School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology

People

Dr Caroline Malone

Qualifications

Degrees - B.A. Hons Cambridge (1980), MA, PHD Cambridge (1986)

Reader

Email: c.malone@qub.ac.uk

Address

School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Queen’s University Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT7 1NN

Telephone

+44 (0) 28 90973826

Current Teaching:

ARP1002 From Cave Art to Celts: Europe in Prehistory
ARP1001 Introduction to Archaeology
ARP3003 Monuments and Ritual in European Prehistory
ARP1004 Archaeology and the Heritage of Rome

GAP7206 Issues in Ireland and the World

Current Administrative Roles:

Director of Education, Archaeology & Palaeoecology
Recruitment

Current Research: Past Cultural Changes

1) Funerary Archaeology - The Gozo Project – completion of the Cambridge Gozo Project’s work at the Brochtorff-Xaghra Circle (Neolithic funerary hypogeum and landscape research) (http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/projects/gozo )

2) Prehistoric Art and Architecture – “Explorations into the conditions of spiritual creativity in prehistoric Malta” (study of art and ritual in the context of Megalithic architecture). Funded by the Templeton Foundation. (http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/templeton/ )

3) Monuments, megaliths, landscapes and prehistoric societies in Britain, Ireland and Europe in the Neolithic-Bronze Age. Studies in ritual and context.

4) Islands in prehistory – work on Lismore (Argyll), Sicily, Malta and the issues of identity, interaction and isolation of island societies in prehistory. (http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/lismore/ )

5) Settlements, houses, economy and material culture in European prehistory. Domestic structures and reconstructions. (http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/projects/troina/)

6) Heritage and identity – World Heritage, popular archaeology, management and research in archaeology.

Esteem indicators include:

British Academy BASIS committee.
External examiner UEA and External Assessor OU.
Numerous keynote and special lectures.
Papers at overseas conferences.
Major grant funding for research.
Election and fellowship of several academic institutes.
TV and radio appearances.

Publications:

Richards, M., Hedges, R., Walton, I., Stoddart, S., and C. Malone 2001. Neolithic Diet at the Brochtorff Circle Malta. European Journal of Archaeology 4 (2): 253-262.

Malone, C 2003 The Italian Neolithic: A Synthesis of Research. Journal of World Prehistory, 17 (3). pp. 235-312.

Redhouse, D. I. Anderson, M. Cockerell, T. Gilmour, S. Housley, R. Malone, C. and Stoddart, S. 2002 Power in Context: the Lismore landscape project. Antiquity 76 (294).

Malone.C. 2001-3 (with contributions by G.Ayala, M.Fitzjohn, and S.Stoddart) "Under the Volcano". Accordia Papers. London, Accordia Research Centre, Volume 9, 7-21..

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. 2001. Editorial. Antiquity 75 (287): 1-12. 2001 75 (287) 459-86 1-12 Editorial - British Museum Great Court, Tate Modern, Resource, Artefacts and Portable Antiquities, Media, Illicit Antiquities, McNeish Obituary.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. 2001. Editorial. Antiquity 75 (288): 233-46. Afghanistan and iconoclasm, publication, British School at Rome, Morals, Historic Environment Forum, Illicit Antiquities, Jorvik, Philip Barker, James Deetz obituaries.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. 2001. Editorial. Antiquity 75 (289): 459-486. Archaeological Media, league Tables, Hope Taylor Obituary, Creswell, APAG and the Lords, Neolithic Conference, dating.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. 2001 Editorial. Antiquity 75 (290) 659-74 - - Cultural Managers and toruism, PAS, Africa, Artefacts, grants, Agency Theory, Snodgrass, Shih Changh-ju.Wright and Jones Obituaries.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. 2002 Editorial. Antiquity 76 (291) 1-14 -State formation, Ancestors. RAE and QAA, Giot and Reynolds and Jones Obituaries.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. 2002 Editorial. Antiquity 76 (292) (287-310) - Agriculture, Celts, Bourdieu, Clark. Special Section (472-561)- Ireland, Introduction.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. 2002 Editorial., Antiquity 76 (293) – British Museum cash crisis, Museums, Conferences, Human Thresholds – Origins (Gamble, Cook and Bar Yosef) Special Section – Scotland.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. 2002 In press Editorial. Antiquity 76 (294) 75 years of Antiquity, Archaeology in Politics, cartoons, Publishing.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C.. Celebrating Antiquity: introduction. Antiquity 76 (294).

