List of Contributors
Javier Arce
is an Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Lille (France). He is currently working on a book on Constantius II.
Francesca Bigi
Ph.D. (2008), works for the Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali. She is currently responsible for the architectural decoration of the former Antiquarium del Celio collection and of the Mausoleum of Augustus.
Barbara Borg
holds the Chair in Classical Archaeology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. She has published widely on Roman funerary culture and is PI of the ERC-funded project The INscribed City: Urban Structures and Interaction in Imperial ROME (101054143 IN-ROME)
Rhea Brettell
has a Ph.D. (2016) in Archaeological Sciences. Her specialism is the use of instrumental methods, primarily organic residue analysis, to enhance our understanding of past mortuary practices.
Alexandra Chavarría Arnau
is Full Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Padua (Italy) has developed research and published in different subjects related to the period between the end of the Roman World and the Late Middle Ages such as rural settlement, cemeteries and churches.
Judit Ciurana Prast
Ph.D. (2011), works as a professional archaeologist in southern Catalonia. She has been involved in various projects conducting field surveys and post-excavation analysis.
Chloe Clark
is a Ph.D. student at King’s College London. Her research focuses on the role and experience of colour in ancient death and burial.
Sam Cohen
is an Associate Professor at Sonoma State University, with research interests in the evolution of the concept of heresy, the bishops of Rome, sacred topography, polemic and rhetoric, migration, as well as the place of minority and non-conforming peoples in late antique Christian society.
Carl Heron
is Director of Scientific Research at the British Museum. Prior to this he was Professor of Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bradford with interests in molecular and isotopic investigation of archaeological materials.
Mark Johnson
Ph.D. (1986), is Professor Emeritus at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His most recent books are San Vitale in Ravenna and Octagonal Churches in Late Antiquity and a study connected with his late wife’s ancestors, The Patriots of Penne in the Nineteenth Century.
Leonardo Lamanna
Ph.D. (2018), is an archaeologist specialized in the study of ancient human remains. He is currently employed as an Archaeological officer at the Soprintendenza of Mantua (Ministry of Culture – Italy).
Luke Lavan
Ph.D. (2001), is a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent. He is the series editor of Late Antique Archaeology, has directed excavation and survey at Ostia, and author of Public Space in the Late Antique City (2020).
Zsolt Magyar
is an independent researcher. He has published papers on late antique mausolea, imperial cult, Roman Sopianae (Pécs, Hungary), and the archaeology of Hungary.
Maurizio Marinato
is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Padua, where he obtained his Ph.D. (Doctor Europaeus). His scientific interests include medieval archaeology and bioarchaeology, in particular the study of cemetery contexts.
William Martin
Ph.D. (2005), is an Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry at the University of Bradford. His interests are in the synthesis and mass spectrometry of small molecules of archaeological significance.
Nick Mishkovsky
is a professional collections manager in New York City, with research interests in late antique archaeology, and specifically on ancient spolia.
Julia Nikolaus
Ph.D. (2017), is a Senior Research Fellow at the Maritime Endangered Archaeology Project (MarEA) at Ulster University. Her research focuses on heritage management and protection in the MENA region, as well as funerary landscapes of North Africa.
José Miguel Noguera Celdrán
Ph.D. (1993), is a Professor in Archaeology at the University of Murcia. He is the series editor of Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani-Spain, director of Archivo Español de Arqueología, scientific director of the archaeological project of Molinete (Cartegena) and author of some books and papers on Late Antique funerary architecture in Hispania.
Efthymios Rizos
Ph.D. (2011) has been a Research Fellow at Koç University, the Netherlands Institute in Turkey and the Cult of Saints research project at the University of Oxford, with research interests focusing on the late antique urbanism and cultural history of the Balkans, Greece and Anatolia.
Eline M. J. Schotsmans
Ph.D., is a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong (Australia). Her research lies at the interface between archaeology, anthropology and forensic science with a focus on taphonomy, funerary treatment and preservation practices to provide insights in past social organisation. Eline edited The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology (2022).
Christopher Sparey-Green
(BA, MCIfA) is an archaeologist and Honorary Research Fellow at University of Kent, excavator of the Late Antique Cemetery at Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset.
Ben Stern
Ph.D. (1996), is a Lecturer in Archaeological Science at the University of Bradford. Research interests include organic residue analysis.
Ignazio Tantillo
is Professor of Roman History at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. He is the author of several studies on the late antique period, ranging from municipal to imperial court history.
Douglas Underwood
Ph.D. (2015), is an independent scholar. He researches the cities of the late antique west, focusing especially on public monuments and memory.