Miranda Aldhouse-Green

Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green, FSA, FLSW (née Aldhouse; born 24 July 1947) is a British archaeologist and academic, known for her research on the Iron Age and the Celts. She was Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University from 2006 to 2013.^[1][2] Until about 2000, she published as Miranda Green or Miranda J. Green.^[a]

She took her first degree at Cardiff University, her MLitt at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1974, and a PhD from The Open University in 1981.^[1]

Aldhouse-Green was a member of the faculty at the University of Wales, Newport between 1993 and 2006, being appointed Professor of Archaeology in 1998.^[3] She previously held appointments at Worthing and Peterborough Museums and the Open University in Wales. Aldhouse-Green was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) after her election in November 1979.^[4][5] She is a former Vice-President (2002), then President of The Prehistoric Society and has been included in Who's Who since 2004.^[1][3]

Her research interests are Iron Age and Romano-Celtic, particularly Gallo-Roman iconography and sacrificial activities.^[6] A report from Universities UK (EurekaUK, June 2006) cites Aldhouse-Green's research into understanding the Celts as one of the "100 major discoveries, developments and inventions", by academics throughout the UK, to have transformed the world in the last 50 years.^[7] Her 2018 book Sacred Britannia: The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain provides an in-depth overview of religion in the province, using evidence from epigraphy and material culture related to a variety of indigenous, eastern and military cults, and their associated rituals.^[8]

Aldhouse-Green married fellow archaeologist Stephen Aldhouse-Green (1945–2016)^[9][10] formerly Stephen Green, in 1970.^[1][11]

• Sussex Archaeological Collections, 1973.
• A corpus of small cult-objects from the military areas of Roman Britain, British Archaeological Reports, British Series, 1978
• Roman Archaeology, Longman, 1984.
• The Gods of the Celts, Sutton, 1986.
• The World of the Druids, Thames, 1992.
• Celtic Myths, British Museum Press, 1993.
• Celtic Goddesses: Warriors, Virgins and Mothers, British Museum Press, 1995.
• Exploring the World of the Druids, Thames and Hudson, 1997.
• Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, Thames and Hudson, 1997.
• Celtic Art; Symbols and Imagery, Sterling, 1997.
• "Vessels of Death", Antiquaries Journal 78 (1998): 63–84.
• Pilgrims in Stone, British Archaeological Reports, International Series, 1999.
• Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age and Roman Europe, Tempus, 2001.^[12]
• The Gods of Roman Britain, Shire Publications, 2003.
• The Celts, Weiderfeld and Nicolson, 2004.
• Gwent in Prehistory and Early History, University of Wales Press, 2004.
• An Archaeology of Images, Routledge, 2004.
• The Quest for the Shaman: Shape-Shifters, Sorcerers And Spirit Healers of Ancient Europe, Thames & Hudson, 2005 (with Stephen Aldhouse-Green).
• Boudicca Britannia, Pearson Longman, 2006.
• Bog Bodies Uncovered, Thames and Hudson, 2015.
• Sacred Britannia: The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain, Thames and Hudson, 2018. ISBN 978-0-500-25222-2

• cardiff.ac.uk