Tania Dickinson

Tania Marguerite Dickinson FSA (born 1946) is a British archaeologist specialising in early-medieval Britain.[1] Dickinson undertook undergraduate study at St. Anne's College, Oxford and postgraduate study at the Institute of Archaeology (Oxford). In 1973 she was appointed Lecturer in Archaeology at University College, Cardiff before moving to the University York as a lecturer in 1979. She remained at York until her retirement in 2011.[1]

Tania Dickinson

FSA
Born1946 (age 73–74)
Academic background
Alma materInstitute of Archaeology
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-disciplineEarly-medieval archaeology
InstitutionsUniversity College, Cardiff
University of York

Dickinson was one of the lead researchers on, and Chair of, the Staffordshire Hoard Research Project (2014-2015). The final report for the project was published in September 2019.[2]

Select publications
  • Dickinson, Tania M. & Speake, George (1992). "The Seventh-Century Cremation Burial in Asthall Barrow, Oxfordshire: A Reassessment" (PDF). In Carver, Martin (ed.). The Age of Sutton Hoo: The seventh century in north-western Europe. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. pp. 95–130. ISBN 0-85115-330-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2019.
  • 1993. 'Early Saxon saucer brooches: a preliminary overview', in W. Filmer‑Sankey (ed.), Anglo‑Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 6, 11-44.
  • 2005. 'Symbols of protection: the significance of animal-ornamented shields in Early Anglo-Saxon England', Medieval Archaeology 49, 109-163.
  • 2011. 'Overview: mortuary ritual', in H. Hamerow, D. Hinton and S. Crawford (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology. Oxofrd, Oxford University Press.pp221–237.
  • 2014. 'Jewellery', in M. Lapidge, J. Blair, S. Keynes and D. Scragg (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons. pp263–267.
  • 2019. Editor, with Chris Fern and Leslie Webster. The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure. London, Society of Antiquaries of London.
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References
  1. "Tania Dickinson, Honorary Fellow". University of York. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. Chris Fern; Tania Dickinson; Leslie Webster (eds.). The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure. Society of Antiquaries of London. ISBN 1527233502.


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