Valerie Maxfield
Valerie A. Maxfield | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | The Dona Militaria of the Roman Army (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | Brian Dobson |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Archaeology |
Sub-discipline | Roman archaeology |
Institutions | University of Exeter |
Valerie Maxfield FSA is a Roman archaeologist and emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Exeter. She is a specialist in the archaeology of the Roman army and frontiers, and edited the Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society until December 2020.
Academic career[]
Maxfield completed an undergraduate degree in History at the University of Leicester and completed a Phd at Durham University in 1972, at Trevelyan College, supervised by Brian Dobson.[1][2] She studied at the British School at Rome, and was then appointed as a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Exeter.[1] Maxfield retired from the university in 2008, coinciding with Bryony Coles' retirement. To mark their departure, the archaeology department held a conference dedicated to them titled 'From Desert to Wetland'.[3] Valerie Maxfield is currently an emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Exeter.[4]
Excavations[]
In 1972 Maxfield excavated the Roman temporary camp at Eskbank, revealing its entrance complex, and in 1975 a series of pits at the camp.[5] She excavated the Roman fort of Camelon, Falkirk from 1975–1977, and discovered a new camp at Lochlands through excavations in 1980–1984.[6][7] Maxfield has worked in the Eastern Desert of Egypt since 1987 and excavated at Mons Porphyrites with in the 1990s.[8][9] This led to a grant of £5,595 from the British Academy in 2005 to fund post-excavation work on the project.[10]
Archaeological societies[]
Maxfield co-founded the Hadrianic society in 1971 with David Breeze and Brian Dobson and was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1978.[11] Maxfield is a member of the Durham School of Archaeology.[12] She has a longstanding involvement with both the and the Cornwall Archaeological Society, whose president she was in 2014.[13] She is the current vice-president of the Devon Archaeological Society and edits the society's journal.[14][13]
Selected publications[]
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- V. Maxfield 1972. Excavations at Eskbank Midlothian, 1972. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 141-150.
- V.A. Maxfield. 1981. The Military Decorations of the Roman Army. London: Batsford.
- V.A. Maxfield. 1986. Pre-Flavian Forts and their Garrisons. Britannia 17: 59-72.
- V. Maxfield. 1989. The Saxon Shore: A Handbook. Exeter: Exeter University Press.
- Dobson, B. and Maxfield, V. 1995. Some Inscriptions of Roman Britain. London: London Association of Classical Teachers
- V.A. Maxfield, D. Peacock. 2001. The Roman Imperial Quarries: Survey and Excavation at Mons Porphyrites 1994-1998 Volume 2. London: Egypt Exploration Society.
- V.A. Maxfield. 2001. Stone quarrying in the Eastern Desert with particular reference to Mons Claudianus and Mons Porphyrites. In D. Mattingly and J. Salmon. Economies beyond Agriculture in the Classical World.
- V.A. Maxfield and D. Peacock. 2001. Survey and Excavation. Mons Claudianus 1987-1993 II: Excavations part 1. Cairo: Institute francais d'archeologie orientale
- V.A. Maxfield and M.J. Dobson (eds). 2003. Roman Frontier Studies. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
- V.A. Maxfield. 2003. Ostraca and the Roman army in the Eastern desert. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 46: 153-173.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b A., Maxfield, Valerie (1981). The military decorations of the Roman army. London: Batsford. ISBN 0713427183. OCLC 8495669.
- ^ Maxfield, V.A. (1972). The dona militaria of the Roman army (PDF). Unpublished phd thesis Durham University.
- ^ "Fond farewell" (PDF). University News. University of Exeter (5): 15. January 2008.
- ^ "Professor Valerie Maxfield| Archaeology| University of Exeter". humanities.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "Eskbank | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Falkirk, Camelon | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Lochlands | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ Mattingly, DJ; Salmon, J. Economies beyond agriculture in the classical world. 2001. pp. x–xi. OCLC 953796220.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ A., Maxfield, Valerie (2001). The Roman imperial quarries : survey and excavation at Mons Porphyrites, 1994-1998. Peacock, D. P. S., Bradford, Nick., Goddard, Seán, 1953-, Egypt Exploration Society. London: Egypt Exploration Society. ISBN 0856981524. OCLC 48586876.
- ^ "Grants: 04.05 - 09.05" (PDF). Exeter News: The University of Exeter Magazine: 14. 2005.
- ^ "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Draper, S. From Aesica to Asia: A Short History of Archaeology at Durham University (PDF). Durham University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Cornwall Archaeological Society" (PDF). 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Who we are: Trustees & Executive Committee". Devon Archaeological Society. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- Academics of the University of Exeter
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Living people
- Alumni of Trevelyan College, Durham
- British women archaeologists