Newcastle University

Professional archaeologist with wide interest and involvement in multi-period archaeology of Northern England (see publications list) - using a range of fieldwork techniques and oral history - and European research interests focussing on the archaeology of the Ottoman-Austrian borderlands of Bosnia-Croatia, and modern pottery production in the Western Balkans. 

Pottery research including a continuing long-term ethnoarchaeological study of pottery-making in the Western Balkans 

Multi-period archaeological research in Northumberland using desk top study, survey and excavation, on subjects including historic buildings, Roman military and medieval ecclesiastical sites, and a long-term study of erosion damage at Harehaugh iron age hill-fort.

Oral History in Northumberland

Community Archaeology - including the preperation of over 40 detailed village histories for, and with teh participation of, communities in Northumberland, North Yorkshire and East Durham

• Carlton RJ. Excavations carried out 2010 and 2012 in the south-west interior of Bremenium Roman Fort, High Rochester. Archaeologia Aeliana 0. In Preparation.
• Carlton RJ, Jones D. Barrowburn: A Medieval Fulling Mill on the River Coquet. Archaeologia Aeliana, Vol 42 2013. Submitted.
• Carlton RJ. Medieval Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne: excavations in 2009. Archaeologia Aeliana 0. In Preparation.
• Carlton RJ. A review of ceramic ethnoarchaelogy in the Western Balkans. In: TRADITIONAL POTTERY MAKING FROM THE ETHNOARCHAEOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW: Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage. 2012, Belgrade: National Museum of Serbia. Submitted.
• Carlton RJ, Ryder PF. Kenton Hall: the unmasking of an early post-medieval house on the northern fringe of Newcastle upon Tyne. Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol. 20 2013. Submitted.
• Carlton RJ, Roberts I. Oral Histories of the Northumberland Uplands recorded for The Village Atlas and successor projects. Post-Medieval Archaeology 2012. Submitted.
• Carlton RJ, Williams A. TYNE DOCK: Descriptive History of The United Kingdom’s Greatest Coal Dock, based on recording work carried out prior to its infilling in 2011. Industrial Archaeology Review 2012. Submitted.
• Carlton RJ. The status and potential of traditional pottery-making in Bosnia-Hercegovina. In: TRADITIONAL POTTERY MAKING FROM THE ETHNOARCHAEOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW: Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage. 2012, Belgrade: National Museum of Serbia. Submitted.
• Carlton RJ, Walasek H. An Ethnography of Destruction: fieldwork assessing the cultural heritage in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: Walasek, H, ed. Bosnia and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage. London: Ashgate, 2013. In Press.
• Carlton RJ. Archaeological Excavations at Harehaugh hill-fort in 2002. Archaeologia Aeliana 2013, 40. In Press.
• Carlton RJ, Walasek H. Documenting the Destruction. In: Walasek, H, ed. Bosnia and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage. London: Ashgate, 2013. In Press.
• Carlton RJ, Rushworth A. Barrasford and Gunnerton Historical Village Atlas: A Historical and Archaeological Study of Two Townships in the North Tyne. Chollerton, UK: Chollerton Press, 2010.
• Carlton RJ, Ryder PF. Excavations at the church of St Michael, Houghton-le-Spring. Durham archaeological journal : transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland 2010, 2009/10.
• Roberts I, Carlton RJ, Rushworth A. Drove Roads of Northumberland. Stroud: The History Press, 2010.
• Carlton RJ, Rushworth A. The Krajina Project: Exploring the Ottoman-Habsburg Borderland. In: Peackock, A, ed. The Frontiers of the Ottoman World: Fortifications, trade, pilgrimage and slavery. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp.403-430.
