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Dr Alison Gascoigne 

Associate Professor

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Dr Alison Gascoigne is an Associate Professor in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Southampton.

I am an Islamic Archaeology specialist, focusing primarily on the earlier medieval Middle East and Central Asia. In particular, I am interested in processes of cultural change in the conversion period of early Islam and beyond, and how such changes manifest themselves in material terms. To date, my archaeological investigations have targeted provincial urban sites, where I examine cultural change at the large scale (urban form), as well as the small scale (the household/domestic assemblage, with particular interest in ceramics). I direct field projects in Egypt, and have also worked in Afghanistan. 

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I am involved in multiple research and fieldwork projects, which are connected by my interest in the material expression of cultural change. These include large-scale archaeological surveys, in addition to ceramic studies. In addition to my primary current research project at Tell Tinnis (see below), I have been involved with the survey of Hisn al-Bab, Egypt; the survey of Ansina in Middle Egypt; and the Minaret of Jam Archaeological Project (I have also contributed to various projects as archaeological ceramicist: the Old Cairo Groundwater Lowering Project; the Schweizerisches Institut für Ägyptische Bauforschung und Altertumskunde in Kairo excavations in Aswan; and the North Kharga Oasis Survey.

Minaret of Jam Archaeological Adult Project Booklet
Minaret of Jam
Minaret of Jam Archaeological Student Project Booklet
Minaret of Jam

Research group

Centre for Maritime Archaeology

Affiliate research groups

Southampton Ceramics Research Group, Classical Empires

Research project(s)

The survey of Tell Tinnis, Manzala, Egypt

The once great city of Tinnis without doubt played a key role in the economic development of early Islamic Egypt. At the height of its prosperity the town housed a population of considerable size and variable wealth, with merchants and traders coming and going from its harbours to points east and west around the Mediterranean and further afield.

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Books

Book Chapters

  • Gascoigne, A. L. (2020). Egypt. In B. J. Walker, T. Insoll, & C. Fenwick (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology Oxford University Press.
  • Gascoigne, A. L. (2019). Egypt: Islamic archaeology. In C. Smith (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology: Living Edition (Second edition ed.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1
  • Warner, N. J., & Gascoigne, A. L. (2018). Cave dwelling. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 268-268). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • Gascoigne, A. L., & Warden, L. A. (2018). Ceramics from Ain al-Dabashiya. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 392-411). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • Gascoigne, A. (2018). Ceramics from Ain al-Lebekha. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 192-201). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • Gascoigne, A. (2018). Ceramics from Ain al-Tarakwa. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 350-374). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • Gascoigne, A. (2018). Ceramics from the Watermelon Settlement. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 105-107). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • Gascoigne, A. L., & Warden, L. A. (2018). Ceramics from Tuleib. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 148-149). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • Gascoigne, A. (2018). Ceramics from Umm al-Dabadib. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 271-306). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • Ikram, S., Gascoigne, A. L., & Warner, N. J. (2018). High shelter. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 271-271). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • Gascoigne, A. L., & Warden, L. A. (2018). Methodology for ceramic studies. In C. Rossi, & S. Ikram (Eds.), North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (pp. 34-37). (British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan; No. 5). Peeters Publications.
  • O'Doherty, M., Gascoigne, A. L., & Hicks, L. (2016). Medieval routes: journeys through space and scholarship. In Journeying along Medieval Routes in Europe and the Middle East (pp. 0-22). (Medieval Voyaging; No. 3). Brepols.
  • Thomas, D. C., & Gascoigne, A. L. (2016). The architectural legacy of the seasonally nomadic Ghurids. In S. McPhillips, & P. Wordsworth (Eds.), Landscapes of the Islamic World Archaeology, History, and Ethnography (pp. 169-183). University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Gascoigne, A. L. (2013). Cooking pots and choices in the medieval Middle East. In J. Bintliff, & M. Caroscio (Eds.), Pottery and Social Dynamics in the Mediterranean and Beyond in Medieval and Post-Medieval Times (pp. 1-10). (British Archaeological Reports; No. S2557). Archaeopress.
  • Gascoigne, A. L., & Pyke, G. (2011). Nebi Samwil-type jars in medieval Egypt: characterisation of an imported ceramic vessel. In D. Aston, B. Bader, S. Buckingham, C. Gallorini, & P. Nicholson (Eds.), Under the Potter's Tree: Studies presented to Janine Bourriau on the occasion of her 70th birthday (pp. 417-431). Peeters Publications.
  • Gascoigne, A. L. (2009). Decline and fall revisited. In S. Ikram, & A. Dodsen (Eds.), Beyond the Horizon: Studies in Egyptian Art, Archaeology and History in Honour of Barry J. Kemp (pp. 133-142). Publications of the Supreme Council for Antiquities.
  • Gascoigne, A. L. (2007). The water supply of Tinnîs: public amenities and private investments. In A. K. Bennison, & A. L. Gascoigne (Eds.), Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World: The Urban Impact of Religion, State and Society (pp. 161-176). (SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East; No. 6). Routledge.
  • Thomas, D. C., & Gascoigne, A. L. (2006). Recent archaeological investigation of looting around the minaret of Jam. In J. van Krieken-Pieters (Ed.), Art and Archaeology of Afghanistan: its Fall and Survival (pp. 155-167). Brill.

Conferences

  • Gascoigne, A. L., Cooper, J. P., Eychenne, M. (Ed.), Pradines, S. (Ed.), & Zouache, A. (Ed.) (2019). Tinkers, tailors, soldiers and sailors: the city of Tinnis in the 11th-13th centuries. Paper presented at Guerre et Paix au Proche-Orient Médiéval, vol. II : Histoire. Archéologie. Anthropologie, .
  • Rose, P. J., & Gascoigne, A. L. (2013). Hisn al-Bab: more symbol than substance. In F. Jesse, & C. Vogel (Eds.), The Power of Walls: Fortifications in Ancient Northeastern Africa. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the University of Cologne 4th-7th August 2011 (pp. 251-268). (Colloquium Africanum; No. 5). Heinrich-Barth-Institut.
  • Gascoigne, A. L., & Rose, P. J. (2010). Fortification, settlement and ethnicity in southern Egypt. In Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, May, 5th-10th 2009, ‘Sapienza’ Università di Roma (pp. 45-54). Harrassowitz Verlag.

I am programme coordinator for BA Archaeology and History.

PhD Supervision

I would be happy to hear from students regarding the supervision of PhD projects on any aspect of the archaeology of the medieval Middle East and/or medieval ceramics.

I currently supervise and advise PhDs on the following topics:

  • Urban cohesion and integration in medieval al-Fustat : 3D visualisation and analysis
  • Creativity in clay: an exploration of Bronze Age creative process and material consequence
  • Lived experience at Bodiam, Scotney and Ightham in the later Middle Ages
  • Ottoman cemeteries in Hungary and Serbia
Dr Alison Gascoigne
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Southampton
Avenue Campus, Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BF
United Kingdom

Room Number: 65A/3029

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