Dr Miles Russell

01202 961258
mrussell at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9092-0860

Principal Academic in Archaeology
Christchurch House C117, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB

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Biography

Dr Miles Russell is Principal Academic in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology and Director of Fieldwork in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.

He graduated from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in 1988 and worked as a Field Officer for the UCL Field Archaeology Unit and then as a Project Manager for the Oxford Archaeological Unit, joining Bournemouth University in 1993. He has conducted fieldwork across the UK as well as in Germany, Sicily and Russia. He is currently director of the departmental training excavation, director of Regnum and co-director of the Durotriges Project (the latter two investigating the transition from the Iron Age to Roman period across SE and SW Britain) and previously Council for British Archaeology representative for Dorset and President of the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society.

He gained his doctorate, on Neolithic monumental architecture, in 2000 and was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2006.

He has authored fifteen books, including Piltdown Man: the Secret Life of Charles Dawson, Piltdown Man: Case Closed, Monuments of the British Neolithic: the roots of Architecture, Flint Mines in Neolithic Britain, Arthur and the Kings of Britain, Rough Quarries Rocks and Hills: John Pull and the Neolithic Flint Mines of Sussex, The Early Neolithic Architecture of the South Downs, Prehistoric Sussex, Roman Sussex, Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction, Bloodline: the Celtic Kings of Roman Britain, Bignor Roman Villa (with David Rudling) and (with Stuart Laycock) UnRoman Britain: Exposing the Myth of Britannia...

Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2022. Two portraits of Agrippa Postumus in the British Museum. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 35 (1), 322-338.
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Gerdau-Radonić, K., Sperrevik, J., Smith, M., Cheetham, P.N. and Russell, M., 2022. Deathways of the durotriges: Reconstructing identity through archaeothanatology in later Iron Age southern Britain. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology: Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour. 243-262.
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Russell, M., Cheetham, P., Stewart, D. and John, D., 2020. In the Footsteps of Vespasian: rethinking the Roman legionary fortress at Lake Farm, Wimborne Minster. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 141.
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Stewart, D., Cheetham, P. and Russell, M., 2020. A Magnetometry Survey of the Second Augustan Legionary Fortress at Lake Farm, Dorset. Britannia, 51, 307-317.
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Russell, M., 2019. Mythmakers of Maiden Castle: Breaking the Siege Mentality of an Iron Age Hillfort. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 38 (3), 325-342.
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Russell, M., Smith, M., Cheetham, P., Evans, D. and Manley, H., 2019. The girl with the chariot medallion: a well-furnished, Late Iron Age Durotrigian burial from Langton Herring, Dorset. Archaeological journal, 176 (2), 196-230.
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Russell, M., 2018. Facing up to Constantine: Reassessing the Stonegate monumental head from York. Britannia, 49, 211-224.
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Russell, M. and Stewart, D., 2017. Hillforts and the Durotriges: A Geophysical Survey of Iron Age Dorset. Oxford: Archaeopress.
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Russell, M., 2017. Arthur and the Kings of Britain.
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Russell, M., 2016. The Pulborough Head: a mid-3rd-century Roman stone portrait from West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 154, 113-121.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2016. Sanctioning memory: Changing identity. using 3d laser scanning to identify two 'new' portraits of the emperor Nero in English antiquarian collections. Internet Archaeology, 6DUMMY.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2015. Trajan Places: Establishing Identity and Context for the Bosham and Hawkshaw Heads. Britannia.
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Rudling, D. and Russell, M., 2015. Bignor Roman Villa. The History Press.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2013. Finding Nero: shining a new light on Romano-British sculpture. Internet Archaeology, 32.
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Russell, M., 2013. A near life-size, togate bust from Chichester, West Sussex. Britannia: a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies, 44.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2013. A case of mistaken identity? Laser-scanning the bronze "Claudius" from near Saxmundham. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 26 (1), 393-408.
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Russell, M., 2012. The Piltdown Man Hoax: Case Closed. Stroud: The History Press.
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Journal Articles

