Dr David Roberts
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MCIfA, FHEA, FSA
Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Archaeoleg a Hanes Rhufeinig
Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwyg
Mae fy ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar ddeall sut roedd pobl yn y cyfnod Rhufeinig a chynhanesyddol diweddarach yn rhyngweithio â'r dirwedd o'u cwmpas ac yn ei deall, a sut y gall ymchwilio a deall hyn fod o fudd i'n cymdeithas heddiw. Fy mhrif feysydd diddordeb yw:
- Rhyngweithiadau dynol-dirwedd-anifeiliaid mewn cynhanes a'r cyfnod Rhufeinig, gan gynnwys symudedd dynol ac anifeiliaid.
- Datblygu dulliau arloesol o weithio maes ac ymchwil archaeolegol, yn enwedig dulliau tirwedd cyfannol sy'n cynnwys gwaith maes (yn enwedig cloddio), gwyddor archaeolegol a theori.
- Hyrwyddo effaith a gwerth ymchwil archaeolegol yn y gymdeithas gyfoes drwy addysgu, ymchwil ryngddisgyblaethol ac ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd, yn enwedig wrth ddatblygu cyfleoedd hyfforddi cynhwysol.
Rwy'n arbenigwr mewn archaeoleg a chloddio tirwedd Rhufeinig a chynhanesyddol, gyda phrofiad sylweddol o reoli prosiectau - yn enwedig prosiectau cloddio a thirwedd, a hyfforddiant gwaith maes - mewn archaeoleg broffesiynol.
Rwy'n addysgu ar ystod o fodiwlau sy'n ymwneud ag archaeoleg Rufeinig a sgiliau archeolegol, ac yn goruchwylio ymchwil mewn cynhanes diweddarach ac archaeoleg Rufeinig.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Roberts, D. and Rainsford, C. 2024. Animal offerings in ritual, economic and social contexts in Britannia. Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal 7(1), pp. 1-28. (10.16995/traj.10654)
- Roberts, D. 2024. Chedworth Roman villa; excavations and re-imaginings from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, by Simon Esmonde Cleary, Jason Wood and Emma Durham [Book Review]. Archaeological Journal 181 (10.1080/00665983.2024.2405372)
- Russell, M., Dunne, J., Evershed, R., Quinn, P., Dobie, J., Marshall, P. and Roberts, D. 2024. Peterborough Ware from West Amesbury Farm, Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 117, pp. 19-50.
2021
- Henry, R., Roberts, D. and Roskams, S. 2021. A Roman temple from southern Britain: religious practice in landscape contexts. Antiquaries Journal 101, pp. 79-105. (10.1017/S0003581520000487)
2020
- Roberts, D. et al. 2020. Middle Neolithic pits and a burial at West Amesbury, Wiltshire. Archaeological Journal 177(2), pp. 167-213. (10.1080/00665983.2020.1758495)
- Roberts, D. and Marshall, P. 2020. Pit digging and lifeways in Neolithic Wiltshire. Project Report. [Online]. Historic England. Available at: https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16257
- Forward, A., Last, J., Roberts, D., Paynter, S., Pelling, R., Waterworth, J. and Campbell, G. 2020. Excavations at Catridge Farm, Lacock, Wiltshire.. Project Report. [Online]. Historic England. Available at: https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16729
- Roberts, D. and Marshall, P. 2020. Pit digging and lifeways in Neolithic Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 113, pp. 16-34.
2019
- Henry, R., Roberts, D., Grant, M. J. and Pelling, R. 2019. A contextual analysis of the Late Roman Pewsey and Wilcot Vessel Hoards, Wiltshire. Britannia 50, pp. 149-184. (10.1017/s0068113x19000266)
- Worley, F. et al. 2019. Understanding Middle Neolithic food and farming in and around the Stonehenge World Heritage Site: An integrated approach. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 26, article number: 101838. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.003)
- Roberts, D. et al. 2019. Recent investigations at two long barrows and reflections on their context in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site and environs. Internet Archaeology(47) (10.11141/ia.47.7)
- Bishop, B., Price, K. M., Marshall, P., Lamb, S., Vallender, J. and Roberts, D. 2019. Flintworking in the Middle Neolithic: techniques, technologies and deposition on Salisbury Plain in the late 4th Millennium BC.. Lithics 40, pp. 5-40.
