithic-neolithic transition in Britain. European Journal of Archaeology 14(3), pp. 361-393. (10.1179/146195711798356700)
2016
- Cummings, V. and Whittle, A. 2016. Places of special virtue: Megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales. [Places of Special Virtue: Megaliths in the Neolithic Landscapes of Wales]. Cardiff Studies in Archaeology. Oxbow Books. (10.2307/j.ctvh1djh5)
- Cummings, V. and Whittle, A. 2016. Places of special virtue: megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales. Cardiff Studies in Archaeology. Oxbow.
- Cummings, V. 2016. Virtual reality, visual envelopes, and characterizing landscape. In: David, B. and Thomas, J. eds. Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. New York: Routledge, pp. 285-290., (10.4324/9781315427737-41)
- Cummings, V. 2016. 'Very real shared traditions'? Thinking about similarity and difference in the construction and use of clyde cairns in the Western Scottish Neolithic. In: Brophy, K., MacGregor, G. and Ralston, I. B. M. eds. The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 41-56., (10.3366/edinburgh/9780748685721.003.0003)
2015
- Cummings, V. and Robinson, G. eds. 2015. The Southern Kintyre Project: Exploring interactions across the Irish Sea from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age. BAR British Series. British Archaeological Reports. (10.30861/9781407313948)
- Cummings, V. and Fowler, C. eds. 2015. The Neolithic of the Irish Sea: materiality and traditions of practice. [The Neolithic of the Irish Sea: materiality and traditions of practice]. Cardiff Studies in Archaeology. Oxbow. (10.2307/j.ctvh1dq1n)
- Cummings, V. and Robinson, G. 2015. The life and times of a chambered tomb: the results of survey and excavation at Blasthill Chambered Tomb, Kintyre, Western Scotland. Archaeological Journal 172(1), pp. 1-29. (10.1080/00665983.2014.985014)
2014
- Cummings, V., Jordan, P. and Zvelebil, M. eds. 2014. Oxford handbook of the archaeology and anthropology of hunter gatherers. Oxford University Press. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199551224.001.0001)
- Cummings, V. 2014. Between mountains and sea: a reconsideration of the neolithic monuments of south-west Scotland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 68, pp. 125-146. (10.1017/S0079497X0000147X)
2013
- Cummings, V. 2013. The maritime identities of communities colonizing Norway. Norwegian Archaeological Review 46(1), pp. 90-92. (10.1080/00293652.2013.777096)
- Cummings, V. 2013. The anthropology of hunter-gatherers: key themes for archaeologists. [The Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers: Key Themes for Archaeologists]. Debates in Archaeology. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003086833)
2012
- Cummings, V. 2012. What lies beneath: Thinking about the qualities and essences of stone and wood in the chambered tomb architecture of neolithic Britain and Ireland. Journal of Social Archaeology 12(1), pp. 29-50. (10.1177/1469605311428117)
- Cummings, V. 2012. From midden to megalith? The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in western Britain. In: Going Over: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe. British Academy Scholarship Online, pp. 493–510., (10.5871/bacad/9780197264140.003.0024)
2009
- Cummings, V. 2009. A View From the West: The Neolithic of the Irish Sea. [A View from the West: The Neolithic of the Irish Sea Zone]. Oxbow Books.
2007
- Cummings, V. and Fowler, C. 2007. From Cairn to cemetery: An archaeological investigation of the chambered Cairns and early Bronze Age mortuary ceposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, south-west Scotland. [From Cairn to Cemetery: An Archaeological Investigation of the Chambered Cairns and Early Bronze Age Mortuary Deposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, South-west Scotland]. British Archaeological Reports: British Series. Oxford: BAR Publishing.
- Whittle, A. and Cummings, V. eds. 2007. Going over: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in North-West Europe. British Academy. (10.5871/bacad/9780197264140.001.0001)
- Whittle, A. and Cummings, V. 2007. Introduction: transitions and transformations. In: Whittle, A. and Cummings, V. eds. Going Over: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe. OUP/British Academy, pp. 1-4., (10.5871/bacad/9780197264140.003.0001)
- Cummings, V. and Johnson, R. 2007. Prehistoric journeys. Oxbow.
2005
- Cummings, V. and Pannett, A. eds. 2005. Set in stone: current research on Neolithic monumentality in Scotland. Oxbow.
