Julia Farley
Julia Farley is a British archaeologist specialising in Iron Age and Roman metalwork. She is the Curator of the European Iron Age & Roman Conquest Period collections at the British Museum.[1]
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Sub-discipline | Iron Age archaeology Roman archaeology |
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Career
Farley completed her PhD at the University of Leicester in 2012 with a thesis titled 'At the Edge of Empire:Iron Age and early Roman metalwork in the East Midlands'.[2] She subsequently worked at the British Museum for a year as curator of European Iron Age collections before returning to the University Leicester in 2013 for a three-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship.[3] She returned to the British Museum in 2016. She has contributed an article to The Conversation news outlet on metal detecting.[3]
Farley was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 12 December 2016.[4]
Select publications
- Farley, J. 2011. "The deposition of miniature weaponry in Iron Age Lincolnshire", Pallas. Revue d'études antiques 86, 97-121. doi:10.4000/pallas.2108
- Farley, J. and Haselgrove, C. 2013. "La conquête romaine et le monnayage en Bretagne insulaire", Dossiers de l’Archéologie 360, 82–5.
- Farley, J. 2014. "Some advice for treasure hunters and culture ministers", The Conversation (17 June 2017)
- Farley, J., Parfitt, K., and Richardson, A. 2014. "A Late Iron Age Helmet Burial from Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent", Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 80, 379–388.
- Farley, J. and Hunter, F. (eds) 2015. Celts: art and identity. British Museum Press, London. ISBN 9780714128368.
References
- "Britain, Prehistory & Europe: Staff". British Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- Farley, J. (2012). At the Edge of Empire:Iron Age and early Romanmetalwork in theEast Midlands (Thesis). University of Leicester.
- "Julia Farley". The Conversation. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- "Julia Farley". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
External links
- Dr Julia Farley talks about the Leekfrith Iron Age gold fundraising campaign
- How to make a Celtic torc, British Museum Curator’s Corner Season 1 Episode 7