Staff profile
Overview
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Dr Claire Nesbitt
Reviews Editor
| Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews Editor in the Department of Archaeology | 203A |
Biography
I have been a Research Associate at Durham University for several years, publishing legacy sites, teaching and undertaking research on a range of archaeological periods. I am an experienced field archaeologist having worked for commercial units and undertaken research fieldwork.
My research experience has been diverse spanning a broad range of periods from the Mesolithic to post-Medieval, and covering a vast geographical area from Atlantic Scotland to the Near East. I have published research on the archaeology and material culture of the Byzantine & Late Antique worlds, identity and phenomenology in Roman Britain, Landscape archaeology of Bronze Age and Iron Age Scotland and the archaeology of Post-Medieval architecture in the UK.
Research interests
- Manipulation of Light in Ecclesiastical Architecture
- New Perspectives on Late Antique and Byzantine Glass
- Byzantine Archaeology
- Classical Archaeology
- Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age Scotland
- Mesolithic in the North Atlantic
- Phenomenology and Experience of Architecture and Landscape
- Archeology of Landscape
- Historiography and the Perception of Monumentality
- The Geography of Ownership and Development of Archaeological Knowledge on Hadrian's Wall
Related Links
Esteem Indicators
- 0000: FSA Scot: Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
- 0000: SPBS: Executive Committee for the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (2008-2011)
Publications
Chapter in book
- Nesbitt, Claire (2014). Multiculturalism on Hadrian’s Wall. In The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain. Millett, Martin Revell, Louise & Moore, Alison Oxford University Press.
- Nesbitt, C. (2013). Experiencing the light: Byzantine church window glass and aesthetics of worship. In New Light on Old Glass: Recent Research on Byzantine Mosaics and Glass. Entwhistle, Chris & James, Liz British Museum Research Publication.
- Nesbitt, C. (2013). Glass: Byzantine. In Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Bagnall, Roger, Brodersen, Kai Champion, Craige, Erskine, Andrew & Huebner, Sabine Wiley-Blackwell.
Edited book
Journal Article
- Church, M. J., Nesbitt, C. & Gilmour, S. M. D. (2014). A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 143: 157-226.
- Church, M. J., Arge, S. V., Edwards, K. J., Ascough, P. L., Bond, J. M., Cook, G. T., Dockrill, S. J., Dugmore, A. J., McGovern, T. H., Nesbitt, C. & Simpson, I. A. (2013). The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews 77: 228-232.
- Nesbitt, C., Church, M. J., Gilmour, S. M. D. & Burgess, C. P. G. (2013). Small-scale evaluation of a Post-Medieval Blackhouse at Bereiro, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. Journal of the North Atlantic 22: 1-19.
- Church, M.J., Bishop, R.R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S. & Rowley-Conwy, P.A. (2012). Temple Bay, Harris. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, New Series 13: 186.
- Hingley, R., Witcher, R.E. & Nesbitt, C. (2012). Life of an Ancient Monument: Hadrian's Wall in History. Antiquity 86(333): 760-771.
- Nesbitt, C. (2012). Shaping the Sacred: Light and the Experience of Worship in Middle Byzantine Churches. Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 36(2): 139-160.
- Church, M J, Bishop, R R, Blake, E, Nesbitt, C, Perri, A, Piper, S, Rowley-Conwy, P A, Snape-Kennedy, L & Walker, J (2012). Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, New Series 13: 190.
- Nesbitt, C., Church, M. J. & Gilmour, S. M. D. (2011). Domestic, industrial, (en)closed? Survey and excavation of a Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age promontory enclosure at Gob Eirer, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 141: 31-74.
- Church, M J, Bishop, R R, Blake, E, Nesbitt, C, Perri, A, Piper, S & Rowley-Conwy, P A (2011). Temple Bay, Harris. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, New Series 12: 187.
- Church, M.J., Bishop, R.R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S. & Rowley-Conwy, P.A. (2011). Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, New Series 12: 194-195.
- Hingley, Richard. & Nesbitt, Claire. (2008). A Wall for all times. British Archaeology September/October 2008: 44-49.
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
- Tolia-Kelly, D.P. & Nesbitt, C. (2009). An Archaeology of Race (Exhibition Catalogue).
- Tolia-Kelly, D.P. & Nesbitt, C. (2009). An Archaeology of Race. Exploring the Northern Frontier in Roman Britain.
Report
- Bishop, R. R., Church, M. J. & Nesbitt, C. (2012). Archaeological investigations at Northton, Harris, Western Isles, 2011. Data Structure Report. Department of Archaeology. Durham University.
- Nesbitt, C., Church, M. J. & Gilmour, S. M. D. (2012). Data Structure Report of Small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. Unpublished Data Structure Report: Department of Archaeology, Durham University.
- Blake, E, Church, M J & Nesbitt, C (2012). Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of the Mesolithic Site at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2011. Unpublished Data Structure Report: Department of Archaeology, Durham University.
- Blake, E., Church, M. J. & Nesbitt, C. (2012). Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of a Mesolithic Shell Midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis, 2011. Unpublished Data Structure Report: Department of Archaeology, Durham University.