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Penelope Walton Rogers
FSA
Born1950
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Died10 November 2023 (age 73)
York, England
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-disciplineArchaeological textiles

Penelope Walton Rogers FSA (1950 – 10 November 2023) was a British archaeologist and expert in archaeological textiles.[1]

Early life and career

Walton Rogers was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1950. Her mother managed a typing pool, and her father was an accountant. The family later moved to Darlington. She won a scholarship to Girton College, University of Cambridge, but was unable to attend due to her lifelong agoraphobia.[2]

She began her career in the 1970s as a volunteer at archaeological digs at Hadrian’s Wall and beneath York Minster.[2]

Instead of attending Girton College at age 17 she went to work as a field archaeologist before working as a Finds Officer for York Minster Archaeologists. Walton Rogers then set up an independent finds research practice in the 1980s, which eventually became the Anglo Saxon Laboratory,[3] which was formally established in 2001. The lab analyzed textiles, animal furs, and other archaeological finds, specializing in Anglo-Saxon culture from the 5th to 11th centuries A.D.[2]

She also founded Pangur's Press, which published both new and reprinted monographs in her field, including her own 2007 work Cloth and Clothing in Anglo-Saxon England AD450-700.[2]

Honors

On 10 October 1996, Walton Rogers was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[4] She was also a Visiting Fellow at the University of York.

Death

Walton Rogers died on 10 November 2023, at the age of 73.[1][2]

Select bibliography

  • Walton Rogers, P. 1989. Textiles, Cordage and Raw Fibre from 16-22 Coppergate (Archaeology of York 17/5). York: CBA/York Archaeological Trust.
  • Walton Rogers, P. 1997. Textile Production at 16-22 Coppergate (The Archaeology of York 17/11). York: CBA/York Archaeological Trust.
  • Walton Rogers, P. 2007. Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England (AD 450-700) (CBA Research Report 145). York: CBA.
  • Walton Rogers, P. 2013. "Tyttel’s Halh: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Tittleshall, Norfolk", East Anglian Archaeology 150.
  • Walton Rogers, P. 2020. "Chapter 5. Textile networks in Viking-Age towns of Britain and Ireland", in SP Ashby and SM Sindbæk (eds), Crafts and Social Networks in Viking Towns, 83–122. Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow.

References

  1. ^ a b "In Memoriam: Penelope Walton Rogers, FSA, Dip.Acc". University of York. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wilkinson, Alan (11 January 2024). "Penelope Rogers obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ "About Us". Anglo Saxon Laboratory. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Ms Penelope Walton Rogers". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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