David Mattingly (author)
| David Mattingly | |
|---|---|
| Born | David John Mattingly 18 May 1958 England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English |
| Fields |
History Archaeology |
| Institutions | University of Leicester |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Doctoral advisor | Barri Jones |
| Known for | Excavation and research on Roman North Africa |
David John Mattingly, FBA (born 18 May 1958) is an archaeologist and historian of the Roman world, who is currently a professor at the University of Leicester.
He received a BA in History at the University of Manchester, and later a PhD from the same University, under the supervision of Barri Jones. He was then a British Academy Post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, in Oxford until 1989. He was then Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in the United States. At Leicester University he was first Lecturer, then Reader (1995), and most recently Professor (since 1998).
In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
Mattingly's main area of research is Roman North Africa, especially Libya and Tunisia, though he has also conducted research on Britain, Italy and Jordan. His emphasis has largely been social and economic, and centres on the study of rural settlement, farming technology and the economy; post-colonial approaches to Roman imperialism; Roman military frontiers and the study of native society beyond those frontiers. His most recent book is Imperialism, Power and Identity: Experiencing the Roman Empire.
He is an active field archaeologist, and is currently directing several expeditions examining the archaeology of the Fazzan and the Ghadames oasis in Libya.
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