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Book SynopsisFounded in 1961, Studia Hibernica is devoted to the study of the Irish language and its literature, Irish history and archaeology, Irish folklore and place names, and related subjects.Its aim is to present the research of scholars in these fields of Irish studies and so to bring them within easy reach of each other and the wider public. It endeavours to provide in each issue a proportion of articles, such as surveys of periods or theme in history or literature, which will be of general interest.A long review section is a special feature of the journal and all new publications within its scope are there reviewed by competent authorities.Table of ContentsLetters of Kuno Meyer to Douglas Hyde, 1896–1919 Dáibhí Ó CróinínThree variations on the theme of the dog-headed spear in medieval Irish: Celtchar’s lúin, Conall Cernach’s Derg Drúchtach, Lugaid’s flesc Edward PettitLucan’s Bellum Civile in Ireland: structure and sources Erich PoppeHubert Quinn, liberal Protestantism and late kailyard culture in mid-twentieth-century Ulster Patrick MaumeAlt Léirmheasa/Review ArticleThe universal Irish Alan TitleyLéirmheasanna/ReviewsClerics, kings and Vikings: essays on medieval Ireland in honour of Donnchadh Ó Corráin (Purcell, MacCotter, Nyhan and Sheehan) Patricia M. RumseyA martyrology of four cities: Metz, Cologne, Dublin, Lund (Ó Riain) Jonathan WoodingLatin Psalter manuscripts in Trinity College Dublin and the Chester Beatty Library (Cleaver and Conrad O’Briain) Michael StauntonAnglo-Norman parks in medieval Ireland (Beglane) Sparky BookerThe register of St Saviour’s chantry of Waterford. Registrum cantariae S. Salvatoris Waterfordensis. BL, Harleian MS 3765 (Byrne, Byrne and Nicholls) Mary Ann LyonsThe Tudor discovery of Ireland (Maginn and Ellis) Colm LennonLetterbook of George, 16th Earl of Kildare (Clarke and McGrath) Mary Ann LyonsHeroes or traitors? Experiences of southern Irish soldiers returning from the Great War, 1919–1939 (Taylor) Marnie HayMo ghnósa leas an dáin: aistí in ómós do Mháirtin Ó Direáin (Ní Úrdail, Mac Giolla Léith) Caitríona Ní Chléirchín

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Book SynopsisSurvey of the growth and development of the magnificent shrines which reached their apogee during the middle ages. The cult of saints is one of the most fascinating manifestations of medieval piety. It was intensely physical; saints were believed to be present in the bodily remains that they had left on earth. Medieval shrines were created inorder to protect these relics and yet to show off their spiritual worth, at the same time allowing pilgrims limited access to them. English Medieval Shrines traces the development of such structures, from the earliestcult activities at saintly tombs in the late Roman empire, through Merovingian Gaul and the Carolingian Empire, via Anglo-Saxon England, to the great shrines of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The greater part of the bookis a definitive exploration, on a basis that is at once thematic and chronological, of the major saints cults of medieval England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation. These include the famous cults of St Cuthbert, St Swithun, and St Thomas Becket - and lesser known figures such as St Eanswyth of Folkestone or St Ecgwine of Evesham. John Crook, an independent architectural historian, archaeological consultant, and photographer, is the foremost authority on English shrines. He has published numerous books and papers on the cult of saints.Trade ReviewThere is a veritable flood of information in this book. CULTURAL AND SOCIAL * HISTORY *There is much to praise in this elegantly written and beautifully produced account. For the student of medieval art or the educated enthusiast, this book is a sophisticated synthesis of an extraordinary amount of research in archaeology, hagiography, art history, architectural history, among other disciplines...It is indeed the go-to book on the subject. * JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION *Brings to his inquiry decades of expertise and many gems of knowledge quarried from the archives. Underpinned by learning and much shrine study, his detailed survey is also furnished with a valuable repository of plates and figures. [Readers] nevertheless will find his book a treasury of knowledge, which deserves attention as the fullest accessible survey of English medieval shrine work. * HISTORY *Will be of interest both to those who want to learn more about the cult of saints and shrine bases generally and to those who wish to research a specific shrine. Undoubtedly, this volume will quickly become established as the standard work on the subject, and, as such, thoroughly deserves a place on many a bookshelf. * CHURCH MONUMENTS *This comprehensive and authoritative book demonstrates once again John Crook's pre-eminent position as a scholar of the material history of the cult of the saints in the Medieval West. [It] shines a searchlight on this elusive but important subject. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *Effortlessly combines archaeology, art, architecture, hagiography and other documents to produce a compelling narrative. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *John Crook, Britain's foremost expert on shrines, here distils a lifetime's research into an essential synthesis. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *This is a valuable resource for church historians and archaeologists, with its 53 black-and-white photos of excellent quality, mostly the work of the author. * CHURCH TIMES *This book will be warmly welcomed by readers with a specialist interest in medieval shrines, their origins, locations, associated ceremonies, designs, and fates. Dr Crook is the foremost authority on the subject, and this volume amply shows why. * VIDIMUS *Table of ContentsIntroduction Relics, Shrines, and Pilgrimage Graves, Shrines, and Crypts. The Physical Setting of Saints' Cults on the Continent 'But Lo! There breaks a yet more glorious day': Saints Cults in Early Anglo-Saxon England 'The Island of Saints.' Saints' Cults in Mid- to Late Anglo-Saxon England English Saints and the 'New Englishmen': Anglo-Saxon Shrines and Relics after the Norman Conquest Into the Twelfth Century: From Tomb to Shrine 'Giving Light to the Whole House': The New Enthusiasm for Saints' Cults in the Later Twelfth Century The Legacy of Thomas Becket: The Thirteenth Century The Final Flowering. Saints' Cults in the Later Middle Ages The Fate of Shrines at the Reformation Epilogue - English Shrines Today