2018
- Mays, S. et al. 2018. Lives before and after Stonehenge: An osteobiographical study of four prehistoric burials recently excavated from the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 20, pp. 692-710. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.06.008)
- Roberts, D. 2018. The early history of Fonthill. In: Dakers, C. ed. Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural Hisotry. London: UCL Press, pp. 11-18.
- Valdez-Tullett, A. and Roberts, D. 2018. Archaeological investigation of a square enclosure on King Barrow Ridge, Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Technical Report.
- Roberts, D. 2018. The geophysical survey west of Fonthill Lake. In: Dakers, C. ed. Fonthill Recovered. London: UCL Press, pp. 197-200.
2017
- Roberts, D. et al. 2017. Recent work on Urchfont Hill, Urchfont, Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 110
- Valdez-Tullett, A. and Roberts, D. 2017. Archaeological investigation of a square enclosure on King Barrow Ridge, Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Historic England. Available at: https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15651
- Henry, R., Grant, M., Pelling, R. and Roberts, D. 2017. The Pewsey vessel hoard, an initial assessment. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 110, pp. 230 - 233.
- Roberts, D. et al. 2017. The early field systems of the Stonehenge landscape. Landscapes 18(2), pp. 120-140. (10.1080/14662035.2018.1429719)
2013
- Rainsford, C. and Roberts, D. 2013. Taboo or not taboo? Fish, wealth and landscape in Iron Age Britain. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 28(2), pp. 32-47.
Articles
- Roberts, D. and Rainsford, C. 2024. Animal offerings in ritual, economic and social contexts in Britannia. Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal 7(1), pp. 1-28. (10.16995/traj.10654)
- Roberts, D. 2024. Chedworth Roman villa; excavations and re-imaginings from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, by Simon Esmonde Cleary, Jason Wood and Emma Durham [Book Review]. Archaeological Journal 181 (10.1080/00665983.2024.2405372)
- Russell, M., Dunne, J., Evershed, R., Quinn, P., Dobie, J., Marshall, P. and Roberts, D. 2024. Peterborough Ware from West Amesbury Farm, Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 117, pp. 19-50.
- Henry, R., Roberts, D. and Roskams, S. 2021. A Roman temple from southern Britain: religious practice in landscape contexts. Antiquaries Journal 101, pp. 79-105. (10.1017/S0003581520000487)
- Roberts, D. et al. 2020. Middle Neolithic pits and a burial at West Amesbury, Wiltshire. Archaeological Journal 177(2), pp. 167-213. (10.1080/00665983.2020.1758495)
- Roberts, D. and Marshall, P. 2020. Pit digging and lifeways in Neolithic Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 113, pp. 16-34.
- Henry, R., Roberts, D., Grant, M. J. and Pelling, R. 2019. A contextual analysis of the Late Roman Pewsey and Wilcot Vessel Hoards, Wiltshire. Britannia 50, pp. 149-184. (10.1017/s0068113x19000266)
- Worley, F. et al. 2019. Understanding Middle Neolithic food and farming in and around the Stonehenge World Heritage Site: An integrated approach. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 26, article number: 101838. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.003)
- Roberts, D. et al. 2019. Recent investigations at two long barrows and reflections on their context in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site and environs. Internet Archaeology(47) (10.11141/ia.47.7)
- Bishop, B., Price, K. M., Marshall, P., Lamb, S., Vallender, J. and Roberts, D. 2019. Flintworking in the Middle Neolithic: techniques, technologies and deposition on Salisbury Plain in the late 4th Millennium BC.. Lithics 40, pp. 5-40.
- Mays, S. et al. 2018. Lives before and after Stonehenge: An osteobiographical study of four prehistoric burials recently excavated from the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 20, pp. 692-710. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.06.008)
- Roberts, D. et al. 2017. Recent work on Urchfont Hill, Urchfont, Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 110
- Henry, R., Grant, M., Pelling, R. and Roberts, D. 2017. The Pewsey vessel hoard, an initial assessment. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 110, pp. 230 - 233.
- Roberts, D. et al. 2017. The early field systems of the Stonehenge landscape. Landscapes 18(2), pp. 120-140. (10.1080/14662035.2018.1429719)
- Rainsford, C. and Roberts, D. 2013. Taboo or not taboo? Fish, wealth and landscape in Iron Age Britain. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 28(2), pp. 32-47.
Book sections
- Roberts, D. 2018. The early history of Fonthill. In: Dakers, C. ed. Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural Hisotry. London: UCL Press, pp. 11-18.
