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Leigh A. Symonds
Adjunct Faculty Office: Arch Centre 104 2011-2012 - On Leave
Education BA (Toronto) MA, DPhil (York, UK) Research Interests Social perception of landscape; material social practices especially related to constructions of ethnicity and gender, the construction of memory and the expression of power; social and religious transition; the social understanding of islands; the integration of archaeological data and techniques such as GIS, geophysics, biological and environmental data in order to address these complex topics. Research focus: the late prehistoric and early medieval periods in the North Atlantic region.
Profile Dr. Symonds received her undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto where she specialized in Anthropology with a minor in Celtic Studies. She then completed both her masters and doctorate degrees at the University of York in the U.K, concentrating on urban and regional landscapes in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian England. Currently, she is researching prehistoric and early medieval landscapes in the North Atlantic region, specifically the Isle of Man. Her research interests focus on landscape archaeology, GIS and computer applications in archaeology, gender and ethnicity. Dr. Symonds is presently writing a book, Beyond the Pale which brings together interdisplinary research on in the Peel Embayment, Isle of Man from the last ice age to the early medieval period. |