Ellen Swift

Ellen Swift is a British archaeologist and Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Kent.

Professor Swift studied at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London for her BA, MA, and PhD.

Swift is a specialist in material culture studies of the Roman world, including dress accessories and functional artefacts including dice. She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in October 2005.

Publications Swift, E. (2024). Rethinking the Date and Interpretation of the Thetford Treasure: a 5th-c. hoard of gold jewelry and silver spoons. Journal of Roman Archaeology 37, 409–448. Swift, E., Stoner, J. and Pudsey, A. (2022). A Social Archaeology of Roman and Late Antique Egypt. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Swift, E. (2017). Roman Artefacts and Society: Design, Behaviour and Experience. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Swift, E. (2009). Style and Function in Roman Decoration: Living with Objects and Interiors. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate. Swift, E. (2003). "Transformation in Meaning: Amber and Glass Beads Across the Roman Frontier", Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Canterbury 2002. 48–57. Swift, E. (2000). Regionality in Dress Accessories in the Late Roman West. Montagnac: Editions Monique Mergoil. Swift, E. (2000). The End of the Western Roman Empire: An Archaeological Investigation. Stroud: Tempus.