Ailsa Jean Mainman FSA is a British archaeologist and pottery specialist.
Ailsa Mainman | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology History |
| Sub-discipline | Early-medieval archaeology Ceramics |
| Institutions | University of York York Archaeological Trust |
Career edit
Mainman completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield and is now a research associate at the University of York. She is a former assistant director of York Archaeological Trust.[1]
She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 12 January 1989.
Personal life edit
In 1991 Mainman married fellow archaeologist Richard Hall (1949–2011).[2] In 2014 Mainman fulfilled her late husband's "last wish" by helping to publish the final volume in a progressive series of publications about York Archaeological Trust's excavations of Jorvik.[3]
Select publications edit
- MacGregor, A., Mainman, A. J. and Rogers, N. S. H. 1999. Craft, industry and everyday life: bone, antler, ivory and horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and medieval York (Archaeology of York 17/12). York, York Archaeological Trust.
- Mainman, A. J. and Rogers, N. S. H. 2000. Craft, Industry, and Everyday Life: Finds from Anglo-Scandinavian York (Archaeology of York 17/14). York, York Archaeological Trust.
- Mainman, A. J. and Jenner, A. 2013. Medieval Pottery from York (Archaeology of York 16/9). York, York Archaeological Trust.
- Mainman, A. J. and Hall, R. 2015. "Eoforwic: Post Roman and Anglian York", The British Historic Town Atlas Vol V.
References edit
- ^ "Ailsa Mainman BA, MSc, PhD FSA". University of York. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Obituaries: Richard Hall". The Telegraph. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Why it took 40 years to piece together city's Viking past". Yorkshire Post. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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