Ellen Swift

FSA
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College London
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-disciplineClassical archaeology
Institutions
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]

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]

Publications

  • Swift, E. (2017). Roman Artefacts and Society: Design, Behaviour and Experience. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Swift, E. (2009). Style and Function in Roman Decoration: Living with Objects and Interiors. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate.
  • Swift, E. (2003). "Transformation in Meaning: Amber and Glass Beads Across the Roman Frontier", Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Canterbury 2002. 48–57. doi:10.16995/TRAC2002_48_57 Open access icon
  • Swift, E. (2000). Regionality in Dress Accessories in the Late Roman West. Montagnac: Editions Monique Mergoil.
  • Swift, E. (2000). The End of the Western Roman Empire: An Archaeological Investigation. Stroud: Tempus.

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. 29 March 2021. 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


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