Andrew Woods (archaeologist)

Andrew Woods
FSA
Andrew Woods FSA
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Archaeologist; Numismatist; Museum Curator
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Thesis	Economy and Authority: A study of the coinage of Hiberno-Scandinavian Dublin and Ireland (2013)
Academic work
Discipline	Numismatics
Institutions	Fitzwilliam Museum; Portable Antiquities Scheme; Yorkshire Museum (York Museums Trust)

Andrew R. Woods FSA is a British numismatist, archaeologist and curator specialising in early medieval and Viking coinage.^[1] He is the senior curator of the Yorkshire Museum^[2] and was formerly the curator of numismatics at the York Museums Trust.^[3]

Education and career

Woods received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Bristol in 2007. He also received a master's degree in medieval history from the University of St Andrews in 2008, and doctorate in archaeology from the University of Cambridge in 2013.^[4] His thesis was entitled Currency of the Ostmen: Money and Economy in Late Viking-Age Ireland^[3] and was supervised by Mark Blackburn and James Barrett.^[1] After completing his PhD, he worked as an assistant at the Fitzwilliam Museum.^[5] He also worked for the Portable Antiquities Scheme.^[3] He was appointed the curator of numismatics at the York Museums Trust in 2013^[3] and is currently the senior curator of the Yorkshire Museum.^[2]

As a curator, Woods has helped acquire a number of treasure troves and hoards discovered in recent years, including the Wold Newton Hoard,^[6]^[7] the Overton Hoard,^[8] and a rare Anglo-Saxon gold shilling.^[9] He also arranged for the exhibition of the Vale of York Hoard.^[5]^[10]

Woods received the 2017 Blunt Prize from the British Numismatic Society.^[11] He was elected a Fellow of Society of Antiquaries of London on 6 June 2019.^[12]

2013. 'The coinage and economy of Hiberno-Scandinavian Dublin' in S. Duffy, Medieval Dublin XIII. Four Courts Press, 43-69.
2014. 'Monetary activity in Viking-Age Ireland: the evidence of the single-finds' in Allen, Naismith and Screen (eds.), Early Medieval Monetary History: Studies in honour of Mark Blackburn. Ashgate, 295-330.
2014. 'A case of modern imitation of a Hiberno-Scandinavian coin' in T. Abramson (ed.), Studies in Early Medieval Coinage 3, Spink, 159-61.
2016. 'Prelude to the Hiberno-Scandinavian coinage: the Castle and Werburgh Street hoards' In H. Clarke and R. Johnson (eds.), Before and after the Battle of Clontarf: the Vikings in Ireland and beyond. Four Courts Press.
2017. with R. Naismith, 'Ireland to 1170' in R. Naismith, Medieval European Coinage 8, 323-36.
2019. 'Royalty and Renewal in Viking Age Ireland' in J. Kershaw and G. Williams (eds.), Silver and other economies in the Viking Age. British Museum Press.

^ ^a ^b "Andy Woods, York Museums Trust". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Key Contacts at York Museums Trust". York Museums Trust. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Andy Woods appointed Curator of Numismatics at York". Yorkshire Numismatic Society. April 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Andrew Woods - Senior Curator - York Museums Trust". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Curator of the month: Andrew Woods, York Museums Trust". Art Fund. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Dig deep to keep hoard of historic treasure in Yorkshire". The Yorkshire Post. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Wold Newton hoard remains in Yorkshire". Filey and Hunmanby Mercury. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Roman coin find declared treasure". BBC News. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "'Jaw dropping' Anglo-Saxon coin find". BBC News. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Beyond Jorvik: The Vale of York Viking Hoard – Andrew Woods". York Museums Trust. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Prizes". British Numismatic Society. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Dr Andrew Woods". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 4 May 2020.