Timothy W. Potter
Tim Potter | |
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| Born | Timothy William Potter 6 July 1944 |
| Died | 11 January 2000 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
Timothy William Potter (6 July 1944 – 11 January 2000) was a prominent
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Potter was a student of John Bryan Ward-Perkins and a member of the South Etruria Survey conducted by the British School at Rome. As part of the survey Potter worked on the Ager Faliscus leading to two influential books, A Faliscan Town in South Etruria: Excavations at Narce 1966-71 (1976) and The changing landscape of South Etruria (1979). The survey also led to his important excavations at Monte Gelato (1986-1990)[3] and Narce (1966-1971).[4] Potter also authored a popular course textbook entitled Roman Italy (1987) as part of the Exploring Roman World series published by British Museum Publishing.[5] Together with Catherine Johns, he also wrote the Roman Britain title in the series.
Potter taught at the University of Lancaster (1973-1978) where he instituted a new archaeology program. In 1978 he moved to the British Museum and their department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, serving as assistant keeper from 1978 to 1995 and keeper from 1995 until his death.
Bibliography
- "Excavations in the Medieval Centre of Mazzano Romano", in Papers of the British School at Rome 40, p. 135-45 (1972). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40310853
- A Faliscan Town in South Etruria: Excavations at Narce 1966-71 (1976).
- Romans in north-west England: excavations at the Roman forts of Ravenglass, Watercrook and Bownes (1979).
- The Changing Landscapes of South Etruria (1979).
- Una stipe votiva da Ponte di Nona (1989). https://www.worldcat.org/title/22727273
- Towns in late antiquity (1995).
- Jackson Ralph and T. W Potter. 1996. Excavations at Stonea Cambridgeshire 1980–85. London: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press.
- and A. King. Excavation of the mola di Monte Gelato: a Roman and Medieval settlement in South Etruria (1997).
- and Catherine Johns. Roman Britain (2002).
Necrology
- Necrology by Stephen L. Dyson in American Journal of Archaeology 104.3 (July 2000) 589–90.[6]
- Necrology by Federico Marazzi in Archeologia Medievale 27 (2000) 435–8.
- Obituary - Timothy William Potter, MA, PhD - Society of Antiquaries of London
References
- ^ Potter, T., & University of Cambridge. (1974). The Archaeological Topography of the Central and Southern Ager Foliscus.
- ^ Potter, T. W., Catherine Johns, David Hall, Mark Hassall, and David Shotter. "The Roman Occupation of the Central Fenland." Britannia 12 (1981): 79–133. https://doi.org/10.2307/526244.
- ^ Potter, T., King, A. C, & British School at Rome. (1997). Excavations at the Mola di Monte Gelato : A Roman and medieval settlement in South Etruria. (Archaeological monographs of the British School at Rome ; no 11). British School at Rome.
- ^ Potter, T. (1976). A Faliscan town in south Etruria : Excavations at Narce, 1966-71 / by T.W. Potter. (Supplementary publications (British School at Rome)). London ([1 Lowther Gardens, Exhibition Rd, SW7 2AA]): The British School at Rome.
- ^ Potter, T. (1987). Roman Italy / T.W. Potter. (Exploring the Roman world). London: British Museum Publications.
- ^ Dyson, Stephen L. "Timothy William Potter, 1944-2000." American Journal of Archaeology 104, no. 3 (2000): 589–90. http://www.jstor.org/stable/507230.