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking examination of one of the most controversial topics within modern archaeology. The invention of metal detecting technology during the Second World War allowed the development of a hobby that has traditionally been vilified by archaeologists as an uncontrollable threat to the proper study of the past. This book charts the relationship between archaeologists and metal detectors over the past fifty odd years within an international context. It questions whether the great majority of metal detectors need be seen as a threat or, as some argue, enthusiastic members of the public with a valid and legitimate interest in our shared heritage, charting the expansion of metal detecting as a phenomenon and examining its role within traditional archaeology. A particular strength of the book is its detailed case studies, from South Africa, the USA, Poland and Germany, where metal detectors have worked with, and contributed significantly towards, archaeological understanding and research. With contributions from key individuals in both the metal detecting and archaeological communities, this publication highlights the need for increased understanding and cooperation and asks a number of questions crucial to the development of a long term relationship between archaeologists and metal detectors. PETER G. STONE is Head of the School of Arts and Cultures and formerly Director of the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at the University of Newcastle. He has been interested in the public's role and interest in archaeology for over twenty-five years and has published widely on this topic, especially with respect to formal and informal education. SUZIE THOMAS is lecturer in museum studies at the University of Helsinki.Trade ReviewOffers a narrative which is easy to grasp, understandable and above all interesting...fantastic images appear throughout...Kudos to all the authors...and especially the editors Suzie Thomas and Peter G. Stone for constructing an academic level work, suitable for all interested readers. * THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND METAL DETECTING MAGAZINE *This book succeeds, through a wealth of cases and voices, in demonstrating that the key to a fruitful future relationship between metal-detector users and archaeologists lies in the recognition of the importance of mutual communication and co-operation. * ANTIQUARIES *Archaeologists and policy makers will certainly have to account for the public's interest in the past and look at ways in which regulation, and even cooperation, can be used to ensure archaeological preservation. As a consequence, many in the heritage field would be well served by seeking out this collection, which aims to bring together the views of archaeologists and metal detectorists. [It] does a fine job of offering context to the current disagreements between archaeologists and metal detectorists. * AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY *Both metal detectorists and archaeologists can learn much from the papers in this book. * MINERVA *A pioneering engagement of archaeologists with detecting. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Suzie Thomas Metal detector users and archaeology in Poland: the current state of affairs - Zbigniew Kobylinski and Piotr Szpanowski The legislative position of metal detector use at South African Archaeological sites - Elize Becker Archaeology, Metal Detecting, and the Development of Battlefield Archaeology in the United States - George Smith Archaeology, Metal Detecting, and the Development of Battlefield Archaeology in the United States - John Cornelison Before the Portable Antiquities Scheme - Peter V Addyman The development and future of the Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme - Roger Bland Treasure Trove and metal detecting in Scotland - Alan Saville Metal detecting in Northern Ireland - Declan Hurl Metal Detecting and Archaeology in Wales: The establishment of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Wales - Mark Lodwick Building Bridges between metal detectorists and archaeologists - Trevor Austin The Construction of Histories: numismatics and metal detecting - Peter D. Spencer Cumwhitton Norse Burial - Faye Simpson The Portable Antiquities Scheme in the North - Philippa Walton and Dot Boughton Wanborough Revisited: the Rights and Wrongs of Treasure Trove Law in England and Wales - Suzie Thomas The real value of buried treasure. VASLE: The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Economy Project - Julian Richards The real value of buried treasure. VASLE: The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Economy Project - John Naylor 'The Rust of Time': Metal Detecting and Battlefield Archaeology - Tony Pollard The Portable Antiquities Scheme and Education - Ceinwen Paynton

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Book SynopsisThe Archaeology of Oxford in the 21st Century presents the results of eleven excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology within the historic walled city of Oxford and in the extramural area just to the north. The investigations shed fresh light on the character of medieval Oxford, both before and after the Norman Conquest, and on the early modern city, including its Civil War defences. Of special interest are remains which supply the first very likely medieval Jewish signature in British zooarchaeology. The findings are set within a larger context by a chapter outlining the key findings (by Anne Dodd), a new synthesis of current knowledge of Oxford's archaeology (by David Radford), and an examination of the changing aims and methods of archaeology carried out in the city over the last fifty years (by Tom Hassall). Viewed as a whole, the book represents a significant new contribution to knowledge of Oxford's archaeology and history.

