Time-slicing cemeteries: New method for understanding Iron Age identity in Britain before Rome (400 BC-AD 43)

Funder	Arts and Humanities Research Council
Recipient Organization	University of Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2024
End Date	Sep 29, 2030
Duration	2,190 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2928867`

Grant Description

The project aim is to develop a data-driven, contextual methodology for establishing a new

understanding of Later Iron Age Britain. The method involves applying new object typologies (Adams 2013) to the Yorkshire cemetery data, to visually map/plot the spatial-temporal development of cemeteries - a method successfully applied in Dutch prehistory and Early Medieval studies (Gerritsen 2003; Lucy 1998). This will identify temporal burial trends, isolating evidence for changing identities, thus refining our understanding of pre-Roman Iron Age society.