Dr Andy Seaman
Lecturer in Early Medieval Archaeology
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Andy is a specialist in late antique and early medieval Western Britain. He is currently engaged in a number of projects focused on Wales and south-west England. An active field archaeologist, he haspreviously directed excavations on the Dinas Powys ‘southern banks’ and at Mount St Albans near Caerleon. He has recently started a new project focused on the environs of Fonmon Castle. He has published widely on a range of topics and is currently working on a monograph on hillforts in early medieval western Britain.
Bywgraffiad
2022 - present: Lecturer in Early Medieval Archaeology, Cardiff University
2012 - 2022: Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer and Subject Lead in Archaeology, Canterbury Christ Church University
2011 - 2012: Lecturer in Archaeology (fixed-term), Cardiff University
2010-2011: Commerical archaeology
2002-2010: BA, MA and PhD in archaeology, Cardiff University
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy: 2021-present
AHRC Peer Review College (Academic): 2020-present
Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London: 2019
Elected member of the Sachsensymposion: 2016
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Chartered Institute of Archaeologists: Associate
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
Medieval Settlement Research Group: Treasurer: 2017-present
Royal Archaeological Institute: Council member: 2018-present
Archaeological Journal: Editorial Committee: 2020-present
Society for Medieval Archaeology: Council member: 2020-present
Cyhoeddiadau
2022
- Comeau, R., Seaman, A. and Bloxam, A. 2022. Plague, climate and faith in Early Medieval Western Britain: Investigating narratives of change. Medieval Archaeology
- Seaman, A. 2022. Late antique hillfort occupation in south Britain: chronology, context, and interpretation. Presented at: Intentions and Meaning: A comparative view of Late Antique Hilltop sites in Europe, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 22-24 September 2021 Presented at Pavlovič, D. and Heinrich-Tamáska, O. eds.Book of Abstracts - International Workshop - Intentions and Meaning: A comparative view of Late Antique Hilltop sites in Europe. National Museum of Slovenia pp. 21-23.
- Seaman, A. 2022. Fonmon Castle landscape project: geophysical survey on land west of Fonmon Castle. Archaeology in Wales 61
- Richardson, A. et al. eds. 2022. Transitions and Relationships over Land and Sea in the Early Middle Ages of Northern Europe. Canterbury: Canterbury Archaeological Trust.
- Campbell, E., Seaman, A., Lane, A. and Noble, G. 2022. A new chronology for the welsh hillfort of Dinas Powys. Antiquity
- Seaman, A. 2022. Hillforts in Southern Britain: Power and Place in the Late Antique Landscape. Presented at: Congrès International d’Histoire et d’Archéologie, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France, 19-25 October 2019Perchement et réalités fortifiées en Méditerranée et en Europe (Vème-Xème siècles) – Formes, rythmes, fonctions et acteurs. Archaeopress
2020
- Seaman, A. 2020. Finnaun y Doudec Seint: A holy spring in the Early Medieval kingdom of Brycheiniog. In: Ray, C. ed. Sacred Waters: A Cross-Cultural Compendium of Hallowed Springs and Holy Wells. London: Routledge, pp. 194-210.
- Seaman, A. and Thomas, L. S. 2020. Hillforts and power in the British Post-Roman West: A GIS analysis of Dinas Powys. European Journal of Archaeology 23(4), pp. 547–566. (10.1017/eaa.2020.19)
- Seaman, A. 2020. The Llangorse Charter material. In: Lane, A. and Redknap, M. eds. The Llangorse Crannog: An Early Medieval Island Residence of the Kings of Brycheiniog. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 414-421.
2019
- Comeau, R. and Seaman, A. 2019. Introduction. In: Comeau, R. and Seaman, A. eds. Living off the Land: Agriculture in Wales c. 400-1600 AD. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 1-14.
- Seaman, A. 2019. Landscape, settlement and agriculture in early medieval Brycheiniog: the evidence from the Llandaff Charters. In: Comeau, R. and Seaman, A. eds. Living off the Land: Agriculture in Wales c. 400-1600 AD. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 153-173.
- Comeau, R. and Seaman, A. eds. 2019. Living off the land: Agriculture in Wales c. 400-1600 AD. Oxford: Oxbow.
- Seaman, A. and Lane, A. 2019. Excavation of the Ty'n-y-Coed Earthworks 2011-14: the Dinas Powys 'Southern Banks'. Archaeologia Cambrensis 168, pp. 1-27.
- Seaman, A. 2019. Llywarch Hen’s Dyke: Place and narrative in Early Medieval Wales. Offa’s Dyke Journal 2019(1), pp. 96-113. (10.23914/odj.v1i0.252)
- Seaman, A. 2019. Power, place and territory in early Medieval South-East Wales. In: York, B., Reynolds, A. and Carroll, J. eds. Power and Place in Europe in the 1st Millennium AD. London: British Academy, pp. 325-345.
2018
- Seaman, A. 2018. Landscape, economy and society in late and post Roman Wales. In: Diarte Blasco, P. and Christie, N. eds. Interpreting Transformations of Landscapes and People in Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 123-136.
- Seaman, A. 2018. The Church of Julius, Aaron, and Alban at Caerleon. Monmouthshire Antiquary 34, pp. 3-16.
2017
- Seaman, A. 2017. Further research on a predictive model of early medieval settlement location: exploring the use of field-names as proxy data. Medieval Settlement Research 32, pp. 27-34.
2016
- Seaman, A. 2016. Defended settlement in early Medieval Wales: Problems of presence, absence and interpretation. In: Christie, N. and Herold, H. eds. Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe: Defended Communities of the 8th-10th Centuries. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 37-50.
- Seaman, A. 2016. La religión en Britania. Desperta Ferro Antiqua y Medieval 36, pp. 46-51.
2015
- Seaman, A. 2015. Julius and Aaron, 'Martyrs of Caerleon': In search of Wales' first Christian. Archaeologia Cambrensis 164, pp. 201-219.
2014
- Seaman, A. 2014. Tempora Christiana? Conversion and Christianization in Western Britain AD 300-700. Church Archaeology 16, pp. 1-22.
2013
- Seaman, A. 2013. Dinas Powys in context: Settlement and society in Post-Roman Wales. Studia Celtica 47, pp. 1-23.
2012
- Seaman, A. 2012. The multiple estate model re-considered: Power and territory in Early Medieval Wales. Welsh History Review 26, pp. 163-185.
2011
- Seaman, A. 2011. Towards a predictive model of early medieval settlement location: A case study from the Vale of Glamorgan. Medieval Settlement Research 25, pp. 12-22.
Addysgu
Andy is a Fellow of Advance HE. He teaches early medieval archaeology and contributes to a range of modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate. He also has an interest in teaching field skills and vocational training in archaeology.
Andy's research interests include:
- Roman to early medieval transitions
- Power and kingship
- Christianity and the early church
- Agriculture and landscape
- Hillforts and defended settlements
Andy has a particular interest in landscape archaeology and multidisciplinary research. He has directed numerous projects, including the AHRC-funded Manifestations of the Empire, which uses high-resolution pollen analysis to explore continuities and changes in environment and land-use between the Roman and early medieval periods. He is involved several research networks and is currently developing collaborative projects with colleagues from across Britain and Europe.
Supervision
- Late antique and early medieval archaeology
- Landscape archaeology
- Western Britain and Ireland
Past projects
Current and former students include Genevieve Cain (landscape archaeology and the early medieval kingdom of Brycheiniog) and Tim van Tongeren (Buried in the borderlands: An artefact typology and chronology for The Netherlands in the early medieval period on the basis of funerary archaeology).