Steve Kaye

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Former research assistant, Ph.D. student, oil company IT manager and consultant but now retired (almost).

Academic qualifications:

Ph.D., University College, Univ. of London (Geophysics)

Thesis: Kaye, S.J., The Structure of Eastern Indonesia: an approach via gravity and other geophysical methods. Ph.D Thesis, University of London, 1989. (PDF file, 17meg)

M.Sc., Birkbeck College, Univ. of London (Stratigraphy)

B.Sc.(Hons 1st Class), Oxford Brookes (Geology)

Publications:

Kaye,S.J.1987. The Production of a new Bouguer anomaly map of East Timor, Indonesia. Geophys. J.,89(2),469.

Kaye,S.J.1989. The Structure of Eastern Indonesia: An approach via gravity and other geophysical methods. Ph.D Thesis Univ. of London.

De Smet, M.E.M., Charlton, T.R., van Marle, L.J., Kaye, S., Faeni, H. & Troelstra, S.R. 1989. Late Cenozoic history of the island Yamdena, Tanimbar Archipelago, Indonesia. In: Benthic Foraminifera from the Banda Arc Region, Indonesia, and their Paleobathymetric Significance for Geologic Interpretations of the Late Cenozoic Sedimentary Record, by L.J. van Marle. Free University Press, 145-162.

Charlton, T.R., Kaye, S.J., Samodra, H. & Sardjono. 1991. The geology of the Kai islands: implications for the evolution of the Aru Trough and Weber Basin, Banda Arc, Indonesia. Mar. Petrol. Geol. 8, 62-69.

Charlton, T.R., de Smet, M.E.M., Samodra, H. & Kaye, S.J. 1991. The stratigraphy and structural evolution of the Tanimbar islands, SE Banda Arc, Indonesia. J. SE Asian Earth Sci. 6(3/4), 343-358.

Stolum,H-H. and Kaye,S.J.1992. The identification of Fault Pattern Fractals for Improving Oil and Gas Recovery. A new process to Identify and Describe Fault Sets Using Non-Linear Methods. Energy Exploration and Exploitation. Vol 10, Numbers 4 and 5.

Milsom,J.S., Kaye,S.J. and Sardjono 1996. Extension, Collision and Curvature in the Eastern Banda Arc. J.Geol.

Kaye, Steve. 2010. Can Computerized Terrain Analysis Find Boudica's Last Battlefield?. British Archaeology, September/October 2010, pp.30-33. (Unfortunately this on-line article has not retained its images; a photocopied version, plus images, can be downloaded here)

Kaye, S.J. 2015. The Roman invasion of Britain, 43 AD: riverine, wading and tidal studies place limits on the possible locations of the two-day river battle and beachhead. Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol. 136, 227-240.

Salvatore, J.P., Kaye, S.J., Stocker, S., Toller, H. 2019. Observations on the Roman road between Exeter, North Tawton and Okehampton. Proceedings of Devon Archaeol. Soc. Vol. 77, 297–319.

Steve Kaye and John Salvatore, 2022. Research on the effects of Relative Sea-Level change on the River Exe estuary in the mid-1st century AD (South-West Britain). Poster for the Limes Congress XXV, Nijmegen.

Kaye, S. and Pamment Salvatore, J. 2022: Research on the effects of relative sea-level change on the River Exe estuary in the mid-1st century: implications for the location of Roman sea-port and barge-quay facilities serving the Neronian fortress of Legio II Augusta at Exeter, in: Hodgson, N. and Griffiths, W. (eds), Roman Frontier Archaeology – in Britain and Beyond, Archaeopress. (open access download: https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781803273440).

Unpublished essays:

2010 - The site of Boudica's last battle: an approach via terrain analysis. www.bandaarcgeophysics.co.uk/arch/boudica-terrain-analysis.pdf

2012 - Finding the site of Boudica's last battle: Roman logistics empowered the sword. www.bandaarcgeophysics.co.uk/Boudica/Boudica_logistics.pdf An updated version is below.

2013 - Finding the site of Boudica's last battle: Roman logistics empowered the sword. www.bandaarcgeophysics.co.uk/arch/boudica_logistics.pdf ( an update to the 2012 essay with the latest observations regarding the siting of Boudica's last battle.

2013 - Roman Marching Camps in Britain: GIS, statistical analysis and hydrological examination of known marching camps, resulting in the prediction of possible camp sites. www.bandaarcgeophysics.co.uk/arch/roman-marching-camps-uk.pdf

2013 - Conference Poster: Searching for Boudica's last battle: an approach via terrain analysis, hydrology and marching camps. Conference 'On Boudica's Trail', Atherstone Civic Soc. at Warwick Uni.

2013 - Observations on marching Roman legionaries: velocities, energy expenditure, column formations and distances. www.bandaarcgeophysics.co.uk/arch/roman_legionary_marching.pdf

2014 - The Roman invasion of Britain, 43 AD: riverine, wading and tidal studies as a means of limiting the possible locations of the invasion-ground and the two-day river battle.www.bandaarcgeophysics.co.uk/arch/Roman_Invasion_43AD.pdf

2015 - Finding the site of Boudica's last battle: multi-attribute analysis of sites identified by template matching. (Internet Explorer users click here)

2017 - Early Imperial Roman army campaigning: observations on marching metrics, energy expenditure and the building of marching camps. PDF version - www.bandaarcgeophysics.co.uk/arch/Roman-army-campaigning.pdf

2017 - Roman_campaigning.xlsx - the spreadsheet that accompanies the essay above - Early Imperial Roman army campaigning: observations on marching metrics, energy expenditure and the building of marching camps. Click to download the spreadsheet