Rose Ferraby is an archaeologist and artist, who has worked extensively on the Roman town of Isurium Brigantium in North Yorkshire.

Rose Ferraby
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge

Edinburgh College of Art

University of Exeter
Occupation(s)Archaeologist; artist

Education edit

Ferraby has an MFA from Edinburgh College of Art and a BA in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge.[1] She completed her PhD at the University of Exeter in 2015, entitled 'Stone Exposures: a Cultural Geology of the Jurassic Coast'.[2]

Career edit

 
Roman ruins in Aldborough
 
Aldborough Roman Town

Rose Ferraby is a Research Associate in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge.[3] She is co-director of the Aldborough Roman Town Project.[4] Prior to her PhD research, she worked as an archaeologist for the British School at Rome, where she worked on numerous sites, including Falacrinae, the birthplace of Vespasian.[5] Her expertise includes Roman Britain and using digital techniques to understand landscapes, publishing on photogrammetry on the Jurassic Coast.[6] Ferraby has also published on archaeological landscapes of rainforest in Sarawak,[7] part of a collaborative project at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, as well as on the surveys of Roman Aldborough.[8] In 2020 she and Martin Millett published Isurium Brigantium: an archaeological survey of Roman Aldborough which was described by Michael Fulford as "the essential foundation upon which to build future research at Aldborough".[9]

Creative practice edit

In addition and alongside archaeology, Ferraby explores landscape histories through creative practice. She collaborated with archaeologist Mark Edmonds on the 2013 publication 'Stonework' which examined prehistoric landscapes in Cumbria through poetry and art.[10] Other collaborations include with Common Ground to produce a tree map of Exeter in 2016[11] and in 2019 a collaboration with sound artist Rob St. John.[12] This project examined the sub-surface landscapes of Aldborough Roman town through field recording,[13] print-making and illustration to produce a walkable trail exploring the site.[14]

BBC Radio 3 invited her to present a programme on gypsum in 2018, as a result of her interdisciplinary approach to art and archaeology.[15] In addition she writes on how the intersection between the two informs her practice across both disciplines.[16]

As an illustrator, Ferraby has worked on a number of book projects including Tenter by Susie Campbell, which is inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry.[17]

Selected publications edit

  • Isurium Brigantum: an archaeological survey of Roman Aldborough (Society of Antiquaries of London, 2020).[18]
  • 'The Quarry: Stories from Fragments', Norwegian Archaeological Review 53 (2020).[19]
  • 'Geophysics: creativity and the archaeological imagination', Internet Archaeology 44.[16]
 
Field at Aldborough

References edit

  1. ^ "Rose Ferraby". Academia.EDU. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ Ferraby, Rose (27 April 2015). Stone Exposures: A Cultural Geology of the Jurassic Coast (Thesis). University of Exeter. hdl:10871/18951.
  3. ^ "Dr Rose Ferraby". University of Cambridge. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Aldborough Roman Town Project". University of Cambridge - Faculty of Classics. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Investigations at Falacrinae". Papers of the British School at Rome. 76: 47–73. 2008. doi:10.1017/S0068246200000416. S2CID 140597739.
  6. ^ Ferraby, Rose; Powlesland, Dominic (2019). "Heritage and landscape change: Recording, archiving and engaging with photogrammetry on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 130 (3–4): 483–92. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.02.007. S2CID 166782827.
  7. ^ "The Cultured Rainforest Project". Sarawak Museum Journal. 66: 119–84. 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  8. ^ Dobinson, Colin; Ferraby, Rose; Lucas, Jason; Millett, Martin; Wallace, Lacey (2018). "Archaeological Field Survey in the Environs of Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum)". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 90: 29–58. doi:10.1080/00844276.2018.1457615. S2CID 216785781.
  9. ^ Fulford, Michael (April 2021). "Rose Ferraby & Martin Millett. 2020. Isurium Brigantum: an archaeological survey of Roman Aldborough (Research Reports of the Society of Antiquaries of London 81). London: Society of Antiquaries of London; 978-0-8543-1301-3 hardback £35". Antiquity. 95 (380): 559–561. doi:10.15184/aqy.2021.3. ISSN 0003-598X.
  10. ^ Ferraby & Edmonds (2016). Stonework. Little Toller Books. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Tree Tales". Common Ground. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Soundmarks - a Beginning". Caught By the River. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Sounding Aldborough". Soundcloud. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Soundmarks". Soundmarks. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Cornerstones: Gypsum". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  16. ^ a b Ferraby, Rose (2017). "Geophysics: creativity and the archaeological imagination". Internet Archaeology. 44 (44). doi:10.11141/ia.44.4.
  17. ^ Nell. "SUSIE CAMPBELL & ROSE FERRABY — 'TENTER'". www.sphinxreview.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  18. ^ Ferraby, Rose (2020). Isurium Brigantum : an archaeological survey of Roman Aldborough. Martin Millett, Society of Antiquaries of London. London. ISBN 978-0-85431-301-3. OCLC 1140352105.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. ^ Ferraby, Rose (2 July 2020). "The Quarry: Stories from Fragments". Norwegian Archaeological Review. 53 (2): 104–113. doi:10.1080/00293652.2020.1830847. ISSN 0029-3652. S2CID 232040303.

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