Victoria Leitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 5628730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria Leitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria |
| FAMILY NAME | Leitch |
| SIGNATURE | LEITCH V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 121 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Acholla Archaeological Project
The Acholla Archaeological Project is an international collaboration at the site of Acholla (Tunisia) between the Institut National du Patrimoine (INP), Dickinson College and the University of Oklahoma, with additional support from the University of Leicester and the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project. The first season of the project took place in June 2025, focusing on three main tasks: fieldwalking, topo…
The Society for Libyan Studies archive
This paper presents an update on the development of the Society for Libyan Studies archive. We begin with a brief reminder about the history of the archive and its current location, moving on to explain the challenging cataloguing process and future plans for digitisation, of both the catalogue and the physical contents of the archive. We also look at the potential of the archive for researchers and outline a few projects that recently benefited …
Provenance of clay used in Garamantian ceramics from Jarma, Fazzan region (south-west Libya)
The Society for Libyan Studies Archive
The archive of the Society for Libyan Studies, housed at the University of Leicester, is home to a rich collection of excavation reports, notes, photographs, typescripts, maps, plans and letters by prominent scholars that worked in North Africa. Amongst the material are the records of Olwen Brogan, Charles Daniels, John Ward-Perkins, John Dore and the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey. The aim is to draw attention to the research potentials in the arc…
Fish and Ships in the desert? The evidence for Trans-Saharan trade in fish products
Fish and ships in the desert? These are perhaps two of the least likely things you would normally associate with the hot, dry, vast sandy stretches of Libya’s Sahara. Camels, however, are known as ’ships of the desert’, and are able to travel extensive distances across inhospitable desert, delivering people and goods, and often moving in large groups. These caravans stopped at oases for refreshment; which often became important entrepôts. Recent …
Fish & Ships
Les poissons et leurs dérivés sont durant l’Antiquité une des bases de l’alimentation en Méditerranée. Pour autant, l’état de nos connaissances sur ces produits souffre aujourd’hui encore de nombreuses lacunes, que cet ouvrage tente partiellement de combler. Pour cela, il était nécessaire de réunir des études de spécialistes de différents horizons, d’une part pour faire le point sur des zones qui désormais sont les vitrines de nos disciplines - l…
Les Thermes du Levant à Leptis Magna
Cet article constitue le deuxième volet de la publication préliminaire des fouilles des Thermes du Levant à Leptis Magna menées par la Mission archéologique française en Libye depuis 1994. En vue de contribuer à l’établissement d’une échelle chronologique de la céramique romaine en Tripolitaine (I), quatre contextes céramiques datés respectivement des années 250-260, 290-310, 350-360 et 400 sont présentés en détail et leur chronologie discutée (I…
Reconstructing history through pottery
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Report on the preliminary season of the Lepcis Magna Coastal Survey
In October-November 2010 a pilot survey was carried out along the coastal landscape west of Lepcis Magna from the Villa of the Odeon. Intensive new building activities, in particular the development of tourist villages and luxury villas, made this archaeological survey particularly urgent. Earlier plans for a longer programme of research over several years were interrupted by the revolution in Libya; however, it is hoped that work can resume in t…
Rome Scholarships
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A Roman amphora production site near Lepcis Magna
A coastal survey carried out in the area of Lepcis Magna in November 2010 located a ceramic kiln site, which seemed to be mainly producing Tripolitania II amphorae. Archaeometric analysis was carried out on samples recovered from the site to characterise the fabrics and confirm this hypothesis
DMP Ix
The fourth season of the Burials and Identity component of the Desert Migrations Project in 2010 focused on completion of excavation work at two main cemeteries (TAG001 and TAG012) and smaller-scale sampling work at a number of nearby cemeteries. The investigation of a number of burials in a semi-nucleated escarpment cemetery TAG063 produced interesting new information on Proto-Urban Garamantian funerary rites, dating to the latter centuries BC. …
