Dr Helen Fenwick
Lecturer in Archaeology
Phone: 01482 465543
Email: h.fenwick@hull.ac.uk
HELEN was born and grew up in Hull. After being subjected to
many a family holiday visiting local antiquities, monasteries and
castles, she studied archaeology at the University of York. Whilst
at York she participated in several excavations including those at
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk and Dolforwyn Castle, Powys. After graduating,
she maintained links with the latter excavations, assisting with
the project until its completion in 2000.
Upon graduating Helen took up the position of Assistant Keeper
in Archaeology at the Hull and East Riding Museum, to research and
design the content for new displays on Medieval Hull and the East
Riding. Once completed, she returned to York to help on several
projects within the Department of Archaeology including
post-excavation work on the Castell Henllys and Kellington
excavations, and developing GIS for use in churchyard surveys. In
1994 she joined the newly formed Humber Wetlands Survey Field Team,
based within the Geography Department at the University of Hull,
undertaking field work as part of this English Heritage Funded
Project for the next six years. At the end of the project she was
one of the founding members of the Wetland Archaeology and
Environments Research Centre at the University of Hull, where she
was centre manager from 2000 until moving to a lectureship position
within the History Department from January 2004.
Teaching
Helen Fenwick currently offers the following modules:
- 20169: World Archaeology
- 20147: Mayans, Aztecs and
Incas
- 20151: Research Design and GIS for
Archaeologists
- 20235: The Archaeology of the Castle
- 20553: Medieval Landscapes
- 16265: Field Method Procedure
Teaching Related Activities:
- University Teaching Fellow
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Innovation in Student Learning Project –
History Internships Scheme
- TechDIS HEAT Round 3 project – Virtual
Fieldtrips for Archaeology (click
here)
Teaching publications:
- Fenwick, H. 2009. Flexible attitudes to the
Employability Agenda: Curricula Design in Vocational and Practical
Subjects – the Example of Archaeology. Innovate Autumn
2009: 4-8.
- Franklin, S., D. Holland, H. Fenwick & A.
Price-Moir 2009. Never on loan: Providing 24/7 access to reading
materials in heavy demand for students. Innovate Autumn
2009: 21-22
Postgraduate supervision
Primary research interest: Landscape
archaeology
Includes: marginal landscapes, wetland landscapes, military
landscapes, seigniorial landscapes, landscape archaeological
techniques. Research interests include Medieval Europe and Ancient
Egypt, but can supervise students on other regional landscapes.
Secondary research interest: Teaching
and Learning in Archaeology
Includes: the provision of field schools, employability, using
technology as a teaching aid
Current Research
Helen's main research interests focus on Medieval landscapes,
their development and exploitation. She is also interested in the
development of techniques to record and analyse landscapes using
GPS and GIS. She is currently involved with the large-scale survey
of the landscape of the Ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna,
Middle Egypt (http://www.amarnaproject.com/).
Helen completed her PhD research on the landscape development
and settlement evolution of the Lincolnshire Marsh in 2007 and is
in the process of preparing this for publication.
Helen is co-director of the Brodsworth Community Archaeology
Project which offers training opportunities to students and the
wider public.
| Recent Publications |
| 2001 |
with Ellis, S., M. Lillie & R. Van de Noort Wetland Heritage
of the Lincolnshire Marsh. Hull: Humber Wetlands Project,
University of Hull
'Medieval salt production and landscape development in the
Lincolnshire Marsh' In S. Ellis, H. Fenwick, M. Lillie & R. Van
de Noort (ed.) Wetland heritage of the Lincolnshire Marsh: an
archaeological survey: 231-241. Hull: Humber Wetlands Project,
University of Hull
|
| 2002 |
and Chapman, H. 'Contextualising previous excavation: the
implications of applying GPS survey and GIS modelling techniques to
Watton Priory, East Yorkshire' Medieval Archaeology 46: 81-89
'The Lincolnshire Marsh, England - landscape reclamation and the
salt industry'. In G. Helmig, B. Scholkmann & M. Untermann
(ed.) Centre Region Periphery: Medieval Europe, Basel 2002, Volume
3: 63-69. Basel: Archaologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt
|
| 2004 |
'Ancient Roads and GPS Survey: Modelling the Amarna Plain'.
Antiquity 78: 880-885 |
| 2006 |
'Medieval coastal landscape evolution - the example of the
Lincolnshare Marsh'. In M.Lillie & S.Ellis (ed.) Wetland
Archaeology & Environments: Regional Issues, Global
Perspectives: 108-118. Oxford:Oxbow books
|
| 2008 |
'Art and Industry at Amarna', Antiquity 82:1118-1122 |
Departmental Responsibilities