Edward Charles Stewart

Affiliate Researcher/Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework Engagement Officer, University of Glasgow
Recent Qualifications
Oct 2020 - Oct 2024 - PhD in Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Dissertation title: ‘Repopulating the Braes: Shieling practice, upland seasonal industries and agricultural practice in post-medieval Scotland’. Supervised by Dr Michael Given, Dr Rachel Opitz and Prof. Sian Jones.

Recent Employment
Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework Engagement Officer at Archaeology Scotland (2024 - Present)
Independent Archaeologist (2024)
Excavations Director on the University of Glasgow Glencoe Field School (2023 - Present)
Lead Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Glasgow (2023-2024)
Research Leave Lecturing Cover at University of Glasgow (2022-2023)
Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Glasgow (2020-2024)

Research
My recent research has focused on settlement, transhumance and the perception and management of upland landscapes in Highland Scotland. In 2021 and 2022 I directed surveys of shieling landscapes in Glencoe, Canna and Mar Lodge, and excavations of shielings and associated features in Glencoe. In 2023 I directed the excavation of the 'Summerhouse of MacIain' and brought to report stage the artefactual assemblages from that site. In 2024 I was co-director of the excavation of the settlement of Achnacon, in partnership with Derek Alexander from the National Trust for Scotland.
Previously I have researched and published on the archaeology of modern and contemporary urbanism, wastelands, edgelands and anti-elite narratives of urbanism in the post-enlightenment city, and the role of prehistoric monuments in contemporary urban landscapes with a focus on their placemaking value and their role as 'timeless' monuments within rapidly changing landscapes.
I have broader interests in post-medieval and contemporary archaeology and am a member of the Society of Post Medieval Archaeology, the International Network for Contemporary Archaeology in Scotland, the Wasteland Working Group, and am a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. I maintain a broader interest in Scottish Archaeology and have worked on excavations from prehistoric burial monuments to 20th c Tennement sites.
I have also worked extensively on excavations in Central Italy and was Topographer then Chief of Topography on the Gabii Project run by the University of Michigan from 2018 to 2023. In this role was involved in the publication of an article in Antiquity on redefining classical urbanism.
I have also held a variety of short term research assistant and consultant posts on projects on topics from remote sensing and agriculture, to computer learning and archaeological survey, to geophysics of the Antonine Wall.