DMP X
Survey by the DMP Burials and Identity team around the Tāqallit headland in 2009–2010 has revealed in exceptional detail a well-preserved Garamantian landscape, comprising extensive cemeteries, foggara irrigation systems and numerous oasis settlements. However, this remarkable survival of the Garamantian landscape was found in 2010 to be under direct and imminent threat of destruction. This report describes the landscape features recorded and the…
Cumes
Brun Jean-Pierre, Brkojewitsch Gaël, Meluziis Nicola, Munzi Priscilla, Basile Luca, Cornillot Cyril, Costanzo Simona, Leitch Victoria, Marie Boris, Mazza Milena, Mbarek Brahim, Néaud Pascal, Neyme Dorothée, Regis Cristina, Turco Ilaria, Turco Claudia. Cumes. In: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Antiquité, tome 121, n°1. 2009. Antiquité. pp. 318-322
Tim Potter Memorial Award
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DMP V
The ‘Burials and Identity’ team of the Desert Migrations Project carried out two main excavations in the 2009 season, at the monumental Garamantian cemeteries of TAG001 and TAG012, by the Taqallit headland. In addition, a detailed survey was made of cemeteries and other sites on the west side of the Taqallit headland, to set the two main cemetery excavations in context. A total of over 2,100 individual burials was recorded in this small area of a…
Desert Migrations
The Desert Migrations Project is a new interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional collaborative project between the Society for Libyan Studies and the Department of Antiquities. The geographical focus of the study is the Fazzan region of southwest Libya and in thematic terms we aim to address the theme of migration in the broadest sense, encompassing the movement of people, ideas/knowledge and material culture into and out of Fazzan, along with evid…
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The excavations of the McBurney backfill have reached a total depth of 7.5 m below the present ground surface, the depth at which two human mandibles were found in the 1950s excavations. Reconnaissance at the Hagfet…
DMP Ii
The second season of the Desert Migrations Project took place in January 2008, with work following several substrands. The Burials and Identity component of the project is the subject of this report. Excavation and survey work were concentrated in the Watwat embayment, expanding on, and completing the work begun in 2007. Forty burials have now been excavated from the approximately 2,500 surveyed by the project team in a series of different cemete…
Desert Migrations
The Desert Migrations Project is a new interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional collaborative project between the Society for Libyan Studies and the Department of Antiquities. The geographical focus of the study is the Fazzan region of southwest Libya and in thematic terms we aim to address the theme of migration in the broadest sense, encompassing the movement of people, ideas/knowledge and material culture into and out of Fazzan, along with evid…
DMP V
The ‘Burials and Identity’ team of the Desert Migrations Project carried out two main excavations in the 2009 season, at the monumental Garamantian cemeteries of TAG001 and TAG012, by the Taqallit headland. In addition, a detailed survey was made of cemeteries and other sites on the west side of the Taqallit headland, to set the two main cemetery excavations in context. A total of over 2,100 individual burials was recorded in this small area of a…
DMP X
Survey by the DMP Burials and Identity team around the Tāqallit headland in 2009–2010 has revealed in exceptional detail a well-preserved Garamantian landscape, comprising extensive cemeteries, foggara irrigation systems and numerous oasis settlements. However, this remarkable survival of the Garamantian landscape was found in 2010 to be under direct and imminent threat of destruction. This report describes the landscape features recorded and the…
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The excavations of the McBurney backfill have reached a total depth of 7.5 m below the present ground surface, the depth at which two human mandibles were found in the 1950s excavations. Reconnaissance at the Hagfet…
DMP Ix
The fourth season of the Burials and Identity component of the Desert Migrations Project in 2010 focused on completion of excavation work at two main cemeteries (TAG001 and TAG012) and smaller-scale sampling work at a number of nearby cemeteries. The investigation of a number of burials in a semi-nucleated escarpment cemetery TAG063 produced interesting new information on Proto-Urban Garamantian funerary rites, dating to the latter centuries BC. …