2003
- Cummings, V. and Whittle, A. 2003. Tombs with a view: Landscape, monuments and trees. Antiquity 77(296), pp. 255-266. (10.1017/S0003598X00092255)
2002
- Cummings, V. 2002. Experiencing texture and transformation in the British Neolithic. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 21(3), pp. 249-261. (10.1111/1468-0092.00161)
- Cummings, V., Jones, A. and Watson, A. 2002. Divided places: Phenomenology and asymmetry in the monuments of the Black Mountains, Southeast Wales. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 12(1), pp. 57-70. (10.1017/S0959774302000033)
Articles
- Cummings, V. and Fowler, C. 2023. Materialising descent: lineage formation in early Neolithic southern Britain.. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, pp. 1-21. (10.1017/ppr.2023.2)
- Cummings, V., Hofmann, D., Bjornevad-Ahlqvist, M. and Iversen, R. 2022. Muddying the waters: reconsidering migration in the Neolithic of Britain, Ireland and Denmark. Danish Journal of Archaeology 11, pp. 1-25. (10.7146/dja.v11i.129698)
- Fowler, C. et al. 2022. A high-resolution picture of kinship practices in an Early Neolithic tomb. Nature 601(7894), pp. 584-587. (10.1038/s41586-021-04241-4)
- Bradley, S., Cummings, V. and Baker, M. J. 2020. Sources of flint in Britain and Ireland: A quantitative assessment of geochemical characterisation using acid digestion inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 31, article number: 102281. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102281)
- Cummings, V. 2019. Excavations at Knowth volume 6: the passage tomb archaeology of the great mound at Knowth. Archaeological Journal 176(2), pp. 369-372. (10.1080/00665983.2019.1590956)
- Cummings, V. and Morris, J. 2018. Neolithic explanations revisited: modelling the arrival and spread of domesticated cattle into Neolithic Britain. Environmental Archaeology 27(1), pp. 20-30. (10.1080/14614103.2018.1536498)
- Cummings, V. and Harris, O. 2017. Animals, people and places: The continuity of hunting and gathering practices across the mesolithic-neolithic transition in Britain. European Journal of Archaeology 14(3), pp. 361-393. (10.1179/146195711798356700)
- Cummings, V. and Robinson, G. 2015. The life and times of a chambered tomb: the results of survey and excavation at Blasthill Chambered Tomb, Kintyre, Western Scotland. Archaeological Journal 172(1), pp. 1-29. (10.1080/00665983.2014.985014)
- Cummings, V. 2014. Between mountains and sea: a reconsideration of the neolithic monuments of south-west Scotland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 68, pp. 125-146. (10.1017/S0079497X0000147X)
- Cummings, V. 2013. The maritime identities of communities colonizing Norway. Norwegian Archaeological Review 46(1), pp. 90-92. (10.1080/00293652.2013.777096)
- Cummings, V. 2012. What lies beneath: Thinking about the qualities and essences of stone and wood in the chambered tomb architecture of neolithic Britain and Ireland. Journal of Social Archaeology 12(1), pp. 29-50. (10.1177/1469605311428117)
- Cummings, V. and Whittle, A. 2003. Tombs with a view: Landscape, monuments and trees. Antiquity 77(296), pp. 255-266. (10.1017/S0003598X00092255)
- Cummings, V. 2002. Experiencing texture and transformation in the British Neolithic. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 21(3), pp. 249-261. (10.1111/1468-0092.00161)
- Cummings, V., Jones, A. and Watson, A. 2002. Divided places: Phenomenology and asymmetry in the monuments of the Black Mountains, Southeast Wales. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 12(1), pp. 57-70. (10.1017/S0959774302000033)
Book sections
- Cummings, V. 2016. Virtual reality, visual envelopes, and characterizing landscape. In: David, B. and Thomas, J. eds. Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. New York: Routledge, pp. 285-290., (10.4324/9781315427737-41)
- Cummings, V. 2016. 'Very real shared traditions'? Thinking about similarity and difference in the construction and use of clyde cairns in the Western Scottish Neolithic. In: Brophy, K., MacGregor, G. and Ralston, I. B. M. eds. The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 41-56., (10.3366/edinburgh/9780748685721.003.0003)
- Cummings, V. 2012. From midden to megalith? The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in western Britain. In: Going Over: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe. British Academy Scholarship Online, pp. 493–510., (10.5871/bacad/9780197264140.003.0024)
- Whittle, A. and Cummings, V. 2007. Introduction: transitions and transformations. In: Whittle, A. and Cummings, V. eds. Going Over: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe. OUP/British Academy, pp. 1-4., (10.5871/bacad/9780197264140.003.0001)
Books
- Richards, C. and Cummings, V. 2024. Stone circles: a field guide. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- Cummings, V. and Richards, C. 2021. Monuments in the making: raising the great Dolmens in early neolithic northern Europe. [Monuments in the Making: Raising the Great Dolmens in Early Neolithic Northern Europe]. Windgather Press. (10.2307/j.ctv13gvgn9)
- Bickle, P. et al. eds. 2017. Europe in the Neolithic: essays in honour of Professor Alasdair Whittle. [The Neolithic of Europe: Papers in Honour of Alasdair Whittle]. Oxbow.
