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I am Co-Investigator in the MeRit project based at the British Museum. In that role I support Roberta Gilchrist (PI) in the management of the project, leading on outreach.<\/p>\n
In my current role as Head of Portable Antiquities & Treasure at the British Museum, I manage the Portable Antiquities Scheme (a project to record archaeological finds made by the public in England and Wales) and oversee the administration of the Treasure Act 1996 (whereby the most important archaeological finds enter museum collections). The PAS is a partnership of at least 100 national and local organisations employing at least 70 staff across England and Wales. I also have a particular interest in the Middle Ages, specifically material culture related to religion and everyday life, and I am a founding member of the European Public Finds Recording Network (EPFRN) which brings together European colleagues that manage (or are interested in) public finds recording schemes and the European Medieval Finds (EMF) network which seeks to promoted an understanding of medieval small finds.<\/p>\n
Previously I was Deputy Head of the Scheme (2002-15) and Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) for Kent (2000-02). I am a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (2006-), a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (2007-) and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Art Scholars (2015-). I am a Visiting Professor in Archaeology at the University of Reading (2019-) and Visiting Professor in Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Helsinki (2023-).<\/p>\n
Doctor of Philosophy History, University of Kent, 2004
\nMA Medieval Studies, University of York, 1996
\nBA (Hons) History\/Theology, Roehampton Institute (University of Surrey), 1994<\/p>\n
Sawicki, J., Lewis, M. & Vargha, M. (forthcoming 2013),\u00a0A United Europe of Things: similarities and differences in portable material culture (archaeological small finds) across medieval Europe\u00a0<\/em>(Springer).<\/p>\n Oksanen, E. & Lewis, M. (2023), \u2018Evaluating Transformations in Small Metal Finds Following the Black Death\u2019,\u00a0Medieval Archaeology<\/em>, 67.1, 159-86.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2022) \u2018Characterising Transformation in Religious Material Culture AD 1000-1700: through the study of archaeological small finds discovered by the public in England and Wales\u2019, in K. A. Wilson & L. R. Clark (eds.),\u00a0Mobility of Objects Across Boundaries 1000-1700<\/em>\u00a0(Liverpool University Press), 57-81.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2021) \u2018Pilgrim Badges of St Edmund of East Anglia\u2019,\u00a0The Journal of Breckland Studies, 4<\/em>, 9-21.<\/p>\n Oksanen, E. & Lewis, M. (2020), \u2018Medieval Commercial Sites: as seen through Portable Antiquities Scheme data\u2019,\u00a0Antiquaries Journal, 100<\/em>, 109-40.<\/p>\n Dobart, A., Deckers, P., Heeren, S., Lewis, M., Thomas, S. & Wessman, A. (2020), \u2018Towards a Cooperative Approach to Hobby Metal Detecting: the European Public Finds Recording Network (EPRFN) vision statement\u2019,\u00a0European Journal of Archaeology, 23.2<\/em>, 272-92.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. & Richardson, I (2019),\u00a0Inscribed Vervels: a corpus and discussion of late medieval and Renaissance hawking rings found in Britain\u00a0<\/em>(BAR Publishing).<\/p>\n Willis, A & Lewis, M. (2018), \u2018A Hoard of Limoges Artefacts and Other Ecclesiastical Artefacts from Kirton\u2019,\u00a0Transactions of the Thoroton Society,<\/em>\u00a0122<\/em>, 69-79.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2018),\u00a050 Medieval Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme\u00a0<\/em>(Amberley Press).<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2017), \u2018The Significance of Limoges Enamels Found in England\u2019,\u00a0Medieval Archaeology, 61\/2<\/em>, 414-20.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. & Speakman, N. (2016),\u00a0Los Pilares de Europa: la edad media en el British Museum\u00a0<\/em>(British Museum\/Obra Social la Caixa); also translated into Catalan.<\/p>\n Deckers, P, Lewis, M. & Thomas, S (2016),\u00a0Aspects of Non-Professional Metal Detecting in Europe\u00a0<\/em>(Open Archaeology).<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2016) \u2018A Detectorist\u2019s Utopia? Archaeology and Metal-Detecting in England and Wales\u2019,\u00a0Open Archaeology, 2<\/em>, 127-139.<\/p>\n Oksanen, E. & Lewis, M. (2016), \u2018Exploring the Commercial Landscape of Medieval Saltfleetby and Skidbrooke (Lincs.) Through PAS data\u2019,\u00a0Medieval Archaeology, 60<\/em>, 14-7.<\/p>\n Locker, M & Lewis, M. (2016), \u2018Landscapes of Devotion: pilgrim signs in their wider context\u2019,\u00a0Church Archaeology, 17<\/em>, 49-61.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2016), \u2018Life Insurance in the Medieval Period: insights offered by the distribution of pilgrims\u2019 badges recently found in England\u2019, in B. S. Bowers & L. M. Keyser (eds.),\u00a0The Sacred and Secular in Medieval Healing: sites, objects and texts<\/em>\u00a0(Routledge), 266-304.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2016), \u2018Mounts for Furnishings, Padlocks, and Candleholders: understanding the urbanisation of medieval England through metal small finds recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme\u2019, in B. Jervis, L. G. Broderick, & I Grau Sologestoa (eds.),\u00a0Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe\u00a0<\/em>(Brepols), 157-85.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2015), \u2018Papal\u00a0Bullae<\/em>\u2019,\u00a0Medieval Archaeology, 59<\/em>, 305-09.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2014),\u00a0Saints and their Badges: saints\u2019 lives and medieval pilgrim badges\u00a0<\/em>(Greenlight).<\/p>\n Oksanen, E. & Lewis, M. (2015), \u2018Medieval Markets and Portable Antiquities Scheme Data\u2019,\u00a0Medieval Settlement Research, 30<\/em>, 54-59.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2015), \u2018Les \u00e9maux religieux de Limoges d\u00e9couverts en Angleterre\u2019,\u00a0Cahiers Landarc<\/em>,\u00a0no.11<\/em>, 1-59.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2014), \u2018Medieval Mirror Cases\u2019,\u00a0Medieval Archaeology, 58<\/em>, 355-61.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2013), \u2018Pilgrim Signs of St Margaret of Antioch: some thoughts on their spatial distribution\u2019,\u00a0Medieval Archaeology, 57<\/em>, 280-83.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2013), \u2018The PAS \u2013 A Rather British Solution: the mandatory reporting and voluntary recording of archaeological objects in England and Wales\u2019, in A. S. Lagerl\u00f6f (ed.),\u00a0Who Cares? Perspectives on Public Awareness, Participation and Protecting in Archaeological Heritage Management, European Archaeological Council, Occasional Paper 8<\/em>\u00a0(Swedish National Heritage Board), 17-21.<\/p>\n Lewis, M. (2012), \u2018Limoges Enamels\u2019,\u00a0Medieval Archaeology, 56<\/em>, 314-17.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Co-Investigator
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