- Roberts, D. 2018. The geophysical survey west of Fonthill Lake. In: Dakers, C. ed. Fonthill Recovered. London: UCL Press, pp. 197-200.
Monographs
- Roberts, D. and Marshall, P. 2020. Pit digging and lifeways in Neolithic Wiltshire. Project Report. [Online]. Historic England. Available at: https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16257
- Forward, A., Last, J., Roberts, D., Paynter, S., Pelling, R., Waterworth, J. and Campbell, G. 2020. Excavations at Catridge Farm, Lacock, Wiltshire.. Project Report. [Online]. Historic England. Available at: https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16729
- Valdez-Tullett, A. and Roberts, D. 2018. Archaeological investigation of a square enclosure on King Barrow Ridge, Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Technical Report.
- Valdez-Tullett, A. and Roberts, D. 2017. Archaeological investigation of a square enclosure on King Barrow Ridge, Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Historic England. Available at: https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15651
Ymchwil
Rwy'n gweithio ar ystod eang o ymchwil - rhestrir rhai prosiectau allweddol isod:
Villa Rhufeinig Ham Isel (2018 – presennol)
Nod y prosiect pwysig hwn yw gwella dealltwriaeth o gymeriad fila Rufeinig Low Ham a'r dirwedd gynhanesyddol a Rhufeinig diweddarach. Cynlluniais y prosiect, sy'n adeiladu ar arolwg geoffisegol Treftadaeth Mewn Perygl gan AU i asesu difrod moch daear a gwir faint y cyfadeilad fila, sef safle enghraifft gyntaf Prydain o gelf naratif, mosaig Dido ac Aeneas. Datgelodd gwaith cloddio gan dîm mawr - gan gynnwys darparu hyfforddiant gwaith maes - yn yr hydref-gaeaf 2018 wybodaeth newydd bwysig am y fila a'r cyffiniau. Gan ddefnyddio arfer gorau mewn cofnodi cloddio digidol, darganfyddiadau a dadansoddi amgylcheddol a dyddio gwyddonol, mae ein canlyniadau – sydd ar hyn o bryd yn y cam dadansoddi - yn debygol o ddarparu tystiolaeth newydd bwysig o ailddefnyddio fila mawr ar ddiwedd y 4g a'r 5ed ganrif ar gyfer gweithgaredd diwydiannol ar raddfa fawr. Bydd y prosiect yn cael ei ysgrifennu mewn partneriaeth â gwaith yr Athro Roger Leech (Prifysgol Southampton) ar ddod â gwaith cloddio 1946-8 y fila i'w cyhoeddiad cyntaf mewn monograff mawr.
Arolwg Safle Treftadaeth y Byd Deheuol Côr y Cewri (2015 – presennol)
Cynlluniais ac arweiniais elfennau cloddio a dadansoddi prosiect ymchwil hanesyddol Lloegr mawr ac amlddisgyblaethol hwn, a oedd â'r nod o ddeall yn well adnodd archeolegol Côr y Cewri i'r de o ffordd yr A303. Mae ein hymchwil wedi cynhyrchu canlyniadau o bwys rhyngwladol, darganfod grŵp pwll a chladdedigaeth Neolithig Canol sy'n dyddio o'r canrifoedd yn union cyn y gweithgaredd cyntaf yng Nghôr y Cewri, a darparu dehongliadau newydd o darddiad y dirwedd goffaol. Cydosodiadau crochenwaith Neolithig Canol a fflint o'r pyllau hyn yw'r mwyaf a'r mwyaf arwyddocaol o'r WHS. Mae dadansoddi lipidau, petrograffeg ceramig, modelu radiocarbon, dadansoddi isotopig dynol a faunal, proteomeg a dadansoddi calcwlws deintyddol i gyd yn cyfrannu at ddeall ffyrdd bywyd ar y safle. Roedd y gwaith maes hwn hefyd yn nodi'r systemau caeau cynharaf yng Nghôr y Cewri WHS, nifer o chwythiadau o'r Oes Efydd Canol, a phrofodd fodolaeth crug hir mawr a aradwyd yn ddiweddarach yn y cyfnod cynhanes. Mae rhaglen helaeth o gyhoeddi bron â chael ei chwblhau, ac mae ein cyhoeddiad terfynol yn cael ei adolygu. Gweler https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2020.1758495 ar gyfer synthesis o ganlyniadau allweddol a chyfeiriadau at gyhoeddiadau prosiect eraill.
