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Multiculturalism on Hadrian’s Wall (2014)
Book Chapter
Nesbitt, C. (2014). Multiculturalism on Hadrian’s Wall. In M. Millett, L. Revell, & A. Moore (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697731.013.013

This chapter considers notions of multiculturalism in the frontier zone of Hadrian’s Wall. Beginning with a consideration of what we understand by multiculturalism when applied to the past, the chapter examines how identities were constructed, adopte... Read More about Multiculturalism on Hadrian’s Wall.

The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands (2013)
Journal Article
Church, M., Arge, S., Edwards, K., Ascough, P., Bond, J., Cook, G., …Simpson, I. (2013). The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011

We report on the earliest archaeological evidence from the Faroe Islands, placing human colonization in the 4th–6th centuries AD, at least 300–500 years earlier than previously demonstrated archaeologically. The evidence consists of an extensive wind... Read More about The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands.

A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles (2013)
Journal Article
Church, M., Nesbitt, C., & Gilmour, S. (2013). A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 143, 157-226

This is the third of a series of four papers that present the excavations undertaken on the Uig Peninsula,Isle of Lewis, as part of the Uig Landscape Project. We present the archaeological evidence from An Dunan, a causewayed tidal islet in the salt... Read More about A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles.

Small-scale evaluation of a Post-Medieval Blackhouse at Bereiro, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland (2013)
Journal Article
Nesbitt, C., Church, M., Gilmour, S., & Burgess, C. (2013). Small-scale evaluation of a Post-Medieval Blackhouse at Bereiro, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 22, 1-19

This paper presents the results of the excavation of two dry-stone structures in the abandoned blackhouse village of Bereiro, near to the township of Crowlista, Isle of Lewis. The research was undertaken as part of a wider landscape project investiga... Read More about Small-scale evaluation of a Post-Medieval Blackhouse at Bereiro, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland.

Life of an Ancient Monument: Hadrian's Wall in History (2012)
Journal Article
Hingley, R., Witcher, R., & Nesbitt, C. (2012). Life of an Ancient Monument: Hadrian's Wall in History. Antiquity, 86(333), 760-771. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00047906

The Romans are Britain's favourite invaders, and Hadrian's Wall is among the largest and finest of the relics they left behind on the island. However, as our authors urge, we should demand more intellectual depth from our monuments today. Not simply... Read More about Life of an Ancient Monument: Hadrian's Wall in History.

Shaping the Sacred: Light and the Experience of Worship in Middle Byzantine Churches (2012)
Journal Article
Nesbitt, C. (2012). Shaping the Sacred: Light and the Experience of Worship in Middle Byzantine Churches. Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 36(2), 139-160. https://doi.org/10.1179/0307013112z.0000000009

Byzantine churches have been extensively studied in terms of their architectural development and in their role as places to display religious art. However there has been less research into one of the most fundamental aspects of the Byzantine ritual e... Read More about Shaping the Sacred: Light and the Experience of Worship in Middle Byzantine Churches.

Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig (2012)
Journal Article
Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., …Walker, J. (2012). Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 13,

Temple Bay, Harris (2012)
Journal Article
Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2012). Temple Bay, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 13,

Domestic, industrial, (en)closed? Survey and excavation of a Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age promontory enclosure at Gob Eirer, Lewis, Western Isles. (2011)
Journal Article
Nesbitt, C., Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (2011). Domestic, industrial, (en)closed? Survey and excavation of a Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age promontory enclosure at Gob Eirer, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 141, 31-74

This is the first of four papers that present the results of survey and excavations undertaken in the late 1990s as part of the Uig Landscape Project on Lewis in the Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan Siar). This paper introduces the project and presents t... Read More about Domestic, industrial, (en)closed? Survey and excavation of a Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age promontory enclosure at Gob Eirer, Lewis, Western Isles..

Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of the Mesolithic Site at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2011 (2011)
Report
Blake, E., Church, M., & Nesbitt, C. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of the Mesolithic Site at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2011. [No known commissioning body]

The wider research project investigating the Mesolithic of the Western Isles of Scotland (the ‘Outer Hebrides’) undertaken by Durham University has identified the third Mesolithic site in this region, at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northto... Read More about Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of the Mesolithic Site at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2011.

Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of a Mesolithic Shell Midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis, 2011 (2011)
Report
Blake, E., Church, M., & Nesbitt, C. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of a Mesolithic Shell Midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis, 2011. [No known commissioning body]

The wider research project investigating the Mesolithic of the Western Isles of Scotland (the ‘Outer Hebrides’) undertaken by Durham University has identified the second Mesolithic site in this region: a shell midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis... Read More about Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of a Mesolithic Shell Midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis, 2011.

Data Structure Report of Small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland (2011)
Report
Nesbitt, C., Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. [No known commissioning body]

The area of Mealasta is known to be the location of medieval settlement, with a possible nunnery on the headland. A sampling exercise was undertaken in September 2011 by a team from Durham University and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, led by Dr... Read More about Data Structure Report of Small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland.

Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig (2011)
Journal Article
Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 12, 194-195

Temple Bay, Harris (2011)
Journal Article
Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Temple Bay, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 12,

Hadrian’s Wall: Embodied Archaeologies of the Linear Monument. (2009)
Journal Article
Nesbitt, C., & Tolia-Kelly, D. (2009). Hadrian’s Wall: Embodied Archaeologies of the Linear Monument. Journal of Social Archaeology, 9(3), 368-390

The aim of this paper is to consider the value of an embodied account of the Roman Frontier of Hadrian’s Wall, in Britain. This heritage site has often been understood within archaeology in predominantly Imperial and military terms. While this is a c... Read More about Hadrian’s Wall: Embodied Archaeologies of the Linear Monument..