The Society for Libyan Studies Archive
The archive of the Society for Libyan Studies, housed at the University of Leicester, is home to a rich collection of excavation reports, notes, photographs, typescripts, maps, plans and letters by prominent scholars that worked in North Africa. Amongst the material are the records of Olwen Brogan, Charles Daniels, John Ward-Perkins, John Dore and the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey. The aim is to draw attention to the research potentials in the arc…
DMP Ii
The second season of the Desert Migrations Project took place in January 2008, with work following several substrands. The Burials and Identity component of the project is the subject of this report. Excavation and survey work were concentrated in the Watwat embayment, expanding on, and completing the work begun in 2007. Forty burials have now been excavated from the approximately 2,500 surveyed by the project team in a series of different cemete…
Report on the preliminary season of the Lepcis Magna Coastal Survey
In October-November 2010 a pilot survey was carried out along the coastal landscape west of Lepcis Magna from the Villa of the Odeon. Intensive new building activities, in particular the development of tourist villages and luxury villas, made this archaeological survey particularly urgent. Earlier plans for a longer programme of research over several years were interrupted by the revolution in Libya; however, it is hoped that work can resume in t…
Fish & Ships
Les poissons et leurs dérivés sont durant l’Antiquité une des bases de l’alimentation en Méditerranée. Pour autant, l’état de nos connaissances sur ces produits souffre aujourd’hui encore de nombreuses lacunes, que cet ouvrage tente partiellement de combler. Pour cela, il était nécessaire de réunir des études de spécialistes de différents horizons, d’une part pour faire le point sur des zones qui désormais sont les vitrines de nos disciplines - l…
Reconstructing history through pottery
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Roman amphora production site near Lepcis Magna
A coastal survey carried out in the area of Lepcis Magna in November 2010 located a ceramic kiln site, which seemed to be mainly producing Tripolitania II amphorae. Archaeometric analysis was carried out on samples recovered from the site to characterise the fabrics and confirm this hypothesis
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The excavations of the McBurney backfill have reached a total depth of 7.5 m below the present ground surface, the depth at which two human mandibles were found in the 1950s excavations. Reconnaissance at the Hagfet…
DMP Ii
The second season of the Desert Migrations Project took place in January 2008, with work following several substrands. The Burials and Identity component of the project is the subject of this report. Excavation and survey work were concentrated in the Watwat embayment, expanding on, and completing the work begun in 2007. Forty burials have now been excavated from the approximately 2,500 surveyed by the project team in a series of different cemete…
Desert Migrations
The Desert Migrations Project is a new interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional collaborative project between the Society for Libyan Studies and the Department of Antiquities. The geographical focus of the study is the Fazzan region of southwest Libya and in thematic terms we aim to address the theme of migration in the broadest sense, encompassing the movement of people, ideas/knowledge and material culture into and out of Fazzan, along with evid…
Cumes
Brun Jean-Pierre, Brkojewitsch Gaël, Meluziis Nicola, Munzi Priscilla, Basile Luca, Cornillot Cyril, Costanzo Simona, Leitch Victoria, Marie Boris, Mazza Milena, Mbarek Brahim, Néaud Pascal, Neyme Dorothée, Regis Cristina, Turco Ilaria, Turco Claudia. Cumes. In: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Antiquité, tome 121, n°1. 2009. Antiquité. pp. 318-322
Tim Potter Memorial Award
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
DMP V
The ‘Burials and Identity’ team of the Desert Migrations Project carried out two main excavations in the 2009 season, at the monumental Garamantian cemeteries of TAG001 and TAG012, by the Taqallit headland. In addition, a detailed survey was made of cemeteries and other sites on the west side of the Taqallit headland, to set the two main cemetery excavations in context. A total of over 2,100 individual burials was recorded in this small area of a…
DMP Ix
The fourth season of the Burials and Identity component of the Desert Migrations Project in 2010 focused on completion of excavation work at two main cemeteries (TAG001 and TAG012) and smaller-scale sampling work at a number of nearby cemeteries. The investigation of a number of burials in a semi-nucleated escarpment cemetery TAG063 produced interesting new information on Proto-Urban Garamantian funerary rites, dating to the latter centuries BC. …