Manley, H., Russell, M., Cheetham, P. and Stewart, D., 2024. A Source of Confusion: New Archaeological Evidence for the Dorchester Aqueduct. Britannia.
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Russell, M., Smith, M., Hambleton, E., Cheetham, P. and Tamminen, H., 2024. BRUTALISED, BOUND AND BLED: A CASE OF LATER IRON AGE HUMAN SACRIFICE FROM WINTERBORNE KINGSTON, DORSET. Antiquaries Journal.
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Russell, M., 2023. A Biography of Power: Research and Excavations at the Iron Age Oppidum of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017). BRITANNIA.
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Russell, M., Stewart, D., Cheetham, P. and Manley, H., 2022. Artistic Lysons? New work on the ‘lost’ mosaics of Frampton Roman villa, Dorset. MOSAIC, 49, 19-31.
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Russell, M., 2022. Excavations at Wolstonbury Later Bronze Age hilltop enclosure. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 158.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2022. Two portraits of Agrippa Postumus in the British Museum. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 35 (1), 322-338.
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Russell, M., 2022. They came, they saw, they were ignored: Rome and the Durotriges. BBC History, 23 (2), 50-56.
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Russell, M., 2022. Your Essential Guide to Roman Britain. History Revealed, 103, 28-47.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2021. Finding Nero: Toppling and Defacing Statues in Roman Britain. British Archaeology, 180, 36-41.
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Russell, M., Cheetham, P., Stewart, D. and John, D., 2020. In the Footsteps of Vespasian: rethinking the Roman legionary fortress at Lake Farm, Wimborne Minster. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 141.
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Stewart, D., Cheetham, P. and Russell, M., 2020. A Magnetometry Survey of the Second Augustan Legionary Fortress at Lake Farm, Dorset. Britannia, 51, 307-317.
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Russell, M., 2019. Farewell two arms: a Roman Bronze Body Part from Halnaker, West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 157.
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Russell, M., 2019. Mythmakers of Maiden Castle: Breaking the Siege Mentality of an Iron Age Hillfort. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 38 (3), 325-342.
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Russell, M., Smith, M., Cheetham, P., Evans, D. and Manley, H., 2019. The girl with the chariot medallion: a well-furnished, Late Iron Age Durotrigian burial from Langton Herring, Dorset. Archaeological journal, 176 (2), 196-230.
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Russell, M., Cheetham, P., Barrass, K., Evans, D., Hambleton, E., Manley, H., Pitman, D. and Stewart, D., 2019. The Durotriges Project 2017: an interim statement. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 139, 127-133.
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Russell, M., 2018. The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland by Vicki Cummings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 84.
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Russell, M., 2018. Facing up to Constantine: Reassessing the Stonegate monumental head from York. Britannia, 49, 211-224.
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Russell, M., 2018. Unearthing the Secrets of Stonehenge. History Revealed, 28-37.
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Russell, M., 2018. When we were Roman: Britannia. Countryfile, 141, 34-38.
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Manley, H.P., Evans, D., Hewitt, I., Phurphy, P., Russell, M. and Welham, K., 2017. Tarrant Launceston: Survey and excavation of a long barrow with secondary burial at Race Down. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 138.
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Russell, M., Cheetham, P., Hewitt, I., Hambleton, E., Manley, H. and Stewart, D., 2017. The Durotriges Project 2016: an interim statement. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 138, 105-111.
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Russell, M., 2017. Whose fantasy? British Origin Myths. British Archaeology, 156, 36-39.
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Russell, M., 2017. Caesar's Footprints: Journeys to Roman Gaul by Bijan Omrani. BBC History Magazine, September 2017.
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Russell, M., 2017. Roman Britain's Greatest Rebel. History, June 2017, 20-24.
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Russell, M., 2017. The Quest for King Arthur. History Revealed, 40, 28-39.
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Russell, M., 2016. The Pulborough Head: a mid-3rd-century Roman stone portrait from West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 154, 113-121.
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Russell, M., 2016. Attila the Hun: the man who dared to take on Rome. History Revealed, 37, 75-79.
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Russell, M., 2016. A first-century Roman copper-alloy portrait bust from Tarrant Rushton. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 137, 167-172.
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Russell, M., Cheetham, P., Evans, D., Hambleton, E., Hewitt, I., Manley, H., Gale, J., Pitman, D. and Stewart, D., 2016. The Durotriges Project, Phase Three: an interim statement. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 137.
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Russell, M., 2016. The Celts in Britain. History Revealed, 30, 15-29.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2016. Sanctioning memory: Changing identity. using 3d laser scanning to identify two 'new' portraits of the emperor Nero in English antiquarian collections. Internet Archaeology, 6DUMMY.
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Russell, M., 2015. Augustus: from Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy. BBC History Magazine, 197.
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Russell, M., 2015. The Romans are coming. History Revealed, 23.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2015. Trajan Places: Establishing Identity and Context for the Bosham and Hawkshaw Heads. Britannia.
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Russell, M., Cheetham, P., Evans, D., Gerdau-Radonic, K., Hambleton, E., Hewitt, I., Manley, H., Speith, N. and Smith, M., 2015. The Durotriges Project, Phase Two: an interim statement. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 136, 157-161.
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Russell, M. and Rudling, D., 2015. Bignor Roman Villa: Paradise Found. British Archaeology, 144, 38-43.
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Russell, M., 2014. The Search for King Arthur and the story of Britain in the Dark ages. History Revealed, 11, 26-47.
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Russell, M., 2014. The Lost Voice of Ancient Britain. BBC History Magazine, 196.
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Russell, M., 2014. Gladiators of Rome. History Revealed, 5, 26-45.
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Russell, M., Cheetham, P., Evans, D., Hambleton, E., Hewitt, I., Manley, H. and Smith, M., 2014. The Durotriges Project, Phase one: an interim statement. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 135, 217-221.
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Cheetham, P., Hambleton, E., Russell, M. and Smith, M., 2013. Digging the Durotriges - life and death in late Iron Age Dorset. Current Archaeology, 36-41.
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Russell, M., 2013. Piltdown: National Treasure or Criminal Shame? British Archaeology, 128, 46-49.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2013. Finding Nero: shining a new light on Romano-British sculpture. Internet Archaeology, 32.
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Russell, M., Craig-Atkins, E., Manley, H. and Evans, D., 2013. Mirror Mirror: Unearthing a Witness to the Roman Invasion. British Archaeology, 130.
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Russell, M., 2013. A near life-size, togate bust from Chichester, West Sussex. Britannia: a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies, 44.
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Russell, M., 2013. Roman Britain: a new history 55 BC-AD 450. By P. Southern. Britannia: a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies, 44.
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Russell, M., 2013. To Rule Britannia: the Claudian invasion of Britain, AD 43. By J. Waite. Britannia: a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies, 44.
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Russell, M. and Manley, H., 2013. A case of mistaken identity? Laser-scanning the bronze "Claudius" from near Saxmundham. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 26 (1), 393-408.
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Manley, H., Russell, M., Craig-Atkins, E. and Evans, D., 2013. Mirror Mirror: Unearthing a Witness to the Roman Invasion. British Archaeology, 132, 36-41.
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Russell, M., 2013. Roman Britain: a New History 55 BC-AD 450. BRITANNIA, 44, 427-428.
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Russell, M., 2012. Britain Begins by Barry Cunliffe. BBC History Magazine, 12 (12).
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Russell, M., 2011. What Happened to Britain’s Lost Roman Legion? BBC History Magazine, 12 (5), 40-46.
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Russell, M., 2011. The Roman Ninth Legion’s Mysterious Loss. BBC News Magazine.
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Russell, M., 2011. The Romans who Shaped Britain by Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard. BBC History Magazine, 11 (6).
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Russell, M., 2010. UnRoman Attitudes - Exposing the Myth of Britannia. Current Archaeology, 249, 12-19.
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Russell, M., 2010. The Frome Hoard by Sam Moorhead and Anna Booth. BBC History Magazine, 11 (12).
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Russell, M., 2009. Rewriting the Age of Arthur: the Dark Ages brought to Light. Current Archaeology, 229, 40-45.
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Russell, M., 2009. Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain by Adam Stout. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (London).
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Gale, J., Hewitt, I. and Russell, M., 2008. Excavations at High Lea Farm, Hinton Martell, Dorset: An Interim Report on Fieldwork Undertaken During 2006-7. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society, 129, 105-114.
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Gale, J., Laver, J. and Russell, M., 2007. Excavations at High Lea Farm, Hinton Martell, Dorset: An Interim Report on Fieldwork Undertaken During 2004-5. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 128, 100-106.
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Russell, M., 2007. The Dangers of Archaeo-Doublespeak. Current Archaeology, 212, 31.
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Russell, M., 2007. The Archaeology of Dr Who. Current Archaeology, 211.
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Russell, M., 2007. Piltdown Man Esquire. Esquire, 14, 108.
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Russell, M., 2006. Lucullus: Roman Britain’s Lost Governor. Current Archaeology, 204, 630-635.
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Russell, M., 2006. Nero to South: Hero to North. British Archaeology, 89, 42-45.
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Russell, M., 2005. Ruling Britannia. History Today, 55, 5-6.
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Russell, M., 2005. Discovering Dorothea: The Life of the Pioneering Fossil-Hunter Dorothea Bate, by Karolyn Shindler. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (London).
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Russell, M., 2001. Studying the Passed. Times Higher Education Supplement, January 12th.
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Russell, M., 2000. Of Flint Mines and Fossil Men: The Lavant Caves Deception. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 19, 105-108.
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Russell, M., 1996. Problems of Phasing: A Reconsideration of the Black Patch Middle Bronze Age “Nucleated Village”. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 15, 33-38.
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Russell, M., 1996. A Later Bronze Age Tanged ‘Chisel’ from Langton Matravers. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, 118, 153-154.
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Russell, M. and Rudling, D., 1996. Excavations at Whitehawk Neolithic Enclosure, Brighton, East Sussex: 1991-93. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 134, 39-61.
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Gardiner, M., Russell, M. and Gregory, D., 1996. Excavations at Lewes Friary 1985-6 and 1988-9. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 134, 71-123.
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Russell, M., 1993. Excavations at New Park Street, Devizes, 1990. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 86, 88-101.
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Russell, M., 1990. “Strange Symbols of Some Kind”: The Problems Surrounding Stamped Roman Clay Walls. University College London Institute of Archaeology Bulletin, 27, 87-117.
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Russell, M., 1990. Excavations in Friars Walk, Lewes, 1989. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 128, 141-156.
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Books