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Book SynopsisIt may seem obvious that the human being has always been present in anthropology. This book, however, reveals that he has never really been a part of it. Theoretical Anthropology or How to Observe a Human Being establishes the foundations and conditions, both theoretical and methodological, which make it possible to consider the human being as a topic of observation and analysis, for himself as an entity, and not in the perspective of understanding social and cultural phenomena. In debate with both anthropologists and philosophers, this book describes and analyzes the human being as a “volume”. To this end, a specific lexicon is built around the notions of volume, volumography and volumology. These notions are further illustrated and enriched by several drawings. Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction xiii Chapter 1. Theory: Observing the Human Volume 1 1.1. Volume and voluments 1 1.2. The entirety of a volume and the density of presence 9 1.3. Difference and separation 20 1.4. Volumuation and continuity 28 1.5. Lessereity 47 Chapter 2. Illustrating: Drawings of Theory 57 2.1. Drawings and contraspective 57 2.2. Focusing on the human figure 64 2.2.1. Putting into perspective 65 2.2.2. Separation 67 2.2.3. Focusing on the volume 68 2.2.4. Rays 69 2.2.5. Voluments 71 2.2.6. Consistency and style 72 2.2.7. Volugrams 73 2.2.8. Peripheral gestures, presence and absence 74 Chapter 3. Debates: Anthropology and the Human Entity 79 3.1. Experience and existence 81 3.2. Going beyond, wrenching and eccentricity 92 3.3. Lines and flow 99 3.4. Intersubjectivity 107 3.5. Perspections of the individual 115 Chapter 4. Further Development: Structural Existantism 125 4.1. Lévi-Strauss and the difficult ambition of anthropology 125 4.2. A structural approach and the human volume 133 Conclusion 151 Bibliography 159 Index 171

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Book SynopsisAlthough the development of lead crystal was a major step in the history of glass in the late 17th century, the presence of lead in vitreous matrices (glass and glazes) is much older, dating back to the second millennium BCE. Lead in Glassy Materials in Cultural Heritage traces the history of these skills and also looks at the most recent developments in materials science concerning the role played by lead in the properties of glass, including coloring. It develops an understanding of weathering processes and notions of the durability of leaded glass. It also examines public health issues and current recommended standards for the use of lead in industrial glass. This multidisciplinary book is intended for a wide audience: art and technical historians, museum curators, restorers, materials specialists, manufacturers and engineers.Table of ContentsForeword by Isabelle Pallot-Frossard xv Foreword by Daniel R Neuville xvii Introduction xixPatrice LEHUÉDÉ and Anne BOUQUILLON Part 1 Overview and Specific Techniques for the Analysis of Lead Glasses and Glaze 1 Chapter 1 Overview 3Patrice LEHUÉDÉ 1.1 Advantages brought by lead 3 1.2 Difficulties related to the use of lead oxide 14 1.3 Conclusion 15 1.4 References 15 Chapter 2 Lead Isotopes for the Study of Ancient Glass 19Alicia VAN HAM-MEERT and Patrick DEGRYSE 2.1 Lead isotope chemistry 19 2.2 The use of lead isotopes in archaeology 19 2.3 Lead isotopic analysis of glassy material 21 2.4 O, Sr, Nd and B isotopes for studying archaeological glass 28 2.5 Conclusion and future perspectives 30 2.6 Acknowledgments 31 2.7 References 31 Part 2 Structure of Lead Glasses: Influence on their Properties, Including Color 35 Chapter 3 Structure and Properties of Lead Silicate Glasses 37Daniel CAURANT, Gilles WALLEZ, Odile MAJÉRUS, Gauthier ROISINE and Thibault CHARPENTIER 3.1 Introduction 37 3.2 Lead and lead oxides 40 3.3 Crystal phases and glasses of the SiO2-PbO system 46 