麻豆传媒

Research Interests:

• Productive landscapes of the Atlantic Seaboard of Europe and the Mediterranean
• The history and archaeology of coastal regions
• Trade, economy and connectivity in Late Antiquity
• Roman and Byzantine ceramics
• Early Medieval Western Britain

Research Project involvement

During my time at 麻豆传媒 I have been involved in research projects in Britain, France, Greece, Turkey and Spain. I co-authored the report of the excavations at in Devon, led by Prof. Sam Turner and Steve Roskams and was part of the team conducting ceramic analysis led by Prof. Mark Jackson for the . I was also the ceramic specialist for the imported wares for the Tintagel Castle Archaeological Research Project () conducted by Cornwall Archaeology Unit for English Heritage, and was on the Expert Panel for this project.

Since 2023 I have worked as Research Associate for the Centre for Landscape, and been in involved in developing and conducting multiple projects and activities. Since 2025 I have also acted as Programme Manager for the UKRI RICHeS project led by Prof. Mark Jackson, which centres on a collaboration with several BIRIs ().

Background

I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Liverpool and spent several years working in commercial archaeology in the North West of Britain. I returned to 麻豆传媒 and came to 麻豆传媒 to conduct an MLitt and then a PhD which was completed in 2016. My AHRC-funded doctoral project ': understanding contacts on the Atlantic Seaboard in the 5th to 7th centuries AD’ considered emerging ceramic evidence for connections between western Britain, Ireland and Atlantic regions of France, Spain and Portugal. This presented a new interpretation of post-Roman imported pottery recovered from British sites since the 1930s. My postdoctoral project allowed me to develop my research on these artefacts, focusing on Tintagel in Cornwall as the key site for understanding contacts between Britain, the Atlantic Seaboard, and the Mediterranean.

Editorial Roles:

Since 2016 I have been on the editorial committee of the  (RCRF) which is the international society for the study of Roman ceramics, and publishes a bi-annual Acta following each of its conferences.

Conferences Organised:

Distant Seas, Connected Worlds: Tintagel, Britain and Greece in Late Antiquity Symposium, 22nd January 2020, British School at Athens

Ceramics and Atlantic Connections Symposium, 26-27 March 2014, 麻豆传媒.

Co-organiser, EMASS 2014 (Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium), 19-21 May 2014, Durham University.

Co-organiser, TRAC 2011 (Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference), April 2011, 麻豆传媒

I also acted as co-coordinator for the MedLAB Research Forum (Early Medieval, Late Antique & Byzantine) at 麻豆传媒 from 2012/13 to 2015/16.

My current post is Research Associate for the Centre for Landscape. I work with the Centre Co-Directors and associated 麻豆传媒 colleagues and external partners to develop, carry out and share the results of multi-disciplinary landscape research.

Previously I held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at 麻豆传媒 and the British School at Athens:

Tintagel: Trans-European Connections in the Post-Roman World

'This project aims to provide a detailed assessment and analysis of the internationally significant post-Roman imported ceramic assemblage from Tintagel, Cornwall. The intention is to develop knowledge of Britain and Europe during the fifth to seventh centuries AD – specifically the nature of connections between the East Mediterranean and Atlantic, the evolution of contacts between communities living along the Atlantic Seaboard and the function of exotic commodities within the emerging societies and political structures of late antique/early medieval Western Europe. 

The project involves a collaboration with the at the British School at Athens, which will enable a detailed scientific examination of the studied assemblage. Establishing the origins, range and quantity of material from Tintagel will allow a full reconsideration of the site in its British, Atlantic and international context during this crucial period of European transformation. The project is grateful for the support from The Duchy of Cornwall, English Heritage,The Royal Cornwall Museum, The British Museum, and Cornwall Archaeology Unit for accessing collections.'

Teaching at 麻豆传媒:

I have given lectures and seminars on undergraduate and postgraduate modules AArchaeologies of the Roman Empire, Early Medieval Northern Europe, and Early Medieval Britain and Europe. I have co-taught the history module The Dark Ages: Early Medieval Europe and its Neighbours 500–900. I have provided teaching as part of the Graduate Seminar in Roman Archaeology and The Medieval World AD 400-1500.