Russell, M., 2023. The Official Guide to Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens. Peterborough: Jarrold Publishing.
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Russell, M. and Stewart, D., 2017. Hillforts and the Durotriges: A Geophysical Survey of Iron Age Dorset. Oxford: Archaeopress.
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Russell, M., 2017. Arthur and the Kings of Britain.
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Rudling, D. and Russell, M., 2015. Bignor Roman Villa. The History Press.
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Russell, M., 2012. The Piltdown Man Hoax: Case Closed. Stroud: The History Press.
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Russell, M., 2010. Bloodline: the Celtic Kings of Roman Britain.. Stroud, England: Amberley.
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Russell, M. and Laycock, S., 2010. UnRoman Britain: Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia. Stroud, England: The History Press.
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Russell, M., 2006. Roman Sussex. Stroud: Tempus.
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Russell, M., 2003. Piltdown Man: The Secret Life of Charles Dawson. Stroud: Tempus.
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Russell, M., 2002. Monuments of the British Neolithic: the Roots of Architecture. Stroud: Tempus.
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Russell, M., 2002. Prehistoric Sussex. Stroud, England: Tempus.
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Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
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Russell, M., 2001. Rough Quarries, Rocks and Hills: John Pull and the Neolithic Flint Mines of Sussex. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
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Russell, M., 2001. The Early Neolithic Architecture of the South Downs. Oxford: Archaeopress.
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Russell, M., 2000. Flint Mines in Neolithic Britain. Stroud, England: Tempus.
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Russell, M., 1996. A Reassessment of the Bronze Age Cemetery-Barrow on Itford Hill, East Sussex, and its place in the Prehistory of Southeast England. Poole, England: Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences.
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Chapters

