{{short description|British archaeologist and ceramics specialist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Ailsa Mainman | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | discipline = Archaeology<br />History | sub_discipline = Early-medieval archaeology<br>Ceramics | movement = <!-- Should match the ideological movement or denomination (for religious), "school" of thought etc. (e.g. "Anglican", "Postmodernist", "Socialist" or "Green" etc. --> | religion = <!-- Religion should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | denomination = <!-- Religious denomination should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | education = | alma_mater = University of Sheffield | thesis_title = | workplaces = University of York<br>York Archaeological Trust | notable_works = | awards = }} '''Ailsa Jean Mainman''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA}} is a British archaeologist and pottery specialist.
==Career== Mainman completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield and is now a research associate at the University of York. She is a former assistant director of York Archaeological Trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/honorary-visiting/mainman/#tab-1 |title=Ailsa Mainman BA, MSc, PhD FSA |publisher=University of York |accessdate=14 October 2019}}</ref>
She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 12 January 1989.
==Personal life== In 1991 Mainman married fellow archaeologist Richard Hall (1949–2011).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8822930/Richard-Hall.html |title=Obituaries: Richard Hall |date=12 October 2011 |work=The Telegraph|accessdate=14 October 2019}}</ref> In 2014 Mainman fulfilled her late husband's "last wish" by helping to publish the final volume in a progressive series of publications about York Archaeological Trust's excavations of Jorvik.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8822930/Richard-Hall.html |title=Why it took 40 years to piece together city's Viking past |work=Yorkshire Post |date=1 May 2014|accessdate=14 October 2019}}</ref>
==Select publications== *MacGregor, A., Mainman, A. J. and Rogers, N. S. H. 1999. ''Craft, industry and everyday life: bone, antler, ivory and horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and medieval York'' (Archaeology of York 17/12). York, York Archaeological Trust. *Mainman, A. J. and Rogers, N. S. H. 2000. ''Craft, Industry, and Everyday Life: Finds from Anglo-Scandinavian York'' (Archaeology of York 17/14). York, York Archaeological Trust. *Mainman, A. J. and Jenner, A. 2013. ''Medieval Pottery from York'' (Archaeology of York 16/9). York, York Archaeological Trust. *Mainman, A. J. and Hall, R. 2015. "Eoforwic: Post Roman and Anglian York", ''The British Historic Town Atlas'' Vol V.
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==External links== *[https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/personDetails.xhtml?personId=2255 Ailsa Mainman's publications as listed on the Archaeology Data Service] {{authority control}}
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