Malone, C. 2002. The independence of Antiquity. Antiquity 76 (294).

Malone, C and Bernard, N. 2002. Stonehenge. Digging in the Past Series, Oxford University Press, New York.

Redhouse, D. I. Anderson, M. Cockerell, T. Gilmour, S. Housley, R. Malone, C. and Stoddart, S. 2002 Power in Context: the Lismore landscape project. Antiquity 76 (294).

Malone, C. 2002 Archaeology and the "New" British Museum. Dia Internacional de los Museuos, Museuo Nacional de Arte Romano Merida, 18-19 mayo, 2001. Edited by T Nogales Basarrate and J.M.Alvarez Martinez.

Malone, C 2003 The Italian Neolithic: A Synthesis of Research. Journal of World Prehistory, 17 (3). pp. 235-312.

Malone, C. 2003 Megalithic cultures in Britain and their relationship to Western Europe Europe. In Meeting on Megalithic Culture.:Comparing prehistoric ruins in the East and Europe. March 2003. UNESCO conference proceedings, Nara, Japan. pp 67-80.

Malone. C. 2001-3 (with contributions by G. Ayala, M. Fitzjohn, and S. Stoddart) "Under the Volcano". Accordia Papers. London, Accordia Research Centre, Volume 9, 7-21.

Darvill, T. and Malone, C. (eds) 2003 Megaliths from Antiquity. Cambridge. Antiquity Publications.

Malone, C. 2004 Stonehenge, Avebury, Maltese Temples, Late Neolithic France and N.Italy: In: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World. edited by Peter Boguki. Gale Group/Schribners, USA.

Malone , C. and Stoddart, S. 2004 Towards an Island of Mind. In Cherry, J., Scarre, C. and Shennan, S. (Eds) Explaining Social Change: studies in honour of Colin Renfrew. McDonald Institute Monographs, University of Cambridge. 93-102.

Malone, C. 2004 Stonehenge, Avebury, Maltese Temples, Late Neolithic France and N.Italy: In: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World. edited by Peter Boguki. Gale Group/Schribners, USA.

Malone, C. 2001. 2004 Neolithic Britain:and Ireland. Stroud, Tempus. (second edition).

Malone, C.A.T., Bonanno, A., Gouder, T., Stoddart, S. and Trump, D. 1993 (2005). The Death Cults of prehistoric Malta. Scientific American 269 (6), 110-117. Reprinted again in a Special Scientific American volume in 2005. Mysteries of the Ancient Ones. P 14-23.

Dolfini, A, Malone, C. and Stoddart, S. 2006. Searching for ritual in the Bronzo Finale: the example of Gubbio. In: Studi di Protostoria in onore di Renato Peroni. Firenze: All'Insegna del Giglio, 663-665.

Barrowclough, D. and Malone, C. (eds) 2007 Cult in Context. Oxford, Oxbow Books.

Malone, C. 2007 Structure, art and ritual in the Maltese Temples. In: Barrowclough, D, and Malone, C. (eds) Cult in Context. Oxford, Oxbow.

Malone, C. 2007 Access and Visibility in Prehistoric Malta. In Pomeroy-Kellinger, M. (ed) "Recent researchand developments in the management of world heritage sites". Oxford Archaeology Monographs.

Stoddart, S; and Malone, C. 2007 Changing beliefs in the Maltese Body. Past Bodies Dusan Boric and John Robb (eds). Berg, Oxford.

