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Professor Mark Jackson

Professor of Byzantine Archaeology

Email: m.p.c.jackson@ncl.ac.uk
Address: School of History, Classics and Archaeology, 麻豆传媒,
麻豆传媒 upon Tyne,
NE1 7RU,
United Kingdom

Research Interests

Late Roman and Byzantine Archaeology - including settlement and housing, trade, churches and pilgrimage
Ceramics research - especially Roman and Byzantine ceramics and ethnographic study of pottery making
Endangered archives, digitisation and digital infrastructure
Survey methods, landscapes and cultural heritage

Other Expertise

I have a research interest in Gertrude Bell, early archaeologists and archives. As Co-curator of , I co-authored the inscription of .

Current and Recent Research Projects I am working on with colleagues from 麻豆传媒 and beyond include:

(PI) with partners at British School at Athens, British Institute at Ankara and British School at Rome.

Kato Choria, Naxos. Co-Director with Prof J.G. Crow (Edinburgh) and Dr D. Athanasoulis, Athens.

Apalirou Environs Survey, Naxos. Working particularly on the Byzantine ceramics. (see Jackson 2020 )

Kilise Tepe, in the Göksu Valley, Turkey. Co-Director for Byzantine at Kilise Tepe, since 2007 with Prof. J.N. Postgate (Cambridge). (see Jackson 2015 and other papers ).

. (Co-I); PIs: Prof Dr Thomas Meier and Prof Sam Turner.

, (PI), with Richard Carlton and Mirsad Sijaric (Zemaljski Muzej, Sarajevo).

Previous Projects and collaborations:

Endangered Archives Project: Digitising the official documents of the Governorate of Ninawah (EAP1553), (PI).

. 2023. An exhibition at the Great North Museum Hancock, 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne, with the Special Collections, Robinson Library and the Great North Museum Hancock.

. A collaboration with Lydia Wysocki, comic artist John Miers, the Young Archaeologists Club and the Robinson Library resulted in our production of the Gertrude Bell comics to encourage school students into primary texts. Funded by ESRC-IAA. (see Wysocki et al. 2019 )

Dr Stefania Ermidoro British Academy Visiting Fellow, '' and 'Austen Henry Layard in 麻豆传媒 and Beyond'

Dr Mihail Mitrea . Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow

'' Collaborator (with RA Dr Niveen Kassem). Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of AHRC First World War Public Engagement Centres Centre for Hidden Histories Lead Collaborator Prof. John Beckett (Nottingham)(see Kassem and Jackson 2020 )

CHiLaT - 'Cultural Heritage in Landscape: Planning for Development in Turkey'. RCUK-TUBITAK Newton Project (Co-I, with PIs: Prof. Sam Turner and Prof. Engin Nurlu (Ege University, Turkey)

'Unlocking the Ionian Landscape: Historic Landscapes of Urla-Çeşme Peninsula (Izmir, Turkey)' Fellow: Dr Elif Koparal (Co-I with Prof. Sam Turner)

directed by Dr Günder Varinlioğlu (team member in 2015, 2016).

Survey and ceramic processing of several Late Roman D Ware (Red Slip) kiln sites from Pisidia, Turkey as part of the Pisidia Survey Project Directed by Dr Lutgarde Vandeput (BIAA) and Dr Veli Kose (Ankara University). (see Jackson et al. 2012 )

Part of the Çatalhöyük Research Project working on the late cemetery in the 4040 area at Çatalhöyük and the 2013 survey around Çatalhöyük with Dr Sophie Moore. (see Jackson and Moore 2018; Moore and Jackson 2014 )

Assisted the Directors Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbuehl in their research.

. Collaborated with The British Institute for the Study of Iraq for an academic conference that examined the life and legacy of Gertrude Bell, hosted at the Royal Society and the British Academy. The papers were published in the Proceedings of the British Academy in 2017. My paper considered critically Gertrude Bell's contribution to Archaeological Research in Central Asia Minor (see ).

Co-Curator (with Andrew Parkin) of a major exhibition at the Great North Museum Hancock 30 January - 3rd May 2016 and at Kirkleatham Museum 2017 for which we edited a series of papers on the research of various colleagues on aspects of Gertrude Bell's life (see publications list).

