Dr Anthony B. Del Rio is an archaeologist, anthropologist and geospatial research scientist whose work examines settlement, mobility, warfare, political economy and human–landscape relationships. His research develops reproducible GIS and confidence-weighted methods for integrating archaeological, historical, onomastic and environmental evidence at landscape scale, with particular emphasis on Viking-Age Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. His doctoral research at Oxford investigated Scandinavian settlement and connectivity in Viking Northumbria. His wider field experience includes glacial archaeology in Norway and excavation in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3799-8225.
Research interests:
Viking-Age archaeology; landscape archaeology; settlement and mobility; political economy and conflict; GIS and spatial analysis; archaeological data integration.
Geographic areas:
Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and the North Atlantic.
Current activities:
Geospatial research and cartography for Professor Jane Kershaw's project, alongside a thesis-to-publication programme on settlement, connectivity and regional power in Viking-Age Northumbria.
Selected research outputs:
Selected invited paper:
- Del Rio, Anthony B. 2026. Resources and Regions: Scandinavian Settlement Strategies in Viking Age Northumbria. Invited paper presented at the 20th Viking Congress, Oslo, 12 August 2026.
