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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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• Manley, H., Cheetham, P., Stewart, D. and Russell, M., 2024. A Source of Confusion: New Archaeological Evidence for the Dorchester Aqueduct. Britannia.
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• Russell, M., 2023. The Official Guide to Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens. Peterborough: Jarrold Publishing.
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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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• 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. 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. 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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• 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. 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., 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. 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., 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., 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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• 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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• 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., 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., 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. 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. 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. Of Flint Mines and Fossil Men: The Lavant Caves Deception. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 19, 105-108.
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• Russell, M., 2000. Flint Mines in Neolithic Britain. Stroud, England: Tempus.
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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., 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 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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• 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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Journal Articles

• Cassidy, L.M. et al., 2025. Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain. Nature, 637 (8048), 1136-1142.
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• Cassidy, L.M. et al., 2025. Correction to: Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain (Nature, (2025), 637, 8048, (1136-1142), 10.1038/s41586-024-08409-6). Nature.
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• A Biography of Power: Research and Excavations at the Iron Age Oppidum of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017). BRITANNIA, 54, 474-+.
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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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• Manley, H., Cheetham, P., Stewart, D. and Russell, M., 2024. A Source of Confusion: New Archaeological Evidence for the Dorchester Aqueduct. 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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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