Antonia Thomas

Doctor

Tourism Research Network
Orkney College UHI
Lecturer in Archaeology, Archaeology Institute

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1959-7260

Phone +44 (0)1856 569225
Emailantonia.thomas@uhi.ac.uk

United Kingdom
Orkney College UHI East Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1LX
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

28 Citations
3 h-Index

Research output per year

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Personal profile

Research expertise

My focus is on the relationship between Art and Archaeology in its broadest sense, from the interpretation of prehistoric visual culture, to the intersections between contemporary art practice and the archaeological imagination. My broader research includes various aspects of visual and material culture, such as stone-carving and sculpture, vernacular buildings, prehistoric art and architecture, graffiti and mark-making, museum studies, and conceptual art.

My professional background is in heritage management and archaeology, with experience spanning community development and regeneration, museum curation, commercial archaeological fieldwork, and higher education research and teaching. Over the past ten years, my work has increasingly explored experimental and creative approaches to archaeology, and I have undertaken a number of trans-disciplinary art / archaeology projects and residencies.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen

Award Date: 11 Feb 2016

Master of Arts, University of Sheffield

Bachelor of Science, University of Sheffield

External positions

Editorial Board Member

Oct 2020 → …

Advisory Panel Member

Aug 2017 → …

Trustee

Dec 2015 → …

Committee Member

2014 → 2017

Keywords

CC Archaeology
N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR

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Projects

1 Not started
1 Active
2 Finished

Braes of Ha'Breck, Wyre, Orkney

Thomas, A. & Lee, D.

1/05/06 → …

Project: Research

SMGP: St Magnus Graffiti Project

Thomas, A.

Project: Research

Human Seasons

Lee, D. & Thomas, A.

1/03/16 → 28/02/17

Project: Other

Monumental Visions: Art and Archaeology in the Heart of Orkney World Heritage Site

Thomas, A.

1/01/10 → 31/12/10

Project: Research

Research Output

28 Citations
3 h-Index
8 Article
4 Chapter
3 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Book
2 More
- 1 Other contribution
- 1 Doctoral Thesis (not awarded by UHI)

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 Academic

Research 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 Books

Research 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

File

5 Citations (Scopus)

18 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)

Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney: Process, Temporality and Context

Thomas, A. S., May 2016, Archaeopress. 277 p. (University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute Research Series)

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access

File

521 Downloads (Pure)

The settlement of Crossiecrown: the Grey and the Red Houses

Card, N., Downes, J., Richards, C., Jones, R., Challands, A., French, C. A. I. & Thomas, A. S., Nov 2016, The Development of Neolithic House Societies in Orkney. Oxford: Windgather Press, ch7

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter