Book Spring Talk: Dr Reb Ellis-Haken ‘Porcines in the Late Iron Age Art of Sussex’
Since the 1980’s a number of figurines portraying porcines have been found in the Sussex region, all apparently dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman periods.
With the increase in metal detecting, this pattern has continued. Yet the question remains: why are porcines so popular or important to the local population during this politically and artistically complicated period? Are we looking at a fashion choice, an object type of ritual significance, or the repeated portrayal of a totem associated with local identity?
Based on results of a recently completed PhD thesis, this talk aims to answer these very questions and contextualise these finds at both a national and local level.
About the speaker
Dr Reb Ellis-Haken is a postdoctoral researcher University of York. Reb obtained her first-class undergraduate degree in Archaeology and Heritage Studies from the University of Worcester in 2014, and completed her MA in Archaeology part-time at the University of Bradford between 2015-2017, where she was first introduced to La Tène studies.
Through a successful funding application to the Heritage Consortium, Reb was able to pursue her PhD at the University of Hull, along with a post-graduate certificate in Heritage Research (2018-2022). Her PhD focused on the use of genuinely figurative animals in the La Tène period art of England and Wales (c. 400BC – AD100). This study treated art as data, and aimed to test several theories regarding animal symbolism which had been developed by other researchers over the decades. As well as developing several new artefact typologies, this work also included an assessment of the contribution and potential of Portable Antiquities Scheme data (portable tangible heritage) to Iron Age artefact studies.
Reb has fifteen years experience in taking part and running community archaeology activities, and has been part of several fieldwork projects over the years.
More about the event
Date: Tuesday 4th February
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Tickets: Free for Members of The Sussex Archaeological Society or £5 for non-members.
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