Tirweddau PASt (2013 – presennol)
Rwy'n cyd-gyfarwyddo'r prosiect hwn gyda Richard Henry (cyn Swyddog Cyswllt Darganfyddiadau ar gyfer Wiltshire) a Steve Roskams (Prifysgol Efrog). Rhwng 2010 a 2014 mae synwyryddion metel wedi nodi bod 25% o'r holl ddarganfyddiadau a wnaed erioed yn Wiltshire o ardal fechan yn ne-orllewin y sir (tua 3% o Wiltshire), bron pob un o'r Oes Efydd hyd at y cyfnod Rhufeinig gan gynnwys dros 20 o celciau. Mae ein prosiect yn ceisio cyd-destunoli'r canfyddiadau hyn, gan ddefnyddio cyfres o dechnegau tirwedd i ymchwilio i faes astudio mawr, ac arolygu a chloddio i ddeall safleoedd astudiaethau achos. Ar y cyd â chydweithwyr o'r Amgueddfa Brydeinig a phrifysgolion Efrog, Rhydychen a Reading, mae'r prosiect wedi ymchwilio i sawl safle celc, gan ganolbwyntio ar ddeall un prif safle astudiaeth achos. Mae canfod metel, arolwg geoffisegol a chloddio wedi datgelu safle eithriadol o gyfoethog a chymhleth, gyda nifer o ffosi o weithgaredd gan gynnwys teml Rufeinig hwyr, anheddiad Rhufeinig a safle gwaith haearn mawr, ac anheddiad mawr o'r Oes Haearn. Ymhlith y darganfyddiadau o'r deml mae'r casgliad mwyaf o miniatures chnogol haearn o'r Ymerodraeth Rufeinig gogledd-orllewin, nifer o dabledi melltith, sawl gwrthrych unigryw a thros dair mil o ddarganfyddiadau bach. Mae ein dull cyfannol wedi ein galluogi i feithrin cysylltiadau agos rhwng y tirweddau domestig, diwydiannol a chrefyddol, gan ddatblygu dealltwriaeth agos o ymarfer yn y dirwedd. Prif ariannwr y prosiect yw Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Llundain, ochr yn ochr â llawer o sefydliadau eraill, gan gynnwys Sefydliad Disgfyd. Cyhoeddir ein cyhoeddiad mawr cyntaf yn The Antiquaries Journal, gyda monograff llawn i ddilyn.
Prosiect Archaeoleg Teffont (2008 – presennol)
Rwyf wedi cyfarwyddo Prosiect Archaeoleg Teffont ers 2008, gan ei ddatblygu o brosiect israddedig ar raddfa fach i brosiect ymchwil tirweddol mawr wedi'i seilio ar ysgol maes haf flynyddol i ddechrau (2010-15), sydd bellach yn ysgol maes haf bob dwy flynedd gyda 75+ o fyfyrwyr, gwirfoddolwyr a staff. Mae'r prosiect wedi defnyddio cyfres o dechnegau archaeolegol i ymchwilio i dirweddau hanesyddol Teffont mewn partneriaeth â'r gymuned leol, gan ganolbwyntio ar dirwedd cysegrfa Rufeinig o arwyddocâd cenedlaethol a'i chyffiniau. Mae'r prosiect wedi ennill arian grant academaidd gan amrywiaeth o sefydliadau, gan gynnwys yr NLHF, y Sefydliad Archeolegol Brenhinol a'r Ymddiriedolaeth Ymchwil Rufeinig, ynghyd â chyllid sylweddol iawn gan roddion preifat. Rydym yn gweithio'n agos gyda'r gymuned leol ac yn cynnal sgyrsiau, teithiau cerdded ac arddangosfeydd yn Teffont yn rheolaidd.
Addysgu
Rwy'n cynnull modiwlau 'Archaeoleg Cymdeithasau Môr y Canoldir', 'Prydain Rufeinig' a 'Marwolaeth a chladdu yn y byd Rhufeinig'.
Rwy'n cyfrannu addysgu at y modiwlau israddedig canlynol: Darganfod Archaeoleg, Archaeoleg Prydain, Ymchwilio i'r Byd Hynafol, Yr Hen Fyd mewn 20 Gwrthrych, Prydain Oes yr Haearn, Archaeoleg: Mae'n Bwysig, Byd Llawn Duwiau, Taflu'r Gorffennol, ac ystod eang o oruchwyliaeth Prosiect Annibynnol a Thraethawd Hir ar draws Hanes yr Henfyd ac Archaeoleg.
