Brenda Dickinson
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Brenda Dickinson | |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Roman archaeology |
| Sub-discipline | Pottery studies |
| Institutions | University of Leeds |
Brenda Dickinson FSA is a British archaeologist. She is a leading scholar in the study of Roman pottery, and a specialist in Roman potter's stamps.
Dickinson collaborated with Brian Hartley at the University of Leeds. Together they catalogued samian stamps over a 40-year period from central and western Europe. The catalogue was published in a nine-part volume in 2008 entitled 'Names on Terra Sigillata. An Index of Makers' Stamps & Signatures on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (Samian Ware)', containing around 300,000 stamps from 5,000 potters. Dickinson is credited with turning "Brian Hartley's vision of an index of dies linked to historical data into a reality in book form."[1] The volumes are accompanied by a database hosted by the RGZM.[2] Throughout her career Dickinson authored numerous site reports on samian stamps.[3]
Dickinson was a Honorary Visiting Fellow in Classics 2006–12 at the University of Leeds.[4]