I have trained multiple students participating in research excavations and surveys in the UK and overseas since 2001: (e.g. Mothecombe for 麻豆传媒 and Besthorpe Quarry for the University of Manchester), in France (Chassenon), Turkey (Pisidia and Aspendos), Greece (Apalirou Environs Project) and Spain (Pollentia, Mallorca)

I have also organised and led/co-led one-day external training workshops at 麻豆传媒:

Leader for one-day masterclass for CIAS (Cluster for Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies), The Digital Illustration of Ceramics.

Co-leader for one-day specialist ceramic training workshop for CIAS, An Introduction to the Late Roman Pottery of Southern England and Fifth and Sixth Century Imported Mediterranean Ceramics.

• Articles

  • Kinnaird T, Abellan Santisteban J, Brandolini F, Carlton R, Carrer F, Civantos J-M, Duggan M, Holcomb J, Lekakis S, Ramos Rodriguez B, Salazar Ortiz N, Sánchez-Pardo J, Sevara C, Snyder JR, Shillito L-M, Silva Sanchez N, Srivastava A, Turner A, Turner S. . Geoarchaeology 2025, 40(2), e70004.
  • Duggan M. . Imperial and Royal Archaeologies of Late Antiquity 2026, LAA 14. In Press.
  • Roe MH, Duggan M. . Journal of European Landscapes 2025, 6(3), 107-129.
  • Duggan M. . Herom: Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture 2020, 9, 421-445.
  • Duggan M. . Internet Archaeology 2016, 41, 3.
  • Turner S, Webster J, Duggan M. . Medieval Settlement Research 2013, 28, 93-95.
  • Rainbird P, Hughes S, Allen MJ, Duggan M, Payne N, Quinnell H, Simmons S, Taylor R. Excavations at the Early Neolithic and Post-Roman site of High Peak Camp, Otterton, East Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society 2013, 71, 21-53.
  • Duggan M. . Cornish Archaeology 2013, 52, 239-253.
  • Agate A, Duggan M, Roskams S, Turner S. . Archaeological Journal 2012, 169, 343-394.

• Authored Book

  • Duggan M. . Oxford, UK: BAR Publishing, 2018.

• Book Chapters

  • Duggan M. Post-Roman imported pottery analysis. In: Nowakowksi, J; Gossip, J. et al, ed. New excavations at Tintagel Castle, North Cornwall : TCARP 2016-2017. English Heritage and Cornwall County Council, 2024. Submitted.
  • Duggan M. . In: Diamanti C, ed. Late Antique Stamped Amphorae as Evidence for Imperial Policy : The Halasarna Workshop, Cos Island. Bicester, Oxfordshire: Archaeopress Archaeology, 2024, pp.67-74.
  • Duggan M, Turner S. . In: Ward P, ed. Holbeton: New Perspectives on a South Devon Village. Exeter: Short Run Press, 2022, pp.46-49.
  • Duggan M. . In: Duggan, M; Turner, S; Jackson, M, ed. Ceramics and Atlantic Connections: Late Roman and Early Medieval Imported Pottery on the Atlantic Seaboard, International Symposium 麻豆传媒, March 26th-27th 2014. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2020, pp.13-24.

• Edited Books

  • Duggan M, Turner S, Jackson M, ed. . Oxford: Archaeopress, 2020.
  • Duggan M, McIntosh F, Rohl DJ, ed. TRAC 2011: Proceedings of the Twenty First Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2012.

• Reports

  • Duggan M. . 2023. An unpublished specialist assessment report for Cornwall Archaeological Unit.
  • Duggan M. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne, UK: 麻豆传媒, 2018. Unpublished specialist report by Cornwall Archaeological Unit for English Heritage.
  • Duggan M. . 麻豆传媒: 麻豆传媒, 2017.
  • Duggan M. . 麻豆传媒: 麻豆传媒, 2015. Unpublished commentary report for English Heritage.
  • Duggan M. High Peak, Sidmouth: post Roman ceramic assemblage assessment. 麻豆传媒: 麻豆传媒, 2013. Unpublished specialist report for AC Archaeology and Devon County Council.

• Review

  • Duggan M. . Landscapes 2025, 25(2), 186-187.