Andrew Woods (archaeologist)
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Numismatist
Museum Curator
Andrew Woods | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Archaeologist Numismatist Museum Curator |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Economy and Authority: A study of the coinage of Hiberno-Scandinavian Dublin and Ireland (2013) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Numismatics |
| Institutions | Fitzwilliam Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme Yorkshire Museum (York Museums Trust) |
Andrew R. Woods FSA is a British numismatist, archaeologist and curator specialising in early medieval and Viking coinage.[1] He is the Head of Collections and Research at York Museums Trust.
Woods received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Bristol in 2007. He also received a master's degree in medieval history from the University of St Andrews in 2008, and doctorate in archaeology from the University of Cambridge in 2013.[2] His thesis was entitled Currency of the Ostmen: Money and Economy in Late Viking-Age Ireland[3] and was supervised by Mark Blackburn and James Barrett.[1] After completing his PhD, he worked as an assistant at the Fitzwilliam Museum.[4] He also worked for the Portable Antiquities Scheme.[3] He was appointed the curator of numismatics at the York Museums Trust in 2013[3] and is currently the senior curator of the Yorkshire Museum.[5]
As a curator, Woods has helped acquire a number of treasure troves and hoards discovered in recent years, including the Wold Newton Hoard,[6][7] the Overton Hoard,[8] and a rare Anglo-Saxon gold shilling.[9] He also arranged for the exhibition of the Vale of York Hoard.[4][10]
Woods received the 2017 Blunt Prize from the British Numismatic Society.[11] He was elected a Fellow of Society of Antiquaries of London on 6 June 2019.[12]
