Howard Williams (archaeologist)

Howard M. R. Williams, FSA is a British archaeologist and academic. He is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Chester in England. His research focuses on the study of death, burial and memory in Early Medieval Britain.

Howard Williams
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationArchaeologist, academic
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Chester
Notable worksDeath and Memory in Early Medieval Britain
WebsiteHoward Williams's blog

Biography

Williams obtained a BSc from the University of Sheffield and later attended the University of Reading where he received a MS and a PhD. degree.[1] He has taught archaeology at Trinity College Carmarthen, Cardiff University and the University of Exeter, and since 2008 at the University of Chester.[1]

Williams's research focuses on the archaeology of Early Medieval Britain. He has published scholarly journals, books, and co-published books on the archaeology of Medieval Britain, death and burial, Vikings, and landscapes and memory.[1]

In December, 2018, Williams was featured in the BBC 4 documentary, Beyond the Walls: In Search of the Celts".[2]

Awards and recognition

On 16 February 2006, Williams was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA).[3] In 2017, Williams won the Society for Medieval Archaeology's Martyn Jope Award for "the best novel interpretation, application of analytical method or presentation of new findings" published in that year's volume of Medieval Archaeology along with co-author Patricia Murrieta-Flores.[4][5]

Selected publications
  • Bradley, R.J. & Williams, H. (eds). The Past in the Past: The Reuse of Ancient Monuments. World Archaeology 30 (1). London: Routledge. (1998, editor)
  • Williams, H. (ed.). Archaeologies of Remembrance: Death and Memory in Past Societies. New York: Kluwer/Plenum. (2003, editor)
  • Williams, H. Death and Memory in Early Medieval Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (2006)
  • Semple, S. & Williams, H. (eds). Early Medieval Mortuary Practices. Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology & History 14. Oxford: Oxbow. (2007, editor)
  • Sayer, D. & Williams, H. (eds). Mortuary Practices & Social Identities in the Middle Ages: Essays in Burial Archaeology in Honour of Heinrich Härke. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. (2009, editor)
  • Williams, H., Kirton, J. and Gondek, M. (eds) Early Medieval Stone Monuments: Materiality, Biography, Landscape. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. (2015, editors)
  • Williams, H. and Giles, M. (eds) Archaeologists and the Dead. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2016, editors)
  • Williams, H. (ed.) Mortuary citations: Death and Memory in the Viking World. Special issue of the European Journal of Archaeology 19(3). (2016, guest editor).
  • Cerezo-Román, J. I., Wessman, A. and Williams, H. (eds) Cremation and the Archaeology of Death. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2017, editors)

References
  1. "Prof. Howard Williams". University of Chester. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. "University of Chester professor to appear in BBC TV documentary". Cheshire Live News. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. "Fellows Directory - Williams". Society of Antiquaries. The Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. "The Society for Medieval Archaeology | Awards". Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. Murrieta-Flores, Patricia; Williams, Howard (19 June 2017). "Placing the Pillar of Eliseg: Movement, Visibility and Memory in the Early Medieval Landscape". Medieval Archaeology. 61 (1): 69–103. doi:10.1080/00766097.2017.1295926. hdl:10034/620515.
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