Ailsa Mainman


Ailsa Jean Mainman is a British archaeologist and pottery specialist.

Career

Mainman completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield and is now a research associate at the University of York. She is a former assistant director of York Archaeological Trust.
She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 12 January 1989.

Personal life

In 1991 Mainman married fellow archaeologist Richard Hall. In 2014 Mainman fulfilled her late husband's "last wish" by helping to publish the final volume in a progressive series of publications about York Archaeological Trust's excavations of Jorvik.

Select publications

  • MacGregor, A., Mainman, A. J. and Rogers, N. S. H. 1999. Craft, industry and everyday life: bone, antler, ivory and horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and medieval York. York, York Archaeological Trust.
  • Mainman, A. J. and Rogers, N. S. H. 2000. Craft, Industry, and Everyday Life: Finds from Anglo-Scandinavian York. York, York Archaeological Trust.
  • Mainman, A. J. and Jenner, A. 2013. Medieval Pottery from York. York, York Archaeological Trust.
  • Mainman, A. J. and Hall, R. 2015. "Eoforwic: Post Roman and Anglian York", The British Historic Town Atlas Vol V.