Sue Brunning

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Sue Brunning
FSA
Academic background
Alma mater University College London
Institutions

Susan Elaine "Sue" Brunning FSA is an archaeologist specialising in Early Medieval material culture, particularly swords, and is the curator of Early Medieval Europe Collections at the British Museum. [1]

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Career

Brunning completed her PhD in 2013 at University College London with a thesis titled 'The 'Living' Sword in Early Medieval Northern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Study'. [2]

Brunning is the curator of Early Medieval Europe Collections at the British Museum and was involved in the 2014 exhibition of the Sutton Hoo collections. [3] She advises on the importance and value of archaeological finds recorded via the Portable Antiquities Scheme, such as a silver sword-belt mount found in Culmington, Shropshire, declared as treasure in line with the Treasure Act 1996 in 2019. [4]

She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 11 November 2018. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Britain, Prehistory & Europe: Staff". British Museum. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Susan Elaine Brunning (2013). The 'Living' Sword in Early Medieval Northern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Study (PDF) (Thesis). UCL. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "British Museum's revamped gallery casts light on Dark Ages". The Guardian. 23 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Shropshire Saxon sword mount declared treasure". BBC News. 16 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Sue Brunning". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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