Professor Stephen Upex has written on a wide variety of topics related to British landscape history and archaeology and his interests range from Roman and Saxon landscapes and archaeology to medieval open fields systems. He has directed archaeological excavations on Roman and Saxon sites in the East Midlands and contributed to several Time Team programmes for Channel Four. Recently Stephen has written a series of landscape and archaeological reports and books on sites within the East Midlands and he is currently working on a volume for the Society of Antiquaries on Roman and Saxon landscape in northern Cambridgeshire. His most recent books are the ‘Romans in the Nene valley’ (2022) and ‘Edmund Tyrell Artis and the Durobrivae of Antoninus’ (2023) Stephen is a panel tutor at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education; and also works as a freelance archaeologist, author and consultant. He is a member of the Chartered Institute for Field Archaeologists (MCIfA) and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA).
Stephen Upex has written on a wide variety of topics related to British landscape history and archaeology and his interests range from prehistoric settlement, Roman and Saxon farming to medieval open fields systems – a topic which formed the subject of his PhD dissertation. He was Professor of Landscape Archaeology at the University of Brunei from 1996- 2008 and has published extensively on aspects of South East Asian archaeology and culture. Recently he directed five seasons of excavation at a Saxon site in Northamptonshire. He has contributed to several Time Team programmes for Channel Four and has just finished filming a programme on Roman Godmanchester. His book on the Romans in the East of England was published in 2008.
Stephen is currently writing up a series of landscape and archaeological reports and books on sites within the East Midlands. Two of these have just been published- one on 4thcentury pottery kilns (Archaeological Journal) at Stibbington and the other (Britannia) on the major palatial Roman structure at Castor near Peterborough. A third volume, on the Roman landscape and settlement at Ferry Meadows (Peterborough) is about to be published shortly. Research interests include various aspects related to medieval agriculture and landscape and the archaeology of Roman and Saxon settlement. Current research projects include a landscape survey and the partial excavation of the Roman fort at Water Newton (north Cambs).
Stephen is a Tutor at Madingley Hall Cambridge, in addition he lectures widely within the UK, and works as a freelance archaeologist and consultant. He is a member of the Institute for Field Archaeologists and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
