Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green, FSA, FLSW (née Aldhouse; born 24 July 1947) is a British archaeologist and academic, known for her research on the Iron Age and the Celts. She was Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University from 2006 to 2013.[1][2] Until about 2000 she published as Miranda Green or Miranda J. Green.[a]
She took her first degree at Cardiff University, her MLitt at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1974, and a PhD from The Open University in 1981.[1]
Aldhouse-Green was a member of the faculty at the University of Wales, Newport between 1993 and 2006, being appointed Professor of Archaeology in 1998.[3] She previously held appointments at Worthing and Peterborough Museums and the Open University in Wales. Aldhouse-Green was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) after her election in November 1979.[4][5] She is a former Vice-President (2002), then President of The Prehistoric Society and has been included in Who's Who since 2004.[1][3]
Her research interests are Iron Age and Romano-Celtic, particularly Gallo-Roman iconography and sacrificial activities.[6] A report from Universities UK (EurekaUK, June 2006) cites Aldhouse-Green's research into understanding the Celts as one of the "100 major discoveries, developments and inventions", by academics throughout the UK, to have transformed the world in the last 50 years.[7] Her 2018 book Sacred Britannia: The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain provides an in-depth overview of religion in the province, using evidence from epigraphy and material culture related to a variety of indigenous, eastern and military cults, and their associated rituals.[8]
Aldhouse-Green was married to fellow archaeologist Stephen Aldhouse-Green (1945–2016),[9][10] formerly Stephen Green, since 1970.[1][11]