3.4 Glasses of the SiO2-PbO-R2O system (R = Na, K) 72 3.5 Glasses of the SiO2-PbO-Al2O3 system 76 3.6 Conclusion 83 3.7 References 84 Chapter 4 Optical Properties and Coloration of Lead Silicate Glasses 93Odile MAJÉRUS, Adèle MUNOZ-BONGRAND and Daniel CAURANT 4.1 Physical bases of optical properties and the origins of glass color 94 4.2 Optical properties and color of transparent SiO2-PbO-M2O glasses 99 4.3 SiO2-PbO-M2O glasses colored by transition ions 102 4.4 References 112 Part 3 History and Evolution of Lead Glasses 115 Chapter 5 Lead in the Recipes of the Middle Ages and Renaissance 117Marco VERITÀ and Isabelle BIRON 5.1 The first written sources mentioning the use of lead 117 5.2 Recipes of translucent and opaque lead glasses from the Middle Ages and Renaissance 118 5.3 Conclusion 127 5.4 References 128 Chapter 6 The First Lead Glasses 133Bernard GRATUZE 6.1 Introduction 133 6.2 Glasses of the Eastern Mediterranean from the second and first millennia BC 135 6.3 Lead glasses in Asia starting with the second half of the first millennium BC 139 6.4 Medieval lead glasses in Western Europe 141 6.5 European lead glasses, from the beginning of the modern period until the invention of crystal glass 145 6.6 Conclusion 148 6.7 References 149 Chapter 7 Lead in Glasses: Recent Times 155Patrice LEHUÉDÉ 7.1 The adventure of lead crystal glass 155 7.2 New colorants of lead glass 157 7.3 The new opacifiers 160 7.4 The new processes of crystal glass decoration 161 7.5 New glassmaking techniques 164 7.6 Conclusion 167 7.7 References 168 Chapter 8 Early Islamic Lead Glass 173Nadine SCHIBILLE 8.1 Introduction 173 8.2 Islamic lead silica glass (mina) from the Near East 175 8.3 Lead slag glass from Šaqunda (Córdoba) 184 8.4 Soda ash lead glass from al-Andalus 186 8.5 Concluding remarks 191 8.6 References 192 Chapter 9 Lead in the Enamels of the Middle Ages and Renaissance 199Isabelle BIRON and Marco VERITÀ 9.1 Limoges champlevé enamels on copper from the Middle Ages 199 9.2 The so-called Venetian enameled coppers of the Italian Renaissance 204 9.3 References 211 Part 4 History, Implementation and Evolution of Lead Glazes 213 Chapter 10 History of Lead in Ancient Ceramic Materials 215Anne BOUQUILLON 10.1 Introduction 215 10.2 Properties and implementation of lead glazes 216 10.3 The first lead glazes 218 10.4 Dissemination and evolution of the lead glazing technique in the high Antiquity 224 10.5 Hybridization of lead glazes with other ceramic traditions 229 10.6 The importance of lead-rich glassy materials in the race for porcelain 231 10.7 Innovations brought by Islamic potters of eighth to ninth century: the place of lead glassy materials 231 10.8 Soft-paste porcelains: lead glaze on translucent paste 239 10.9 Lead-rich vitrified paints 240 10.10 Conclusion 241 10.11 References 242 Chapter 11 Paste–Glaze Interaction 249Laurent CORMIER and Marie GODET 11.1 Context 249 11.2 Paste–glaze interface 251 11.3 Factors affecting the paste–glaze interface 252 11.4 Cross-diffusion of chemical elements 256 11.5 Morphology of the interface 259 11.6 Identification of crystalline phases at the interface 260 11.7 Interface as an indicator of elaboration processes 267 11.8 Influence of interface on the physical properties 271 11.9 Conclusion 274 11.10 References 275 Chapter 12 Weathering of Ancient Lead Glazes 279Anne BOUQUILLON 12.1 Slightly weathered glazes 280 12.2 Weak iridescences and pinholes 282 12.3 Advanced weathering in the context of burial 285 12.4 Protection of lead-glazed weathered objects by sol-gel methods 289 12.5 Conclusion 291 12.6 References 292 Part 5 Weathering of Lead Glasses and Standards 295 Chapter 13 Lead Leaching in Industrial Crystal Glasses: Role of Chemical Composition, Structure and Surface Treatments 297Frédéric ANGELI, Léa BRUNSWIC, Thibault CHARPENTIER and Stéphane GIN 13.1 Influence of lead content on crystal glass structure 300 13.2 Leaching mechanisms of lead glasses 305 13.3 Industrial surface treatments limiting lead release by crystal glass 322 13.4 Conclusion 325 13.5 References 326 Chapter 14 Lead in Glass: Standards and Regulations 331Denis LALART and Xavier CAPILLA 14.1 Lead uses in glassworks 331 14.2 Regulations related to lead 333 14.3 Food contact 336 14.4 Conclusion 338 14.5 References 339 List of Authors 341 Index 345

