Neil Christie is a British

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

. He is professor of archaeology at the

University of Leicester The University of Leicester ( ) is a public university, public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park, Leicester, Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, Univ ...

Education and career

Christie studied archaeology at

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a mem ...

. After obtaining his doctorate, he held a Rome Scholarship at the

British School at Rome The British School at Rome (BSR) is a British interdisciplinary research centre supporting the arts, humanities and architecture established in Rome. Historical and archaeological study are at the core of its activities. History The British Sc ...

, and was later employed there to prepare the excavation report on Santa Cornelia. He was also a Sir James Knott Fellow at Newcastle and a

British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology in Oxford. He joined Leicester in 1992 and was subsequently appointed professor. Christie is the reviews editor for ''

Medieval Archaeology ''Medieval Archaeology'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the archaeology of the medieval period, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established in 1957 by the Society for Medieval Archaeology and is publish ...

''. He was a founding member of the Medieval Settlement Research Group in 1987, and serves as its secretary and reviews editor of its journal. He also holds a faculty position at the British School at Rome.

Selected publications

*''War and Warfare in Late Antiquity: Current Perspectives'' (Late Antique Archaeology, Volumes 8.1, 8.2). (edited, with Alexander Sarantis). Brill, Leiden, 2013. *''Vrbes Extinctae. Archaeologies of Abandoned Classical Towns'' (ed. N. Christie & A. Augenti), Ashgate, Farnham, 2012. *''Medieval Rural Settlement. Britain and Ireland, AD 800-1600'', edited by N. Christie & P. Stamper. Oxbow Books/Windgather Press, Oxford, 2011. *''The Fall of the Western Roman Empire. An Archaeological and Historical Perspective''. Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2010. *''From Constantine to Charlemagne: An Archaeology of Italy, AD 300–850'', Ashgate, Aldershot, 2006. NC Italy book *''Landscapes of Change. Rural Evolutions in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages'', (ed. N Christie), Ashgate, Aldershot, 2004. *''Ethnography and Archaeology in Upland Mediterranean Spain. Manolo's World: Peopling the Recent Past in the Serra de L'Altmirant, 1994–98'', (edited with P. Beavitt, J. Gisbert Santonja, J., Segui, V Gil Senis), Leicester Archaeology Monograph, 12, Leicester, 2004. *''Towns and Their Territories between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages'', (The Transformation of the Roman World, Volume 9), (eds. G. P. Brogiolo, N. Gauthier and N. Christie), ESF/Brill, Leiden, 2000. *''Towns in Transition: From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages'', (eds. N Christie & S. Loseby), Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1996. *''The Lombards. The Ancient Langobards'', Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1995. *''Settlement and Economy in Italy, 1500 BC - AD 1500: Papers of the Fifth Conference of Italian Archaeology'', (ed. N. Christie), Oxbow Monograph 41, Oxford, 1995. *''Three South Etrurian Churches: Santa Cornelia, Santa Rufina and San Liberato'', (ed. N. Christie), Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome, Volume 4, London, 1991.

References

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