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| Amanda Claridge | |
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| Name | Amanda Claridge |
| Birth date | 15 June 1949 |
| Birth place | Dartford |
| Death date | 29 September 2022 |
| Death place | Oxfordshire |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Classical archaeologist |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Known for | Research on Roman architecture, fieldwork in Italy |
Amanda Claridge was a British classical archaeologist and academic noted for her scholarship on Roman architecture, Roman topography, and the archaeology of Italy. She combined teaching at University College London with extensive fieldwork at sites such as Cosa (ancient city) and scholarly publications used widely across British Museum-linked curricula. Claridge's work bridged archaeological practice and architectural history within networks including the Roman Society, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and international projects tied to Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.
Claridge was born in Dartford and educated at schools in Kent before reading for degrees at University College London where she studied under figures associated with the Institute of Archaeology. Her doctoral work engaged with Roman urbanism in Latium and the topography of Roman Italy, drawing on traditions represented in the collections of the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, and archives at the Institute of Classical Studies. During her formative years she was influenced by scholars from Oxford University, Cambridge University, and proponents of field-methods promoted by the British School at Rome.
Claridge lectured and held professorial roles at University College London, contributing to departments connected to the Institute of Archaeology and collaborating with colleagues at King's College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies. She supervised postgraduate research linked to the British Academy and taught modules referenced by students at Newnham College, Cambridge, St John's College, Oxford, and other collegiate institutions. Claridge participated in academic governance through bodies such as the Council for British Research in the Levant and engaged with the editorial boards of journals associated with the Roman Society and the British School at Rome.
Her publications include monographs and articles on Roman architecture, villa archaeology in Campania, and the topography of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Claridge's work appeared in outlets connected to the Journal of Roman Archaeology, the Papers of the British School at Rome, and edited volumes alongside contributors from the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies and the Archaeological Institute of America. She authored guidebooks and scholarly syntheses cited by curators at the Vatican Museums, the Museo Nazionale Romano, and the Capitoline Museums. Her bibliography engages with corpus traditions exemplified by the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, architectural studies referencing Vitruvius, and conservation discussions involving the European Heritage Heads Forum.
Claridge directed and co-directed excavations at sites including Cosa (ancient city), where she worked with teams from the University of Michigan and the American Academy in Rome, and undertook surveys in Latium Vetus in collaboration with Italian authorities such as the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio. Her fieldwork connected with projects at Ostia Antica, studies of Roman roads and rural sites linked to the Via Appia, and interdisciplinary work involving specialists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the École Française de Rome. She participated in conservation initiatives alongside the ICOMOS network and field campaigns coordinated with the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the University of Southampton.
Claridge was elected to fellowships including the Society of Antiquaries of London and received awards and fellowships from bodies such as the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust. Her contributions were recognized by university honors and lectureships associated with the Institute of Classical Studies, the British School at Rome, and annual lecture series at institutions like University College Dublin and the University of Glasgow. She contributed expert testimony to advisory panels convened by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and sat on committees interfacing with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.
Claridge's personal networks spanned colleagues and former students at University College London, the British School at Rome, and international partners at the American Academy in Rome and the École Française de Rome. Her legacy endures through excavated archives deposited with the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari and datasets curated in collaboration with the Archaeology Data Service. Posthumous obituaries appeared in outlets tied to the Roman Society, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Institute of Archaeology, and her publications continue to inform scholarship in Roman architecture, archaeology of Italy, and classical studies.
Category:1949 births Category:2022 deaths Category:British archaeologists Category:Classical archaeologists Category:Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London