• Carlton RJ. Excavations in the vicus of Bowes Roman Fort, 2009. Durham Archaeology 2009, 2008/9.
• Carlton RJ. The Role and Status of Women in the Pottery-Making Traditions of the Western Balkans. Cardiff, Wales: Interpreting Ceramics, 2008. Available at: http://www.interpretingceramics.com/issue010/articles/04.htm.
• Carlton RJ, Roberts I, Rushworth A. Droving in Northumberland National Park: An Historical and archaeological background. Northumberland: Northumberland National Park Authority, 2005.
• Carlton RJ. Traditional firing methods in Bosnia and Croatia: bonfires and kilns at Potravlje, Lijesevo, Visnjica and Rastoki. The Log Book 2004, 17(March), 8-16.
• Carlton RJ. Reflections on Paradise: images of a British Bosnian community. University of Newcastle upon Tyne: Museum of Antiquities, 2003.
• Carlton RJ. Paste and Fire: Some Comments on the Technology of Prehistoric pottery in the Western Balkans in the Light of Ethnoarchaeological Research. In: Fire in Archaeology: Papers from a Session Held at the European Association of Archaeologists Sixth Annual Meeting. 2003, Lisbon, Portugal: British Archaeological Reports Limited.
• Carlton RJ, Rushworth A. Low Cleughs: A bastle in its landscape. In: Frodsham, P, ed. Recent Archaeological Work in the Northumberland National Park. York: CBA Publications, 2004, pp.295-305.
• Carlton RJ. The Origins and Survival of Littlethorpe Potteries in the context of British Country Pottery-Making. Cardiff, UK: University of Cardiff, 2003. Available at: http://interpretingceramics.com/issue004/origins.htm.
• Rushworth A, Carlton RJ. Thirlwall Castle: A gentry residence in medieval Tynedale. In: Frodsham, P, ed. Recent Archaeological Work in the Northumberland National Park. York: CBA Publications, 2003, pp.272-294.
• Carlton RJ, Jackson M, Johnston R. Archaeological Fieldwork at Littlethorpe Potteries 2000-2002. Universities of Durham and Newcastle Archaeological Journal 2002, 24.
• Carlton RJ. Experimental open firing of locally sourced clays at Vadastra, south-east Romania. Experimental Pyrotechnology Group Newsletter 2002.
• Carlton RJ. Exploring the role of quenching in the production of calcite-tempered pottery in the western Balkans. The Old Potter's Almanack (Joint Newsletter of the Prehistoric Ceramic Research Group and the Ceramic Petrology Group) 2002, 10(1), 1-6.
• Carlton RJ. Harehaugh hillfort: preliminary report on fieldwork in Summer 2002. Universities of Durham and Newcastle Archaeological Journal 2002, 24.
• Carlton RJ. The Archaeology of Ethnic Cleansing: Appraising the Built Heritage of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Universities of Durham and Newcastle Archaeological Reports 2002, 24.
• Carlton RJ, Rushworth A. Thirlwall Castle: History of a Northumberland Border Stronghold. Hexham: Northumberland National Park Authority, 2001.
• Carlton RJ. 'Interpreting Ceramics’. University of Cardiff, 2000. Available at: http://interpretingceramics.com/issue001/speakers/carlton.htm.
• Carlton RJ, Rushworth A. The Croatian and Bosnian Vojna Krajina (Military Frontier). Universities of Durham and Newcastle Archaeological Reports 1999, 22.
• Carlton R. The Past and Future of Traditional Pottery-Making in Bosnia. The Studio Potter 1999, 27(1).
• Carlton R. The Pirocani Pottery-Making Tradition in the Former-Yugoslavia. The Studio Potter 1999, 27,2.
• Carlton R. An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Pottery Production on the island of Iž, North Dalmatia. In: Bintliff,J;Chapman,J;Gaffney,V;Slapšak,B, ed. Recent developments in Yugoslav archaeology. BAR International Series 431, 1988.
• Carlton RJ, Ryder PF. Archaeological Investigations carried out between 2008 and 2010 at the Parish Church of St Laurence, Warkworth. Archaeologia Aeliana, Vol. 41 2012. Submitted.
• Carlton RJ. Re-evaluating the Role of Women in West Balkan Pottery-Making Traditions. In: Jones, J, ed. Interpreting Ceramics. Cardiff: UWIC, 2012. Submitted.