Mark Brisbane

Professor Mark Brisbane

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Biography

Mark is a medieval archaeologist who first began digging in Winchester in 1971 and went on to study Archaeology at the University of Southampton. From 1978 to 1989 he worked for Southampton City Council managing their archaeological unit, curating the Museum of Archaeology and leading a multi-disciplinary team presenting the city's Saxon and Medieval heritage. In 1989 he moved to Bournemouth University where he is now Emeritus Professor of Medieval Archaeology. In the early 1990s he developed the first undergraduate programme in Heritage Conservation in the UK and was instrumental in establishing museum teaching at Bournemouth. He has lead international teams working in collaboration with Russian archaeologists and historians on the medieval remains of the historic city of Novgorod and its hinterland, publishing numerous works related to this extensive research programme, which attracted major funding from EU sources.

He has also led the UK component of an Interreg Project called ECOSAL, which studied various aspects of historic salt-working sites, compiling a database of these, and working with ecologists and archaeologists from Spain, Portugal and France...

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Journal Articles

Books

Chapters

  • Maltby, M., Brisbane, M., Hambleton, E., Hamilton-Dyer, S., 2020. Использование природной среды: дикие животные в средневековом Новгороде и на Новгородской земле (Using the Natural Environment: The exploitation of wild animals in medieval Novgorod and its territory). Археологические вести 28 (Archaeological News 28). St Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences: Institute for the History of Material Culture, 203-221.
  • Brisbane, M., Hodges, R., 2018. An emporium for all eras: David Hinton and four institutional phases in the rise of hamwic, Anglo-Saxon Southampton. Middle Ages Revisited Studies in the Archaeology and History of Medieval Southern England Presented to Professor David A Hinton. 21-34.
  • Brisbane, M., Hambleton, E., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Maltby, M., 2015. Reflections on the Ecological Setting and Environmental Impact of Medieval Settlement Expansion in Northern Russia. In: Gaidukov, P., eds. Towns and Villages of Medieval Russia. Moscow: Russian Academy of Science, 36-44.
  • Brisbane, M., 2014. Medieval Russia (Rus’), Archaeology of. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. 4738-4743.
  • Maltby, M., 2012. From Alces to Zander:: A summary of the zooarchaeological evidence from Novgorod, Gorodishche and Minino. In: Brisbane, M., Makarov, N., Nosov, E., eds. The Archaeology of Medieval Novgorod in Context: Studies in Centre/Periphery Relations. Oxford, England: Oxbow, 351-380.
  • Brisbane, M., Makarov, M., Nosov, E.N., 2012. Medieval Novgorod in its Wider Context. In: Brisbane, M., Makarov, N., Nosov, E.N., eds. The Archaeology of Medieval Novgorod in Context: Studies in centre/periphery relations. Oxford: Oxbow Books Limited, 1-9.
  • Brisbane, M., 2009. Reflections on almost twenty years of international collaboration. The Khoroshie Days: Papers in memory of A S Khoroshev. Novgorod and St Petersburg, Russia: Nauka, 159-166.
  • Brisbane, M., Maltby, M., Hambleton, E., 2007. An African Monkey at the Court of the Novgorod Princes. In: Nosov, E.N., Musin, A.E., eds. The Origins of the Russian State : To the 30th Anniversary of the Archaeological Studies of Novgorod Ryurik Gorodishche and the Novgorod Oblast Archaeological Expedition. St Petersburg, Russia: Dimitri Bulanin, 74-81.
  • Brisbane, M., Khoroshev, A., Yanin, V., 2007. Novgorod: An Introduction. In: Brisbane, M., Hather, J., eds. Wood Use in Medieval Novgorod. Oxford: Oxbow, 1-12.
  • Brisbane, M., Hather, J., 2007. Understanding Wood Use in its Environmental Context. In: Brisbane, M., Hather, J., eds. Wood Use in Medieval Novgorod. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 13-18.
  • Brisbane, M., Orton, C.R., 2006. The Study of Medieval Ceramics from North-West Russia: A View from the West. In: Orton, C.R., eds. The Pottery from Medieval Novgorod and its Region.. London: UCL Press, 1-11.
  • Maltby, M., Hamilton-Dyer, S., 2001. Animal Bone Studies in Novgorod and its Hinterland. In: Brisbane, M., Gaimster, D., eds. Novgorod : the archaeology of a Russian medieval city and its hinterland. London: British Museum.

Grants

  • The Archaeology of Novgorod: A Medieval City State on the edge of Europe (Leverhulme Trust, 01 Sep 2015). In Progress

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) in Archaeology (University of Southampton, 1976)

Memberships

  • Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, Member (1986-),
  • Society of Antiquaries of London, Fellow,
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