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Dr Marion Shiner
FSA
Teams and roles for Marion Shiner
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Overview
I have been an archaeologist for over twenty years, and have worked in both commercial archaeology and heritage management. My research examines the archaeology of Late Iron Age, Roman and early medieval Britain and Ireland, with a particular focus on funerary practices, and especially the funerary treatment of children. I am currently employed as a post-doctoral researcher for Making the March - a Leverhulme Trust-funded, Cardiff University/Manchester University interdisciplinary project exploring the early medieval origins of the Welsh March (Grant no. RPG-2023-135).
Publication
2024
- Shiner, M. and Wilson, H. 2024. Excavations at Port Clew Chapel, Freshwater East, Pembrokeshire 2008–9. Archaeologia Cambrensis 173, pp. 167-226.
- Seaman, A., Morgan-James, R., Sinnott, S., Comeau, R. and Shiner, M. 2024. The Medieval period: Agriculture, assembly and burial. In: Guilbert, D., Morgan-Jones, R. and Sinnott, S. eds. A Journey Through 6000 years of History: Investigations along the A4226 Five Mile Lane Improvement Scheme. Red River Archaeology Group
2023
- Shiner, M. 2023. A note on the archaeological recording of early medieval burials. Archaeology in Wales 63, pp. 89-92.
2021
- Shiner, M. R. 2021. Burial in early medieval Wales: identifying multifunctional cemeteries. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 41(3), pp. 268-285. (10.1111/ojoa.12223)
2019
- Shiner, M., Hemer, K. and Comeau, R. 2019. The St Patrick’s Chapel Excavation Project: Public engagement with the rescue excavation of an early medieval cemetery in southwest Wales. In: Williams, H., Wills-Eve, B. and Osbourne, J. eds. The Public Archaeology of Death. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 17-36.
2011
- Page, M. 2011. Ble mae’r babanod? (Where are the babies?): Infant burial in Early Medieval Wales. In: Lally, M. and Moore, A. eds. (Re)Thinking the Little Ancestor: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Infancy and Childhood. BAR International Series Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 100-109.
Articles
- Shiner, M. and Wilson, H. 2024. Excavations at Port Clew Chapel, Freshwater East, Pembrokeshire 2008–9. Archaeologia Cambrensis 173, pp. 167-226.
- Shiner, M. 2023. A note on the archaeological recording of early medieval burials. Archaeology in Wales 63, pp. 89-92.
- Shiner, M. R. 2021. Burial in early medieval Wales: identifying multifunctional cemeteries. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 41(3), pp. 268-285. (10.1111/ojoa.12223)
Book sections
- Seaman, A., Morgan-James, R., Sinnott, S., Comeau, R. and Shiner, M. 2024. The Medieval period: Agriculture, assembly and burial. In: Guilbert, D., Morgan-Jones, R. and Sinnott, S. eds. A Journey Through 6000 years of History: Investigations along the A4226 Five Mile Lane Improvement Scheme. Red River Archaeology Group
- Shiner, M., Hemer, K. and Comeau, R. 2019. The St Patrick’s Chapel Excavation Project: Public engagement with the rescue excavation of an early medieval cemetery in southwest Wales. In: Williams, H., Wills-Eve, B. and Osbourne, J. eds. The Public Archaeology of Death. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 17-36.
- Page, M. 2011. Ble mae’r babanod? (Where are the babies?): Infant burial in Early Medieval Wales. In: Lally, M. and Moore, A. eds. (Re)Thinking the Little Ancestor: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Infancy and Childhood. BAR International Series Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 100-109.
Research
I am particularly interested in the archaeology of early medieval western Britain because we still know relatively little about very many elements in comparison with other areas at that time. The nature and location of settlement, for instance, remains notoriously opaque. The project I am currently involved with is especially exciting for its potential to develop our understanding of the ways in which the frontier landscape between the British kingdoms in the west and an increasingly powerful Mercia to the east was negotiated, defined and maintained on the ground. Making the March is the first interdisciplinary project to research this aspect of life in early medieval Britain.
Teaching
As a full-time researcher I do very little teaching, but I have delivered lectures and seminars on aspects of the archaeology of early medieval Britain, the archaeology of funerary practices, and the role of post-excavation analyses in interpreting complex archaeological sites.
Biography
Currently a post-doctoral researcher for Making the March at Cardiff University
2022 to 2024 - Project Officer, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Archaeological Services
2017 to 2021 - Doctoral Research, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield
2004 to 2017 - Historic Environment Record Manager, Dyfed Archaeological Trust
2002 - 2004 - Heritage Management Assistant, Dyfed Archaeological Trust
2000 - 2002 - MA Archaeology (Cardiff)
1997 - 2000 - BA Archaeology (University of Wales Trinity St David)
Professional memberships
- Member of the Trust for Welsh Archaeology
- Co-convenor of the Early Medieval Wales Archaeology Research Group (EMWARG)
Committees and reviewing
- Medieval Settlement Research Group
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Early Medieval Britain
- Early medieval funerary practices
- Iron Age and Roman funerary practices
- Archaeology of childhood
- Cultural heritage management