Description: Located on the south side of the River Tees, in north-east England, the Roman villa at Ingleby Barwick is one of the most northerly in the Roman Empire. Discovered originally through aerial photography and an extensive programme of evaluation, the site was excavated in 2003-04 in advance of housing development.
Brief description: Steven Willis is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent, England, and former President of the Study Group for Roman Pottery. He obtained his PhD from Durham University and, in addition to a specialization in Roman ceramics, his main areas of expertise are in the archaeology of settlement, society and material culture in the Iron Age and Roman era in western Europe.