Edith Mary Wightman FSA (1 January 1938 – 17 December 1983) was a British ancient historian and archaeologist.
[2] Wightman undertook archaeological fieldwork in the Mediterranean as part of three projects; at Monte Irsi under the direction of Alaster Small,[3][4] as co-director of the Second Canadian Team excavations at Carthage alongside Colin Wells,[5] and as the director of the multidisciplinary field survey project in the Liri Valley, Italy.
[6] Wightman's work has been described as a "model of how to combine literary, epigraphic, and archaeological data with caution and imagination[7] Research for Gallia Belgica involved annual research visits to archaeological institutes in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
[8] Her posthumously published survey of Gallia Belgica has been described as "magisterial",[9] and John Percival stated that "it is hard to think of a better study of an individual Roman province in terms of comprehensiveness and reliability".
[1][2] She was found lying on the floor with her eyes and mouth bound with surgical tape and her hands handcuffed behind her back.