Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
I have been a professional archaeologist since 2001 and have worked on a wide range of archaeology projects across the UK and in Iceland. I am currently a part-time Lecturer at the Archaeology Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands, where I teach postgraduate modules in Art and Archaeology: Contemporary Theory and Practice and Cultural Heritage Management. I also serve as a Trustee for the Orkney Natural History Society (Stromness Museum) and sit on the advisory panel for Scotland’s Rock Art Project (ScRAP).
My research includes various aspects of visual and material culture including prehistoric art, graffiti, stone-working, sculpture, vernacular architecture, and photography. My recent work has built on these themes to examine intersections between archaeology and contemporary art and I am involved in several trans-disciplinary art / science / heritage collaborations.
Teaching expertise
Art and Archaeology: Contemporary Theory and Practice
Prehistory of the Highlands and Islands
Cultural Heritage Management
Neolithic Studies
The Archaeology of Death and Burial
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 11 Feb 2016
Master of Arts, University of Sheffield
Bachelor of Science, University of Sheffield
External positions
Advisory Panel Member
Aug 2017 → …Trustee
Dec 2015 → …Committee Member
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Projects
Monumental Visions: Art and Archaeology in the Heart of Orkney World Heritage Site
1/01/10 → 31/12/10
Project: Research
Research Output
Duration and representation in archaeology and photography
Thomas, A., 14 Nov 2019, Archaeology and Photography: Time, Objectivity and Archive. McFadyen, L. & Hicks, D. (eds.). Bloomsbury AcademicResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Image and process in an architectural context: decorated stonework from the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney
Thomas, A., Feb 2019, Making a Mark: image and process in Neolithic Britain and Ireland. Jones, A. M. (ed.). Oxbow BooksResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Beyond Art/Archaeology: Research and Practice after the "Creative Turn"
Thomas, A., Lee, D., Frederick, U. & White, C., 19 Feb 2018, In : Journal of Contemporary Archaeology. 4, 2 (2017), p. 121-129 9 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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5
Citations
(Scopus)
13
Downloads
(Pure)
Conversations with Magic Stones
Edmonds, M., Anderson-Whymark, H., Clarke, A. & Thomas, A., Jul 2017, 190 p.Research output: Other contribution
Process, form and time: maceheads in an Orcadian context
Anderson-Whymark, H., Clarke, A., Edmonds, M. & Thomas, A., 31 Oct 2017, Written in Stone: Papers on the function, form, and provenancing of prehistoric stone objects in memory of Fiona Roe . Shaffery, R. (ed.). Southampton: The Highfield Press, Vol. Southampton Monographs in Archaeology.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Activities
Scotland's 3rd Millennium Archaeology Research Workshop (#3M_DO) (External organisation)
Antonia Thomas (Member)
Feb 2019 → …
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Aarhus University Archaeology Seminar
Antonia Thomas (Speaker)
14 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
The Shetland SIRFA Symposium
Antonia Thomas (Chair), & Sarah Jane Gibbon (Chair)
20 Sep 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Shoormal Conference.
Antonia Thomas (Chair), & Sarah Jane Gibbon (Chair)
20 Sep 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Ness to Ness Art Archaeology Workshop 2018
Antonia Thomas (Organiser), & Anne Bevan (Organiser)
5 Jul 2018 → 8 Jul 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
Skara Brae women archaeologists who were written out of history
21/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Buried by history Buried by history Dig women assumed to be visitors - the assumption was wrong
21/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Thesis
Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney: Process, Temporality and Context
Author: Thomas, A., 11 Feb 2016Supervisor: Downes, J. (Supervisor) & Edmonds, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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