Gerdau-Radonić, K., Sperrevik, J., Smith, M., Cheetham, P.N. and Russell, M., 2022. Deathways of the durotriges: Reconstructing identity through archaeothanatology in later Iron Age southern Britain. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology: Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour. 243-262.
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Russell, M., 2004. The Treachery of Images: Deconstructing the Neolithic Monumental Architecture of the South Downs. In: Cotton, J. and Field, D., eds. Towards a New Stone Age: Aspects of the Neolithic in South-East England. York: Council for British Archaeology.
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Russell, M., 2002. Excavations at Mile Oak Farm. In: Rudline, D., ed. Downland Settlement and Land-use: The Archaeology of the Brighton Bypass. London: Archetype Publications, 5-81.
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Russell, M., 2002. No More Heroes Any More: The Dangerous World of the Pop Culture Archaeologist. In: Russell, M., ed. Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 38-54.
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Russell, M. and Darvill, T., 1999. Excavations at the multi-ditched enclosure on Skibrick Hill 1998. In: Darvill, T., ed. Billown Neolithic Landscape Project, Isle of Man: fourth report: 1998. Poole, England: School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University in association with Manx National Heritage, 7-16.
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Russell, M., 1997. NEO- “Realism?”: An alternative look at the Neolithic chalkland database of Sussex. In: Topping, P., ed. Neolithic Landscapes. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 69-76.
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Russell, M., 1997. Relief-patterned Daub (Section Fifteen). In: Betts, I., Black, E. and Gower, J., eds. Journal of Roman Pottery Studies, Volume 7: A Corpus of Relief-Patterned Tiles in Roman Britain. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 45-81.
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Russell, M., 1997. Notes on the interpretation and affinities of enclosure F318/323. In: Darvill, T., ed. Billown Neolithic Landscape Project, Isle of Man, 1996. Poole, England: Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences, 68-70.
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Russell, M. and Darvill, T., 1995. Test-pitting. In: Darvill, T., ed. Billown Neolithic Landscape Project, Isle of Man, 1995. Poole, England: Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences, 12-13.
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Conferences

