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Barbara Birley
Birth Name:Barbara Thorpe
Birth Date:15 February 1976
Birth Place:Englewood, Colorado
Discipline:Archaeology
Sub Discipline:Roman archaeology
Workplaces:Vindolanda Trust

Barbara Allison Birley (born 15 February 1976[1]) is an archaeologist and museum curator working at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, near Hadrian's Wall.

Biography

Birley is the curator for the Vindolanda Trust, where she works on the conservation, cataloguing, and display of the Roman artefacts found at the fort,[2] and serves as the membership secretary of the Roman Finds Group.[3] She was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 17 June 2021.[4]

Birley has published on the Roman jewellery and combs found at Vindolanda,[5] [6] [7] as well as on public engagement with archaeology,[8] including the 'Stories from the Frontier' project, which is developing a digital game to help visitors to Vindolanda engage with the site.[9] [10]

Birley is married to Andrew Birley, also an archaeologist working at Vindolanda.[11]

Select publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Birley Family, NINTH GENERATION . Birley of Lancashire Genealogies . 18 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050223163903/http://birley.org/jbirleyd/d156.htm#P156 . 23 February 2005.
  2. Web site: Meet the Team: Barbara Birley . Vindolanda Trust . 18 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Committee . Roman Finds Group . 18 June 2021.
  4. Web site: 17 June ballot results . Society of Antiquaries of London . 18 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Birley . Barbara . 2014 . "A penannular brooch and two strap-ends from Vindolanda", Archaeologia Aeliana 43, 73-76 . 2024-05-23 . archaeologydataservice.ac.uk . en.
  6. Birley . Barbara . 2016-11-21 . Keeping up Appearances on the Romano-British Frontier . Internet Archaeology . en . 42 . 10.11141/ia.42.6.6 . 1363-5387. free .
  7. Book: Birley, Barbara . Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions . 2018 . Oxbow Books . 978-1-78925-015-2 . Ivleva . Tatiana . 189-196 . Stylising the functional: Wooden hair combs from Vindolanda . De Bruin . Jasper . Driessen . Mark.
  8. Book: Birley, Barbara . Hadrian’s Wall: Exploring its Past to Protect its Future . Griffiths . Bill . Archaeopress . 2022 . Alberti . Marta . 34-45 . From academic research to delivery: translating knowledge to deliver accessible and captivating programmes . Mountain . Katie.
  9. Stocks . Claire . Birley . Barbara . Collins . Rob . 2018 . Stories from the Frontier: Linking Past and Present at Vindolanda through Digital Gameplay . thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date . en . 8 . 10.34679/thersites.vol8.114 . 2364-7612.
  10. Web site: Stories from the Frontier - Newcastle University . 2024-05-23 . research.ncl.ac.uk . en-GB.
  11. Web site: 2019-02-28 . Dr Andrew Birley, FSA, FSA Scot . 2024-05-23 . The Vindolanda Trust . en.

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