DMP X
Survey by the DMP Burials and Identity team around the Tāqallit headland in 2009–2010 has revealed in exceptional detail a well-preserved Garamantian landscape, comprising extensive cemeteries, foggara irrigation systems and numerous oasis settlements. However, this remarkable survival of the Garamantian landscape was found in 2010 to be under direct and imminent threat of destruction. This report describes the landscape features recorded and the…
A Roman amphora production site near Lepcis Magna
A coastal survey carried out in the area of Lepcis Magna in November 2010 located a ceramic kiln site, which seemed to be mainly producing Tripolitania II amphorae. Archaeometric analysis was carried out on samples recovered from the site to characterise the fabrics and confirm this hypothesis
Report on the preliminary season of the Lepcis Magna Coastal Survey
In October-November 2010 a pilot survey was carried out along the coastal landscape west of Lepcis Magna from the Villa of the Odeon. Intensive new building activities, in particular the development of tourist villages and luxury villas, made this archaeological survey particularly urgent. Earlier plans for a longer programme of research over several years were interrupted by the revolution in Libya; however, it is hoped that work can resume in t…
Rome Scholarships
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Les Thermes du Levant à Leptis Magna
Cet article constitue le deuxième volet de la publication préliminaire des fouilles des Thermes du Levant à Leptis Magna menées par la Mission archéologique française en Libye depuis 1994. En vue de contribuer à l’établissement d’une échelle chronologique de la céramique romaine en Tripolitaine (I), quatre contextes céramiques datés respectivement des années 250-260, 290-310, 350-360 et 400 sont présentés en détail et leur chronologie discutée (I…
Reconstructing history through pottery
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Fish and Ships in the desert? The evidence for Trans-Saharan trade in fish products
Fish and ships in the desert? These are perhaps two of the least likely things you would normally associate with the hot, dry, vast sandy stretches of Libya’s Sahara. Camels, however, are known as ’ships of the desert’, and are able to travel extensive distances across inhospitable desert, delivering people and goods, and often moving in large groups. These caravans stopped at oases for refreshment; which often became important entrepôts. Recent …
Fish & Ships
Les poissons et leurs dérivés sont durant l’Antiquité une des bases de l’alimentation en Méditerranée. Pour autant, l’état de nos connaissances sur ces produits souffre aujourd’hui encore de nombreuses lacunes, que cet ouvrage tente partiellement de combler. Pour cela, il était nécessaire de réunir des études de spécialistes de différents horizons, d’une part pour faire le point sur des zones qui désormais sont les vitrines de nos disciplines - l…
The Society for Libyan Studies Archive
The archive of the Society for Libyan Studies, housed at the University of Leicester, is home to a rich collection of excavation reports, notes, photographs, typescripts, maps, plans and letters by prominent scholars that worked in North Africa. Amongst the material are the records of Olwen Brogan, Charles Daniels, John Ward-Perkins, John Dore and the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey. The aim is to draw attention to the research potentials in the arc…
Provenance of clay used in Garamantian ceramics from Jarma, Fazzan region (south-west Libya)
The Society for Libyan Studies archive
This paper presents an update on the development of the Society for Libyan Studies archive. We begin with a brief reminder about the history of the archive and its current location, moving on to explain the challenging cataloguing process and future plans for digitisation, of both the catalogue and the physical contents of the archive. We also look at the potential of the archive for researchers and outline a few projects that recently benefited …
The Acholla Archaeological Project
The Acholla Archaeological Project is an international collaboration at the site of Acholla (Tunisia) between the Institut National du Patrimoine (INP), Dickinson College and the University of Oklahoma, with additional support from the University of Leicester and the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project. The first season of the project took place in June 2025, focusing on three main tasks: fieldwalking, topo…
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