Hella Eckardt

Hella Eckardt
FSA
Awards Archaeologist of the Year (2018)
Academic background
Alma mater University of Reading
Academic work
Discipline Archaeology
Sub-discipline Classical archaeology
Roman archaeology
Institutions


Hella Eckardt is an archaeologist who specialises in Roman archaeology and material culture and an Associate Professor at the University of Reading.[1]

Career

Eckardt studied for a bachelor's degree at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, a Masters degree at the University of London, before completing her doctorate at the University of Reading.[1] She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2006.[2]. In 2018, Eckardt was won the Archaeologist of the Year award, organised by Current Archaeology.[3]

Romans Revealed

Along with Mary Lewis and Gundula Müldner, Eckardt led a project researching the archaeological evidence for immigration in Roman Britain and how these people interacted. The project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (£337,000)[4] and the results were used to inform displays at the Yorkshire Museum and create educational resources for Key Stage 2 pupils.[5] The team produced the 'Romans Revealed' website aimed at school children to give more information on Roman Britain, broadening the history taught in schools which usually focuses on men from Italy. The AHRC provided additional funding (62,000) while the Runnymede Trust also supported the project to help the website addressed what children wanted to learn about.[6][4]

Front Cover Image of Hella Eckardt (editor), Roman diasporas: archaeological approaches to mobility and diversity in the Roman empire

Select Bibliography

  • Eckardt, H. 2018. Writing and power in the Roman world: literacies and material culture. Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN 9781108418058
  • Eckardt, H. 2014. Objects and Identities: Roman Britain and the north-western provinces. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199693986
  • Eckardt, H., Muldner, G. and Lewis, M. 2014. "People on the move in Roman Britain". World Archaeology 46 (4). pp. 534-550. doi:10.1080/00438243.2014.931821
  • Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008. Styling the body in late Iron Age and Roman Britain: a contextual approach to toilet instruments (Instrumentum Monograph No. 36). Instrumentum, Montagnac. ISBN 9782355180095

References

  1. 1 2 Reading, The University of. "Dr Hella Eckardt - University of Reading". www.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Fellows Directory - E". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Archaeologist of the Year 2018 - Current Archaeology". Current Archaeology. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  4. 1 2 "REF Case study search". impact.ref.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  5. ↑ "A Long Way from Home: Diaspora Communities in Roman Britain". Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  6. ↑ "A new look at Roman Britain - Arts and Humanities Research Council". ahrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
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