Russell, M., 2019. God’s Chosen People: dangerous narratives in Early Medieval ‘history’. In: Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference 16-18 December 2019 University College London.
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Russell, M., 2019. An Archaeology of Myth-Fulfilment. In: Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference 2019 16-18 December 2019 University College London.
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Russell, M., 2019. The Durotriges Project: Rethinking Late Iron Age Dorset. In: Living in the LateIron Age:communities, crafts and cross-Channel trade 16 November 2019 Winchester University.
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Russell, M., 2019. Life and death in the Late Iron Age. In: Prehistoric Dorchester conference in memory of Peter Woodward 2 November 2019 Dorchester.
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Russell, M., 2019. Finding Nero (and other Roman Emperors) - Roman portrait sculpture in Sussex and beyond. In: ASPROM (Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics) 2019 8 June 2019 Fishbourne Roman Palace.
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Cheetham, P., Russell, M. and Stewart, D., 2018. The Temple or Room? The Interpretation of Frampton Roman Temple/Villa Site in the LIght of Recent Geophysical Survey Results. In: LInford, P., ed. Recent Work in Archaeological Geophysics 2018 4 December 2018 The Geological Society, Burlington House, London.
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Russell, M., 2018. FINDING KING ARTHUR: THE HISTORICAL TRUTH BEHIND THE MYTHS. In: Chalke Valley History Festival 2018 22 June-1 July 2018 Broad Chalke, Salisbury.
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Russell, M., 2017. King Arthur and the Origin Myths of Britain. In: BBC History Conference 24-26 November 2017 York.
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Russell, M., 2017. Friends, Trojans, Countrymen: Arthur and the Origin Myths of Britain. In: BBC History Conference 6-8 October 2017 Winchester.
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Russell, M., 2017. FINDING NERO – using 3D laser scanning to identify Roman emperors in British stately home collections. In: Hidden Heritage 9-10 April 2016 Dorchester, UK.
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Russell, M., 2016. A History for Prehistory? - Rediscovering the lost voices of the British Iron Age. In: Theoretical Archaeology Conference 19-21 December 2016 Southampton University.
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Russell, M., 2016. Digging the Durotriges: life and death in Iron Age Dorset. In: Festival of Archaeology 2016 23-24 July 2016 Salisbury.
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Russell, M., 2016. The 'face' of Roman Britain: sculpture and meaning in the province of Britannia. In: BBC History - Roman Britain 27-28 February 2016 Bristol, MShed, UK.
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Russell, M., 2015. Trading Places: Wessex and the Wider World (100 BC - AD 100). In: Council for British Archaeology: Trade and Crafts: The art, craft and archaeology of trade in Wessex 7-8 November 2015 Amesbury, UK.
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Russell, M., 2015. Finding Duropolis. In: Festival of Archaeology 2015 18-19 July 2015 Salisbury Museum.
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Russell, M., 2014. Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Lost Voice of Celtic Britain. In: BBC History Conference 16-19 October 2014 Malmesbury, Wiltshire UK.
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Russell, M. and Cheetham, P., 2014. Rome is where the hearth is? Discovering, recording and trying to understand villas and long houses in late Roman Wessex. In: Hearth and Home: the archaeology of domestic buildings in Wessex 1-2 November 2014 Larkhill, UK.
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Gerdau-Radonic, K., Smith, M., Russell, M., Cheetham, P., Hambleton, E., Manley, H. and Evans, D., 2014. Death Ways of the Durotriges: Dealing with the Dead in Late Iron Age and Early Roman Dorset. In: European Association of Archaeologists 10-14 September 2014 Istanbul, Tukey.
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Russell, M., 2014. Finding Nero and other Roman emperors: Investigating Roman sculpture in Sussex and Roman Britain. In: Sussex Archaeology Symposium 15-16 March 2014 University of Brighton, UK.
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Russell, M., 2014. The Durotriges Project: tribe and prejudice in later Iron Age Britain. In: Archaeology Live 2014 27 February-1 March 2014 Senate House, University of London.
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Russell, M., 2012. Charles Dawson: A career fabricating prehistory. In: Piltdown 100 years on 18-19 December 2012 Geological Society, London.
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Russell, M., 2012. A Brief History of Crime: the curious career, finds and ‘discoveries’ of Charles Dawson FSA. In: The Piltdown Centenary Conference: Truth and Lies from the Deep Sussex Past 22-23 September 2012 Lewes, East Sussex, UK.
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Russell, M., 2011. Empire Down: Terminating the Roman Superstate. In: Archaeology Live 2011 25-27 February 2011 British Museum, London, UK.
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Russell, M., 2010. Rethinking the Roman Invasion of Britain. In: Archaeology Live 2010 26-28 February 2010 British Museum, London, UK.
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Theses

