Ailsa Mainman Explained

Ailsa Mainman
Discipline:	Archaeology History
Sub Discipline:	Early-medieval archaeology Ceramics
Alma Mater:	University of Sheffield
Workplaces:	University of York York Archaeological Trust

Ailsa Jean Mainman is a British archaeologist and pottery specialist.

Career

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

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

• 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.

External links

• Ailsa Mainman's publications as listed on the Archaeology Data Service

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ailsa Mainman BA, MSc, PhD FSA . University of York . 14 October 2019.
2. News: Obituaries: Richard Hall . 12 October 2011 . The Telegraph. 14 October 2019.
3. News: Why it took 40 years to piece together city's Viking past . Yorkshire Post . 1 May 2014. 14 October 2019.