Organized by Meredith Cutrer, the EMBI academic lecture series invites leading scholars to present to the Oxford community on their latest, groundbreaking research.
The second lecture in the 2022-2023 academic year is by Dr Jacqueline Nowakowski, FSA. She is the Director of the Tintagel Castle Archaeological Research Project for the Cornwall Archaeological Unit and English Heritage.
In this lecture, Dr Nowakowski presents her team's latest research on Tintagel Castle. Tintagel, North Cornwall was a major coastal citadel and focus for a unique high status settlement dating from the 5th to 6th centuries AD. New research excavations at Tintagel have revealed major insights into connectivity between post-Roman Britain, the Atlantic seaboard, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Current archaeological research at Tintagel by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, UK, (the TCARP project) has uncovered fascinating new information on the character of this settlement. A suite of stone buildings found with artefact-rich middens containing imported pottery and glass has the potential to transform current understanding of the role and significance of this place within the maritime networks operating during the Late Antique and Insular period in Britain - a time of great transformation and change. This presentation reports on results to date.
Funded by English Heritage, TCARP aims to improve and inform interpretation about Tintagel.
Oxford's Early Medieval Britain and Ireland Network is comprised of faculty, staff, and students across Oxford. We support and facilitate the research, networking, and collaboration of those at Oxford across the faculties working on any facet of British and Irish studies between AD 400 and 900.
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8 сен 2024