- Cummings, V. 2017. The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland. [The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland]. Routledge Archaeology of Northern Europe. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315718866)
- Cummings, V. and Whittle, A. 2016. Places of special virtue: Megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales. [Places of Special Virtue: Megaliths in the Neolithic Landscapes of Wales]. Cardiff Studies in Archaeology. Oxbow Books. (10.2307/j.ctvh1djh5)
- Cummings, V. and Whittle, A. 2016. Places of special virtue: megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales. Cardiff Studies in Archaeology. Oxbow.
- Cummings, V. and Robinson, G. eds. 2015. The Southern Kintyre Project: Exploring interactions across the Irish Sea from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age. BAR British Series. British Archaeological Reports. (10.30861/9781407313948)
- Cummings, V. and Fowler, C. eds. 2015. The Neolithic of the Irish Sea: materiality and traditions of practice. [The Neolithic of the Irish Sea: materiality and traditions of practice]. Cardiff Studies in Archaeology. Oxbow. (10.2307/j.ctvh1dq1n)
- Cummings, V., Jordan, P. and Zvelebil, M. eds. 2014. Oxford handbook of the archaeology and anthropology of hunter gatherers. Oxford University Press. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199551224.001.0001)
- Cummings, V. 2013. The anthropology of hunter-gatherers: key themes for archaeologists. [The Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers: Key Themes for Archaeologists]. Debates in Archaeology. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003086833)
- Cummings, V. 2009. A View From the West: The Neolithic of the Irish Sea. [A View from the West: The Neolithic of the Irish Sea Zone]. Oxbow Books.
- Cummings, V. and Fowler, C. 2007. From Cairn to cemetery: An archaeological investigation of the chambered Cairns and early Bronze Age mortuary ceposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, south-west Scotland. [From Cairn to Cemetery: An Archaeological Investigation of the Chambered Cairns and Early Bronze Age Mortuary Deposits at Cairnderry and Bargrennan White Cairn, South-west Scotland]. British Archaeological Reports: British Series. Oxford: BAR Publishing.
- Whittle, A. and Cummings, V. eds. 2007. Going over: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in North-West Europe. British Academy. (10.5871/bacad/9780197264140.001.0001)
- Cummings, V. and Johnson, R. 2007. Prehistoric journeys. Oxbow.
- Cummings, V. and Pannett, A. eds. 2005. Set in stone: current research on Neolithic monumentality in Scotland. Oxbow.
Ymchwil
Prosiectau ymchwil cyfredol
Hanesion dwfn mudo: archwilio'r Neolithig cynnar o amgylch Môr y Gogledd (gyda Dr Rune Iversen ym Mhrifysgol Copenhagen a'r Athro Dani Hofmann ym Mhrifysgol Bergen). Wedi'i ariannu gan Gronfa Ymchwil Annibynnol Denmarc, mae'r prosiect hwn yn ymchwilio i ddechrau a lledaeniad y Neolithig mewn ardaloedd o amgylch Môr y Gogledd. Ein nod yw adeiladu ar naratifau DNA hynafol, ac ehangu'n feirniadol, y foment bontio allweddol hon mewn cynhanes.
Beddrodau siambr Orkney (gyda Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark yn Amgueddfeydd Cenedlaethol yr Alban). Mae'r prosiect hwn yn edrych o'r newydd ar ddilyniant beddrod siambr Orkney, gyda gwaith cloddio yn Nhresness, Sanday a Blomar, Mainland, sy'n darparu deunydd newydd i ddeall y gwaith o adeiladu a defnyddio'r safleoedd hyn. Rydym wedi derbyn cyllid gan yr Academi Brydeinig, y Sefydliad Archeolegol Brenhinol, Cyngor Ynysoedd Erch a Chymdeithas Hynafiaethau Llundain ar gyfer y prosiect hwn.
