Susan Harrington
- BA, MA, PhD, FSA
- Honorary Research Associate
Research Interests
- Gender identity and craft production (primarily textiles) in early Anglo-Saxon society
- Archaeologies of medieval woodlands.
Current Research project
Beyond the Tribal Hidage Project – 3 year project funded by the Leverhulme Trust, directed by Martin Welch
Research Directory Records
Educational Background
- 2002 PhD UCL Institute of Archaeology
- 1998 MA UCL Institute of Archaeology
- 1997 BA (Hons) UCL Institute of Archaeology
- 2007. Soft furnished burial: an assessment of the role of textiles in Early Anglo-Saxon inhumations, with particular reference to East Kent. In Semple, S. and Williams, H. (eds.) Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 14, 110-16
- 2007. Cloth in Context: the textile fragments from the Early Anglo-Saxon inhumation burials of East Kent, Kent, England. In Rast-Eicher, A. and Windler, R. (eds.) NESAT IX - Archäologische Textilfunde, 124-8
- 2007. Stirring Women, Weapons and Weaving: aspects of gender identity and symbols of power in Early Anglo-Saxon England. In Hamilton, S., Whitehouse, R.D. and Wright, K.I. (eds.) Archaeology and Women. Ancient & Modern Issues. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press, 335-52
- Brookes, S.J., Harrington, S. and Welch, M. 2006. Documenting the dead: creating an on-line census of Anglo-Saxon burials from Kent. Archaeology International 2005/2006, 28-31
- 2004. A Study in Woodlands Archaeology: Cudham, North Downs. BAR British series 368. Oxford: Archaeopress
- 2000. Fieldwork Report for the ASKED Project, In Papers of the Institute of Archaeology. 127-8. London: Institute of Archaeology
- 1996. Looking for Loose Women: a Study of Unmarried Females in Camberwell, London 1871-1891. In, Faulkner, L. and Finnegan, R. (eds.), Project Reports in Family & Community History (DA301 CD-ROM), Milton Keynes: The Open University

- General contact:
Institute of Archaeology UCL - s.harrington@ucl.ac.uk