Russell, M., 1999. “Time And Relative Dimensions In Space”: Reassessing the origins, nature, significance, impact and evolution of Early Neolithic monumental architecture upon the chalk landscapes of Central South-eastern England. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University; School of Conservation Sciences.
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Public Engagement & Outreach Activities
Conference Presentations

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

The Durotriges (17 Feb 2022)
Arthur Begins (28 Jan 2022)
Expert interviewee (08 Jul 2021)
Expert presenter (05 Jul 2021)
Expert interviewee (04 Jul 2021)
Expert Interviewee (20 May 2021)
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Expert interviewee (30 Dec 2020)
On screen expert interviewee (05 Aug 2020)
Expert Interviewee (02 Aug 2020)
Expert interviewee (26 Jul 2020)
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Expert interviewee (21 Jul 2020)
On screen expert (10 Jul 2020)
Expert interviewee (16 Apr 2020)
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On screen expert (24 Mar 2020)
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On screen expert (20 Nov 2019)
Expert interviewee (15 Nov 2019)
Expert interviewee (31 Oct 2019)
On screen expert (05 Mar 2019)
On screen expert (16 Sep 2018)
Expert interviewee (30 Oct 2017)
Durotriges Big Dig Archaeological Field School (15 May 2017-29 Jul 2017)
On screen presenter (17 Nov 2016)
Durotriges Big Dig Archaeological Field School (15 May 2016-22 Jul 2016)
On screen expert (01 May 2016)
On screen expert (10 Mar 2016)
Expert presenter (28 Jan 2016)
Durotriges Big Dig Archaeological Field School (11 May 2015-26 Jul 2015)
TEDx: Bringing the Past to Life (Five Skeletons Could Change Archaeology) (25 Feb 2015)
On screen expert (10 Feb 2015)
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Conference Presentations