-Hynafol DNA a kinship yn gynnar ym Mhrydain Neolithig ( gyda'r Athro Chris Fowler ym Mhrifysgol Newcastle). Gan adeiladu ar ganlyniadau cyffrous yr astudiaeth o aDNA o Ogledd Hazleton rydym yn archwilio pensaernïaeth berthynas a phensaernïaeth goffaol ledled Prydain.
-Neolithig Ynysoedd y Gogledd (gyda'r Athro Jane Downes a'r Athro Colin Richards yn UHI). Trwy gloddio safleoedd aneddiadau ar Orkney a Shetland, rydym yn archwilio anheddiad cynnar yr ynysoedd hyn (mae'r safleoedd ar ôl cloddio). Cefnogwyd y prosiect hwn gyda chyllid gan Gyngor Ynysoedd Erch.
Prosiectau ymchwil wedi'u cwblhau
-Adeiladu dolmens mawr gogledd-orllewin Ewrop (gyda'r Athro Colin Richards yn UHI). Bu'r prosiect hwn yn ymchwilio i bensaernïaeth Dolmen Prydain, Iwerddon a Denmarc mewn cyd-destun ehangach yng ngogledd Ewrop. Elwodd y prosiect o gyllid gan y Sefydliad Archeolegol Brenhinol a'r Academi Brydeinig (cymrodoriaeth ganol gyrfa). Fe'i cyhoeddir fel monograff gan Windgather.
-The Southern Kintyre Project (gyda Dr Gary Robinson ym Mhrifysgol Bangor). Bu'r prosiect hwn yn ymchwilio i'r tirweddau Mesolithig a Neolithig o amgylch beddrod siambrog Blasthill, ochr yn ochr â chloddi'r heneb hon. Fe'i hariannwyd gan yr Academi Brydeinig, Ymddiriedolaeth Elusennol Robert Kiln, y Sefydliad Archeolegol Brenhinol a'r Gymdeithas Cynhanesyddol. Fe'i cyhoeddir fel monograff Archaeopress.
- Henebion Neolithig cynnar parth Môr Iwerddon. Wedi'i ariannu gan yr Academi Brydeinig ac Ymddiriedolaeth Leverhulme, roedd y prosiect hwn yn ystyried lleoliad tirwedd y beddrodau siambr a ddarganfuwyd o amgylch Môr Iwerddon. Fe'i cyhoeddir fel monograff Oxbow.
Henebion Bargrennan yn ne-orllewin yr Alban (gyda'r Athro Chris Fowler ym Mhrifysgol Newcastle). Cloddiwyd beddrodau siambr Cairnderry a Bargrennan a ddatgelodd gyfres ddiddorol o ddigwyddiadau ar y safleoedd hyn, gan gynnwys dyddodiad nodedig o'r Oes Efydd gynnar. Elwodd y prosiect ar gyllid gan yr Academi Brydeinig, Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Llundain a'r Gymdeithas Cynhanesyddol. Cyhoeddwyd y cloddiadau fel monogragh British Archaeological Reports.
Bywgraffiad
Cymerais fy BA, MA a PhD ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, gan astudio dan yr Athro Alasdair Whittle. Ar ôl hynny, roeddwn yn Gynorthwyydd Ymchwil i'r Bwrdd Astudiaethau Celtaidd ac yna'n Gydymaith Ymchwil mewn Archaeoleg Neolithig ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Yn 2004 symudais i Brifysgol Canol Swydd Gaerhirfryn (UCLan) lle gwnes i ddylunio a sefydlu gradd newydd mewn Archaeoleg. Yn 2018 cefais gadair bersonol, yr athro archeoleg cyntaf erioed yn UCLan. Trwy gydol fy amser yn y sefydliad, roeddwn yn arweinydd ymchwil ar gyfer Archaeoleg, ac roeddwn hefyd yn Ddirprwy Bennaeth (Ymchwil) ac yn rhan o Uwch Dîm Rheoli'r Ysgol am chwe blynedd. Yn 2023 dychwelais i Gaerdydd ar ôl bron i ugain mlynedd i ffwrdd i ymgymryd â rôl Pennaeth yr Ysgol.
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Gall Vicki oruchwylio pynciau o gwmpas:
Prydain Neolithig ac Iwerddon
- Beddrodau Siambr
-Mesolithig / Pontio Neolithig yng ngogledd-orllewin Ewrop