Dr. Miriam A. W. Rothenberg

Junior Research Fellow

Christ Church College

miriam.rothenberg@chch.ox.ac.uk

Miriam Rothenberg is an archaeologist whose comparative work focuses on how communities respond to volcanic eruptions (past and present) and cope with their associated hazards (especially on Montserrat, Martinique, and in the ancient Mediterranean). Her broader interests include landscape archaeology, GIS, and spatial analysis; memory, trauma, dark heritage, and ruination; geoarchaeology; and social volcanology.

Scarlett, J., M. Rothenberg, F. Riede, and K. Holmberg. 2024. “‘Dark Heritage’: Landscape, Hazard, and Heritage.” In Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk Management, edited by R. Jigyasu and K. Chmutina, pp. 225-243. London: Routledge

Rothenberg, M. 2023. “Framing Settler Colonialism as Environmental Injustice in Disaster-Ridden Montserrat.” Special issue on “Archaeology of and for Environmental Justice.” The SAA Archaeological Record 23(2): 43-50.

Rothenberg, M. 2021. “Wind-powered Sugar Mills as Constructions of Control in Colonial Montserrat.” International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 25(1): 144-169. DOI: 10.1007/s10761-020-00553-9

Reilly, M., and M. Rothenberg. 2019. “Postcolonial Material Melancholia: Toward a Contemporary Archaeology of the Caribbean.” In Proceedings of the 27th Congress of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology. St. Croix, USVI, 24-28 July 2017, edited by J.M. Torres and A.B. Persons, pp. 581-592. St. Croix: International Association for Caribbean Archaeology.

Research area:

History

Role:

Researcher