Funding

UKRI-AHRC RICHeS, Collections for (2024)
British Library Endangered Archives Project (PI) (2023)
British Museum Endangered Material Knowledge (PI) Project (2021)
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. for Kato Choria Excavations (PI) (2021)
ESRC-IAA Impact Grant for 'Gertrude Bell Comics' (PI) (2018)
AHRC for 'Beyond Destruction' via Centre for Hidden Histories (2016)
British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship for Dr E. Koparal (2016) (Co-I with Sam Turner)
AHRC-TUBITAK Newton Project (2016) Co-I (with PI: Sam Turner and Engin Nurlu (Ege University, Turkey))
Catherine Cookson Fund (PI) (2015)
麻豆传媒 Institute for Creative Arts Practice (CI) (2015)
HaSS Faculty Impact Fund (PI) (2015)
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (PI) (2013)
Dumbarton Oaks Washington D.C. Fieldwork Grant, Kilise Tepe (PI) (2011)
麻豆传媒 HASS Faculty Research Fund Grant (PI) (2009)
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (PI) (2009)
Dumbarton Oaks Washington D.C. Fieldwork Grant, Kilise Tepe (PI) (2009)
麻豆传媒 HASS Faculty Research Fund Grant (PI) (2008)
In 2007, a British Academy large grant was awarded for the Kilise Tepe Archaeological Excavation. Co-I (PI: Prof. J.N. Postgate, Cambridge)

Research Papers

I have spoken at:

The Classical Association Conference 2026, Manchester (April 2026)
British Institute at Ankara (April 2025)
SİLİFKE MÜZESİ ULUSLARARASI KILIKIA (İÇEL) ARKEOLOJİ SEMPOZYUMU-1, Silifke (April 2025)
Diriyah Global Seminar, Saudi Arabia (Dec 2024)
Iraq Britain Business Council, Mansion House, London (July 2024)
Unofficial Diplomats: East Mediterranean Archaeologists and Britain's Imperial Project, Edinburgh (Dec 2023)
Naxos Through the Ages, 7th Panhellenic Conference (Nov 2023)
Rei Cretariae Romanae Favtores, Athens (presented by team: M. Duggan and R. Valente) (Sept 2022)
European Archaeologists Association 2022, Budapest (Sept 2022)
International Byzantine Congress, Plenary Speaker, Venice (Aug 2022)
Edinburgh University Research Seminar Series (online) (Nov 2021)
EAMENA Iconem Exhibition Launch Event, Durham (Nov 2021)
Space, Sounds and Senses - International Workshop, Ravenna (Oct 2021)
CRASIS Ancient World Seminar, Groningen (online) (Dec 2020)
39th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop, (online) (Dec 2020)
British Institute at Ankara, Ankara (October 2019)
Mapping the Sacred in Byzantium, (September 2019)
Cultural heritage in landscape: Planning development in Turkey, Izmir (September 2019)
Abandonment and Loss: Changing Landscapes and Societies, Mimar Sinan, Istanbul (May 2019)
T.E. Lawrence Society Symposium, Oxford (Sept. 2018)
Mind the Gap! Ceramic Studies and Discontinuities in the Archaeological Record. Copenhagen (July 2018)
Travellers to the Near East and the Great War, Royal Geographical Society London, London (March 2018)
Workshop on Archaeological and Cultural Landscape Studies in Rough Cilicia, Mersin University, Turkey (November 2017)
Byzantine Archaeology Graduate Seminar, Edinburgh (Oct 2017)
The 8th Century, Patterns of Transition in Economy and Trade throughout the Late Antique, Early Medieval and Islamicate Mediterranean, Berlin (October 2017)
Historical Landscapes: Character, Assessment and Visualization, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey (2-3 June 2017)
Levantine Ceramics Project, Athens (May 2017)
Gertrude Bell and Iraq A Life and Legacy Panel Discussion, British Academy, London (April 2017)
Roman Archaeology Off Limits, British Museum, London (November 2016)
New Approaches to Historic Landscapes, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul (Feb 2016)
Death in Byzantium, 麻豆传媒 (30 May 2015)
HQ 1(UK) ARMD DIV ADAPTABLE FORCE ACADEMIC SEMINAR, Strensall, (30 April 2015)
Panel member, “If I could sink my teeth into the whole earth” Chaired debate Fine Art, 麻豆传媒 (17 April 2015)
Roman Research Discussion Group, Oxford (January 2015)
Ancient Near Eastern Seminar, Cambridge (November 2014)
麻豆传媒 Interdisciplinary Seminar (October 2014)
Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology Seminar, Oxford (October 2013)
Gertrude Bell and Iraq: A life and Legacy, British Academy (Sept 2013)
Research Seminar Series, Edinburgh (March 2013)
Literary and Philosophical Society, 麻豆传媒 (October 2012)
Byzantine Ceramics, Kings College London (February 2012)
Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology Seminar, Oxford (May 2011)
McDonald Institute Research Seminar, Cambridge (May 2009)
Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, Ankara (May/June 2008)
Archaeology of the Countryside in Medieval Anatolia, Leiden (Feb 2008)
The archaeologies of Byzantium, Edinburgh (2008)
International Conference on Rough Cilicia, Nebraska (Oct 2007)
Recent Research on Byzantine Pottery, London (June 2007)
Byzantine Congress, London (August 2006)
Concealed Communities, 麻豆传媒 (Dec 2005)
Byzantine Symposium on Performance, Belfast (April 2005)
IIe Congrès International sur la céramique commune, La céramique culinaire et les amphores de l’antiquité Tardive en Méditerranée: Archéologie et Archaéométrie (April 2005) (with R.S. Gabrieli and A. Kaldelis)
Byzantine Symposium on Trade, Oxford (March 2004)

