Ellen Swift

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Ellen Swift

FSA
Academic background
Alma mater University College London
Main interests
  • Roman Britain Roman North-Western provinces, Roman Egypt
  • Roman jewellery and dress accessories, Roman and late antique artefacts

Ellen Swift FSA is a British archaeologist and Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Kent. [1] [2]

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Professor Swift studied at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London for her BA, MA, and PhD. [3]

Swift is a specialist in material culture studies of the Roman world, including dress accessories and functional artefacts including dice. [4] [5] She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in October 2005. [2] In 2001, the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference formed a standing committee to oversee the conference, consisting of Swift, Martin Carruthers, Carol van Driel-Murray, Andrew Gardner, Jason Lucas, and Louise Revell. The committee also edited the proceedings for the 2001 conference. [6]

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References

  1. "Dr Ellen Swift FSA Reader in Archaeology". University of Kent. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Fellows directory: Dr Ellen Swift". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. "Ellen Swift - Classical & Archaeological Studies". University of Kent. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. Swift, E. (2008). Roman Dress Accessories. Shire Publications.
  5. Greenword, V. (20 February 2018). "The Shape of Ancient Dice Suggests Shifting Beliefs in Fate and Chance". The Atlantic. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. Carruthers, Martin; van Driel Murray, Carol; Gardner, Andrew; Lucas, Jason; Revell, Louise; Swift, Ellen (2002), "Preface", in Carruthers, Martin; van Driel Murray, Carol; Gardner, Andrew; Lucas, Jason; Revell, Louise; Swift, Ellen (eds.), TRAC 2001: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, vol. 11, pp. iv, doi: 10.16995/TRAC2001_i_iv