Rwy'n cyfrannu addysgu at y modiwlau ôl-raddedig canlynol: Pwnc Arbennig: Yr Hen Fyd; Sgiliau a Dulliau mewn Astudiaethau Ôl-raddedig; Sgiliau Ôl-raddedig mewn Archaeoleg a Chadwraeth; Marwolaeth a Chofio; Goruchwylio traethawd hir MA Archaeoleg.
Rwy'n Gymrawd o'r Academi Addysg Uwch.
Bywgraffiad
Employment:
Archaeologist, Historic England (formerly English Heritage) November 2013 – October 2021.
McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge – Field Archaeologist in Residence. Oct - Dec 2016.
Education:
PhD (University of York, AHRC funded) Roman attitudes towards the natural world; a comparison of Wessex and Provence. October 2010 – September 2014. Supervised by Steve Roskams and Dr Kevin Walsh. Viva November 2014.
MA in Landscape Archaeology (Distinction, departmental fee waiver), University of York 2009-2010.
BA in Archaeology (1st class honours), University of York 2006-2009.
Career overview:
My PhD at York focused on how people in southern Britannia and Gallia Narbonensis interacted with the world around them under the Roman empire. I continued to pursue research into landscape relations in the later prehistoric and Roman periods in my job as an Archaeologist in the English Heritage and later Historic England (HE) Archaeological Projects Team. I managed a range of excavation and landscape research projects, predominantly focused on Wessex. During this time I also continued to run the Teffont Archaeology and PASt Landscapes research projects as field schools, working with the universities of York and Oxford, and the British Museum, Salisbury Museum and a range of other partners.
In 2015 I led survey and excavation into the newly discovered Deverill villa (now scheduled) for HE, and then co-directed the Vale of Pewsey field school in collaboration with the University of Reading. Later that year I was asked by HE to manage the excavation elements of the Stonehenge Southern WHS Survey project, investigating the WHS landscape south of the A303. This major project provided an opportunity to conduct research on the periods immediately before and after the key monumental phases of Stonehenge, in parts of the WHS where little research had previously been undertaken. Following the assessment phase of this project I took up a short term fellowship at Field Archaeologist in Residence at the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge, where I undertook wider research on Neolithic pits in Wessex, now published.
As the publication phase of the Stonehenge WHS project neared completion I designed and led a major research project for HE in autumn-winter 2018 on Low Ham Roman villa and its landscape, to mitigate the villa's heritage at risk status and provide a wider context to the Dido and Aeneas mosaic, Britain's first narrative art. These major excavations - which also included a significant training element, including Positive Action Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic placements, a Headley Trust intern, volunteers and students from several universities - have now reached analysis phase, and will be published in collaboration with Prof. R Leech of the University of Southampton, who is writing up the mid-20th century excavations of the site.
In November 2019 I accepted a post as Lecturer in Roman Archaeology at Cardiff on sabbatical from HE, and taught a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules, and supervised dissertations and independent projects on later prehistoric and Roman topics. In January 2021 I returned to HE to develop a national archaeological fieldwork training programme, and then accepted a permanent post at Cardiff in October 2021. My research continues at Teffont and elsewhere, and in the publication phases of the Stonehenge, PASt Landscapes and Low Ham projects.
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) – Fellow (2019)
Humanities Research Centre Doctoral Fellow (2013)
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Chartered Institute for Archaeologists – Member (2017)
Higher Education Academy – Associate Fellow (2013)
University of York – Research Associate (2015)
Landscape Survey Group – Member (2012)
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
2013-2021 - Archaeologist, Historic England
2016 - Field Archaeologist in Residence, McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Roman landscape archaeology / Roman Britain
- Excavation and archaeological practice
- Prehistoric landscape archaeology
- Archaeological theory, especially landscape / post-human theory.
- The archaeology of Wessex
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol
Contact Details
+44 29225 11828
Adeilad John Percival , Ystafell 5.49a, Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
Themâu ymchwil
Arbenigeddau
- Prydain Rufeinig
- Archaeoleg y Dirwedd
- Archaeoleg Maes
- Yn ddiweddarach Prydain Cynhanesyddol
- Talaith gogledd-orllewin Rhufeinig