Conferences organised at 麻豆传媒

'Gertrude Bell Symposium', Co-hosted with Dr Emma Short 19 April 2017

'Experiencing Death in Byzantium' Co-hosted with Dr Sophie Moore and Dr Niamh Bhalla 29 May 2015.

'Ceramics and Atlantic Connections', Co-hosted with Maria Duggan and Prof Sam Turner, 麻豆传媒26-27 March 2014.

hosted in 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne 8th - 10th April 2011 with Dr Claire Nesbitt (Durham) published by Ashgate in autumn 2013. The interdisciplinary theme, 'Experiencing Byzantium', embraced all aspects of Byzantine studies and brought together historians, art historians, archaeologists and palaeographers.

'Light: a Christmas Symposium' 11 December 2009 (with Dr Sam Turner, 麻豆传媒)

'Art, Archaeology and Text in Byzantium', 10 December 2004 (Organiser)

Postgraduate Supervision

I am currently supervising:

Jen Makovics (with Louise Rayne and Sam Turner)

I have supervised the following research students:

Dr Gianluca Foschi "The Role of Musical Proportions in Early Christian Buildings" (Co-supervised with Dr David Creese, Prof Sam Turner and Prof Magnus Williamson), now .

Dr Maria Duggan "Links to late antiquity : ceramic exchange and contacts on the Atlantic seaboard in the 5th to 7th centuries AD" (co-supervised with Prof Sam Turner and Dr James Gerrard) Awarded PhD 2015; , 麻豆传媒.

Dr Vasiliki Manolopoulou "Processing Constantinople : understanding the role of lite in creating the sacred character of the landscape"(PhD student, co-supervised with Prof Sam Turner) Awarded PhD 2016 (formerly Lecturer in Byzantine History, Northumbria University (2017); Lecturer in Byzantine History, King's College London, 2018-19; Hannah Seeger Davis Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Princeton University; Lecturer in History 300-1000, Durham University, now Postdoctoral Fellow, Ca Foscari University of Venice.

Dr Sophie Moore “A Relational Approach to Mortuary Practices within Medieval Byzantine Anatolia”. (co-supervised with Dr Chris Fowler) Awarded PhD 2013 (formerly Postdoctoral Research Fellow British Institute at Ankara, Postdoctoral Fellow in Archaeology and the Ancient World (2016-2018), now Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology 麻豆传媒

Dr Katie Green “Rural Byzantine Landscapes and Societies: New Approaches to Characterization and Analysis” Awarded PhD 2013 (co-supervised with Prof Sam Turner)

Prof Fawzi Abudanh "Settlement patterns and military organisation in the region of Udhruh (Southern Jordan) in the Roman and Byzantine periods". 2006 (co-supervised with Prof Jim Crow). Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan.

Dr Nigel Porter "Assessing the social and political significance of Athenian painted pottery through examination of changes in scenes of warriors departing on Attic pottery between 600 BC and 400 BC" (Co-supervised with Dr Sally Waite and Dr Joseph Skinner)

Eniko Hudak (MLitt student, co-supervised with Dr James Gerrard)