In Press and forthcoming in 2008:

Malone, C, Stoddart, S, Trump, D. Bonnano, A. Gouder, T and Pace, A (eds) In press Mortuary ritual on Malta: excavations at the Brochtorff Circle, Xaghra, Gozo, 1987-1994. McDonald Institute Monographs, Cambridge.

Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. in Press New directions in the later prehistory of the Central Mediterranean. Journal of Archaeological Research.

Sturt, F., Stoddart, S. and Malone, C. (in press). Extracting the Domestic from Indigenous Sicily. In Fisher, N, Whitley, J. and Westgate, R. (eds.) Building Communities: House, settlement and society in the Aegean and beyond. Proceedings of the Cardiff Conference. British School at Athens Studies.

Malone, C and Stoddart, S (in prep for 2008) Ritual, art and architecture in the Maltese temples. Cambridge University in conjunction with the Templeton Foundation and the National Museum of Archaeology, Malta.

Malone, C. (in preparation) A drama in three acts: the art of scale in prehistoric Malta. In Bielh, P. And Gheorghiu, D. (Eds). Figurines. Proceedings from the Conference of European Archaeologists 2006, Krakow. (Publisher to be finalised).

Redhouse, D., Stoddart, S., Malone, C. and Pettitt, P. In press From Household to region. The Troina project. In Fitzjohn, M. (ed). Understanding Upland Landscapes: Interdisciplinary Investigations of Sicily. Accordia Specialist Study on Italy. London: AccordiaResearch Centre, University of London.

Malone, Stoddart and Walker et al. (in preparation for 2008) The Troina Project – report of survey and excavations of the Troina Landscape, Enna, Sicily. (in conjunction with the Oasi Institute, Troina).

Malone, C., Stoddart, S. and Redhouse, D. (eds.) (in preparation). The Lismore island landscape. Scottish Archaeology Internet Reports (SAIR).

Malone.C.; and Stoddart, S. (eds) 2008 in prep (provisional title) Lismore, Argyll: environment, settlement and politics in later prehistory. (McDonald Institute Monographs?).

Malone, C, and Stoddart, S. (eds) In preparation. Art, cult and context: a study of prehistoric ritual in early Malta. Cambridge University Press with the Templeton Foundation and the National Museum of Archaeology of Malta.

Malone, C. Puglisi, D. and Stodddart, D. in press I primi risultati del progetto archeologico di Troina.. Atti del Congresso di Aidone.

Malone, C. Puglisi, D. and Stoddart, S. In press La valorizzazione dei ritrovamenti preistorici di Troina. Atti del primo Congresso di Preistoria e Protostoria Siciliana di Corleone.

Malone. C. In preparation, accepted. Metaphor in Maltese Art: explorations in Temple Period prehistoric art and architecture. For Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology (2008).

External Grant Funding:

British Academy 2008-2009

Templeton Foundation 2006-2009

Cambridge Templeton Consortium – The Templeton Foundation £100,000 (2006-8) supporting the “Explorations into the conditions of spiritual creativity in prehistoric Malta” project. (Principal Investigator).

British Academy (Troina – Sicily with Simon Stoddart).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research – grant for AMS Dating from Malta (2005). (Co-applicant for grant) £20,000.

With Simon Stoddart – Historic Scotland – Lismore project. (co-applicant). C£ 30,000 + repair grants from ALF.

McDonald Institute research Grants: £1000 for AMS dates in Malta (2005)

(2001-3) also indirectly, principal applicant for the British Museum department of Prehistory and Europe acquisition grants amounting to £930,000 from the Arts Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund.)

(2001-3) British Museum Fieldwork research funds (including British Museum Friends) £6,000 for research on treasure sites in Britain.

Additional Information:

To 2002 Editor co-Editor Antiquity.
2001-2 British Museum representative on the Treasure Valuation Committee
2001-2 British Museum representative on the Export Licencing Committee for the export of art and antiquities.
2001-present British Academy “Board for Academy-sponsored Institutes and Societies. (Assessor for Council for British Archaeology, British Institute of Research in the Levant, Egypt Exploration Society and the Joint Initiative for research in Latin America and the Caribbean).