Staff Profiles

Dr Sophie Moore is a Byzantine Archaeologist and Archaeological Theorist. Her research focuses on the experienced nature of the human past, using phenomenological approaches to material culture alongside textual sources to investigate possible lived moments in the Byzantine world, such as singing in church, shrouding the dead, or viewing an icon.

Semester 1:

ARA2092 The Medieval World 400 - 1500

ARA8180 Medieval Western Europe

• Articles

  • Jackson MPC, Moore SV. Taphonomies of landscape: investigating the immediate environs of Çatalhöyük from prehistory to the present. Anatolian Studies 2018, 68, 177-207.
  • Moore S, Gamble M. A Roman Woman From Catalhoyuk. Herritage Turkey 2016, 6.
  • Moore S. Burials and Identites at Historic Period Catalhoyuk. Heritage Turkey 2014, 4, 29.
  • Moore S. 'Bodies of Evidence: The Historic Cemeteries of Catalhoyuk. Heritage Turkey 2014, 5, 13-15. In Preparation.

• Authored Book

  • Crellin RJ, Cipolla CN, Montgomery LM, Harris OJT, Moore SV. Archaeological Theory in Dialogue: Situating Relationality, Ontology, Posthumanism, and Indigenous Paradigms. London: Routledge, 2020.

• Book Chapters

  • Moore S, and Jackson M. Late Burials from 4040. In: I Hodder, ed. Catalhoyuk Excavations 2000-2008 Seasons. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, 2013, pp.603-620.
  • Moore SV. Experiencing Mid-Byzantine Mortuary Practice: Shrouding the Dead. In: Nesbitt, C. and Jackson, M.P.C, ed. Experiencing Byzantium: Proceedings from the 44th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Newcastle and Durham. London: Ashgate, 2013, pp.195-210.