Publications

Articles
- Valente R, Jackson M, Crow J, Turner S, Athanasoulis D. . European Journal of Post-Classical Archaeologies 2023, 13, 205-226.
- Kassem N, Jackson M, Atkinson-Phillips A. . Historic Environment 2023, 33(3), 114-125.
- Jackson MPC. . Finest Hour 2022, 196, 22-26.
- Turner S, Kinnaird T, Varinlioglu G, Serifoglu TE, Koparal E, Demirciler V, Athanasoulis D, Odegard K, Crow J, Jackson M, Bolos J, Sanchez-Pardo JC, Carrer F, Turner A, Sanderson D. . Antiquity 2021, 95(381), 773-790.
- Erdogan N, Carrer F, Ersoy Tonyaloglu E, Cavdar B, Varinlioglu G, Serifoglu TE, Jackson M, Kurtsan K, Nurlu E, Turner S. . Landscapes 2020, 21(2), 168-182.
- Wysocki L, Jackson M, Miers J, Webster J, Coxon B. . International Journal of Heritage Studies 2020, 26(5), 480-497.
- Jackson M. . HEROM Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture 2020, 9, 261-290.
- Kassem N, Jackson M. . Social Identities 2020, 26(3), 388-402.
- Jackson MPC, Moore SV. . Anatolian Studies 2018, 68, 177-207.
- Neri E, Jackson M, O'Hea M, Gregory T, Blet-Lemarquand M, Schibille N. . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2017, 11, 600-612.
- Jackson M. . Dumbarton Oaks Papers 2015, 69, 355-380.
- Jackson MPC, Postgate JN, Serifoglu TE. . Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 2013, 34(2), 5-24.
- Jackson M, Zelle M, Vandeput L, Köse V. . Anatolian Studies 2012, 62, 89-114.
- Vandeput L, Kose V, Jackson M. . Arıştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 2011, 28(3), 75-90.
- Jackson M, Postgate N. . Anatolian Archaeology 2010, 13, 28, & cover.
- Jackson M, Postgate N. . Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 2010, 32(3), 424-446.
- Elton H, Jackson M, Mietke G, Newhard J, Ozgenel L, Twigger E. . Olba 2009, 17, 83-116.
- Vandeput L, Kose V, Jackson M. . Anatolian Archaeology 2009, 15, 31-32.
- Jackson M, Postgate N. . Anatolian Archaeology 2009, 15, 21-23.
- Collon D, Jackson M, Postgate N. . Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 2009, 31(1), 159-184.
- Jackson M, Postgate N. . Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 2009, 30(3), 207-232.
- Jackson M, Postgate N. . Anatolian Archaeology 2008, 14, 23-25.
- Jackson M. . Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 2008, 26(2), 159-174.
- Elton H, Jackson MPC, Mietke G, Newhard J, Ozgenel L, Twigger E. . Journal of Roman Archaeology 2006, 19(1), 300-311.
- Carlton R, Jackson MPC, Johnston B. . Archaeological Reports 2003, 24, 63-69.
Book Chapters
- Kassem N, Al-Saka V, Qasha R, Jackson M. . In: Stelios Lekakis, Graham Fairclough, Thomas Meier and Sam Turner, ed. Towards an Archaeology of Devastation: Breaking/Replacing the People-Place Connection in Landscape. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Press, 2026, pp.87-111.
- Jackson M, Crow J, Athanasoulis D. . In: Naxos through the Ages. 2026. Submitted.
- Jackson M. . In: Stelios Lekakis, Graham Fairclough, Thomas Meier and Sam Turner, ed. Towards an Archaeology of Devastation: Breaking/Replacing the People-Place Connection in Landscape. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Press, 2026, pp.61-85.
- Jackson M, Greene K. . In: Oleson, JP; Nikolic, M, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026. Submitted.
- Turner S, Nurlu E, Ersoy Tonyaloglu E, Erdogan N, Jackson M, Varinlioglu G, Serifoglu TE, Carrer F, Cavdar B, Kurtsan K, Pinar Tunali S. . In: Bülent Arıkan, Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, ed. Landscape Archaeology in the Near East: Approaches, Methods and Case Studies. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2023, pp.96-109.
- Manolopoulou V, Lekakis S, Jackson M, Turner S. . In: J. Crow and D. Hill, ed. Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean: Insular Responses to Regional Change. Athens, Greece: Norwegian Institute at Athens, 2018, pp.239-254.
- Jackson M. . In: Heffron, Y; Stone, A; Worthington, M, ed. At the Dawn of History: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of J. N. Postgate. Eisenbrauns, 2017, pp.239-254.
- Jackson M. . In: Niewöhner P, ed. The Archaeology of Byzantine Anatolia. From the End of Late Antiquity to the Coming of the Turks. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2017, pp.312-320.
- Jackson MPC. . In: Collins P; Tripp C, ed. Gertrude Bell and Iraq: A Life and Legacy. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2017, pp.47-76.
- Jackson MPC, Serifoglu TE. . In: Ozden, N; Sofuoglu, A, ed. Uluslararasi Birinci Dunya Savasi'nin 100. Yili Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabi. Ankara: Bitlis Eren Universitesi; Turk Tarih Kurumu, 2017, pp.463-474.