Current Archaeology Live 2020, In the footsteps of Vespasian: defining the fortress of the II Augusta at Wimborne Minster, Dorset, 05 Mar 2020, Zoom
TAG 2019, An Archaeology of Myth-Fulfilment, 16 Dec 2019, University College London
TAG 2019, God’s Chosen People: dangerous narratives in Early Medieval ‘history’, 16 Dec 2019, University College London
CBA Wessex - Living in the Late Iron Age: communities, crafts and cross-Channel trade, The Durotriges Project: Rethinking Late Iron Age Dorset, 16 Nov 2019, Winchester
Prehistoric Dorchester conference in memory of Peter Woodward, Life and death in the Late Iron Age, 02 Nov 2019, Dorchester
Recent Work in Archaeological Geophysics 2018, The Temple or Room? The Interpretation of Frampton Roman Temple/Villa Site in the LIght of Recent Geophysical Survey Results, 04 Dec 2018, The Geological Society, Burlington House, London
Chalke Valley History Festival, Finding King Arthur: the Historical Truth Behind the Myths, 22 Jun 2018, Chalke Valley, Wiltshire
ASPROM Annual Conference, Finding Nero (and other Roman Emperors) - Roman portrait sculpture in Sussex and beyond, 08 Jun 2018, Fishbourne Roman Palace
BBC History, Friends, Trojans, Countrymen: Arthur and the Origin Myths of Britain, 24 Nov 2017, York Museum
BBC History, Friends, Trojans, Countrymen: Arthur and the Origin Myths of Britain, 27 Oct 2017, Great Hall, Winchester
Roman Finds Group Conference, The ‘Face’ of Roman Britain: establishing identity and context for Romano-British portrait sculpture, 20 Oct 2017, Salisbury Museum
TAG 16, A History for Prehistory? - Rediscovering the lost voices of the British Iron Age, 19 Dec 2016, Southampton University
Advances in Prehistory, The Durotriges Project, 19 Nov 2016, University of Winchester
Trade and Crafts: The art, craft and archaeology of trade in Wessex, Trading Places: Wessex and the Wider World (100 BC - AD 100), 17 Nov 2016, Amesbury
Festival of Archaeology, Digging the Durotriges: life and death in Iron Age Dorset, 23 Jul 2016, Salisbury Museum
Hidden Heritage, FINDING NERO – using 3D laser scanning to identify Roman emperors in British stately home collections, 09 Apr 2016, Dorchester
BBC History, The 'face' of Roman Britain: sculpture and meaning in the province of Britannia, 27 Feb 2016, M Shed, Bristol Museum
Festival of Archaeology, Finding Duropolis, 18 Jul 2015, Salisbury Museum
TEDx: Creativity, Illumination, Waking the Dead - 5 skeletons that could change archaeology, 25 Feb 2015, Bournemouth University
CBA Wessex 2014, Rome is where the hearth is? Discovering, recording and trying to understand villas and long houses in late Roman Wessex, 01 Nov 2014, Salisbury
BBC History, Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Lost Voice of Celtic Britain, 16 Oct 2014, Malmesbury
European Association of Archaeologists 20th Annual Meeting, Death Ways of the Durotriges: Dealing with the Dead in Late Iron Age and Early Roman Dorset, 10 Sep 2014, Istanbul Technical University
Sussex Archaeology Symposium, Finding Nero and other Roman emperors: Investigating Roman sculpture in Sussex and Roman Britain, 15 Mar 2014, Brighton University
Current Archaeology Live 2014, The Durotriges Project: tribe and prejudice in later Iron Age Britain, 27 Feb 2014, Senate House, University of London
Piltdown: 100 years on, Charles Dawson: A career fabricating prehistory, 18 Dec 2012, Burlington House, National Centre for Geoscience
The Piltdown Centenary Conference: Truth and Lies from the Deep Sussex Past, A Brief History of Crime: the curious career, finds and ‘discoveries’ of Charles Dawson FSA, 22 Sep 2012, Lewes Castle
Current Archaeology Live 2011, Empire Down: Terminating the Roman Superstate, 25 Feb 2011, British Museum
Current Archaeology Live 2010, Rethinking the Roman Invasion of Britain, 26 Feb 2010, British Museum

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