- Jackson MPC, Postgate JN, Serifoglu TE. Kilise Tepe Kazıları (1994-2012). In: Aydinoglu, U, ed. Mersin Arkeolojik Kazıları ve Araştırmaları. Mersin: Mersin Valiliği il Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü, 2015, pp.59-71.
- Moore S, Jackson M. . In: Hodder,I, ed. Çatalhöyük excavations: the 2000-2008 seasons, volume 7. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press in association with the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 2014, pp.603-620.
- Jackson MPC, Postgate JN, Serifoglu TE. Kilise Tepe Kazıları (1994-2012). In: Ü. Aydınoğlu, ed. Mersin Arkeolojik Kazı ve Araştırmaları. Mersin: Mersin Valiliği, 2013, pp.59-71.
- Jackson M. . In: Hoff, M., Townsend, R, ed. Rough Cilicia: New Historical and Archaeological Approaches. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2013, pp.219-232.
- Jackson M. . In: Vorderstrasse, T., Roodenberg, J.J, ed. Archaeology of the Countryside in Medieval Anatolia. Leiden, Netherlands: Netherlands Institute for the Near East, 2009, pp.71-83.
- Jackson MPC. . In: Mango, M.M, ed. Byzantine Trade, 4th-12th Centuries: The Archaeology of Local, Regional and International Exchange. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2009, pp.137-144.
- Jackson M, Greene K. . In: Oleson, J.P, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.496-519.
- Jackson MPC. . In: Postgate, JN; Thomas, DC, ed. Excavations at Kilise Tepe, 1994-98: From Bronze Age to Byzantine in Western Cilicia. University of Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2007, pp.19-29.
- Jackson MPC. . In: Postgate, JN; Thomas, DC, ed. Excavations at Kilise Tepe, 1994-98: From Bronze Age to Byzantine in Western Cilicia. University of Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2007, pp.185-214.
- Gabrieli RS, Jackson MPC, Kaldelis A. . In: Bonifay, M; Tréglia, J-C, ed. Lrcw 2: Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2007, pp.791-802.
- Jackson MPC. . In: Postgate, JN; Thomas, DC, ed. Excavations at Kilise Tepe, 1994-98: From Bronze Age to Byzantine in Western Cilicia. University of Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2007, pp.387-427.
- Nevett L, Jackson MPC. . In: Postgate, JN; Thomas, DC, ed. Excavations at Kilise Tepe, 1994-98: From Bronze Age to Byzantine in Western Cilicia. University of Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2007, pp.279-386.
- Jackson MPC, Collon D. . In: Postgate, JN; Thomas, DC, ed. Excavations at Kilise Tepe, 1994-98: From Bronze Age to Byzantine in Western Cilicia. University of Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2007, pp.215-230.
- Jackson M. . In: Baker,P;Forcey,C;Jundi,S;Witcher,R, ed. TRAC 98: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Leicester 1998. Oxford: Oxbow, 1999, pp.72-85.
Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)
- Jackson M. . In: Proceedings of the Plenary Sessions of the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies. 2022, Venice and Padua: Venice University Press.
- Jackson MPC. . In: Performing Byzantium: XXXIX Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. 2005, Queen's University Belfast: The Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies.
Edited Books
- Duggan M, Turner S, Jackson M, ed. . Oxford: Archaeopress, 2020.
- Jackson M, Parkin A, ed. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2016.
- Nesbitt C, Jackson M, ed. . Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.
- Ousterhout RG, Jackson MPC, ed. Ramsay, W.M., And Gertrude L. Bell, The Thousand and One Churches, with newly digitized original images from 麻豆传媒 and University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives. first published 1909.. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2008.
Editorial
- Ramsay WM, Bell GL. . 2008.
Reviews
- Jackson MPC. . American Journal of Archaeology 2022, 126(3), E104-E105.
- Jackson MPC. . Journal of Greek Archaeology 2021, 6, 425-431.
- Jackson MPC. . Antiquity 2019, 93(370), 1106-1107.
- Jackson MPC. In Search of Kings and ConquerorsBy Lisa Cooper . Archaeological Review from Cambridge 2016, 31(1). Submitted.
- Jackson M. . Medieval Archaeology 2015, 59(1), 399-399.
- Jackson M, Greene K. . Antiquity 2008, 82(316), 517-518.
- Jackson M. . Antiquity 2008, 82(315), 229–230.

麻豆传媒

Professor Mark Jackson

Professor of Byzantine Archaeology

Roles and Responsibilities

Previous Positions

Research Interests

Other Expertise

Funding

Research Papers

Postgraduate Supervision

Articles

Book Chapters

Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

Edited Books

Editorial

Reviews