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the factual, precise, complete and accessible economic elements of nuclear energy in order to contribute to an informed and dispassionate debate. It begins with an in-depth analysis of the strategic policies relating to nuclear energy in France and around the world. The methodological aspects are presented exhaustively and illustrated with detailed examples and case studies. This book provides a relevant economic study of the fuel component of nuclear energy. In this context, aspects of the uranium market are presented, before describing in detail the technical and economic components upstream of the nuclear cycle.Table of ContentsPreface ixSylvain DAVID, Jacques PERCEBOIS and Nicolas THIOLLIÈRE Chapter 1 The Evolution of Nuclear Energy in the World and in France 1Daniel IRACANE, Stéphanie TILLEMENT and Frédéric GARCIAS 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Nuclear power in the world 3 1.2.1 Creating long-term visibility seducing the market to invest: the case of the United Kingdom 4 1.2.2 Nuclear activities at the heart of State integration and at the service of economic diplomacy: the case of Russia 8 1.2.3 The concrete implications of political change: the case of South Korea 11 1.2.4 A new innovation paradigm at the service of reconquering the market: the case of the United States 13 1.2.5 The severe nuclear accident or the possibility of a sudden halt to the use of nuclear energy: the case of Japan 18 1.2.6 China: the emergence of an international leader 22 1.2.7 The need for multinational coherence in energy policies: the case of difficult European convergence 27 1.3 The trajectory of the French nuclear ecosystem, between continuity and rupture 33 1.3.1 The origins of French civil nuclear energy 35 1.3.2 French nuclear power in the industrial age 39 1.3.3 A story within a story: sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) 40 1.3.4 The "white" years: the gradual decline of new projects 42 1.3.5 The painful emergence of a "nuclear revival" in France: projects, organizations and competencies 44 1.4 Conclusion 51 1.5 References 53 Chapter 2 Nuclear Costs: Methodological Aspects 55Jean-Guy DEVEZEAUX DE LAVERGNE and Nicolas THIOLLIÈRE 2.1 Introduction 55 2.2 The different notions of costs 56 2.2.1 Nuclear costs and associated challenges 57 2.2.2 Defining the actors concerned by an economic question 57 2.2.3 Organizing cost concepts following a temporal logic 58 2.2.4 Specifying the scope of cost analyses 59 2.2.5 Choosing the appropriate calculation methods 63 2.2.6 Data 65 2.3 The discounted cost of nuclear electricity 66 2.3.1 Roles and challenges of economic calculation 67 2.3.2 Key preliminary concepts for calculating the LCOE 70 2.3.3 Calculation of the LCOE 73 2.4 Determining the discount rate 76 2.4.1 The three theoretical approaches 77 2.4.2 Values and effects of the discount rate 79 2.5 Case study: a new nuclear reactor 83 2.5.1 Reference scenario 83 2.5.2 Results 88 2.6 Conclusion 92 2.7 References 94 Chapter 3 The Production Costs of Nuclear Electricity 97Jean-Guy DEVEZEAUX DE LAVERGNE 3.1 Introduction 97 3.2 Nuclear costs of existing reactors (Generation II) 98 3.2.1 Cost assessment methods for historical reactors 98 3.2.2 Existing fleet costs 104 3.3 Costs of nuclear electricity at the power station terminal 117 3.3.1 Construction costs of 3G water reactors 118 3.3.2 Financing terms and risks for parties 130 3.3.3 Changes in other components of the future nuclear cost 137 3.4 Overview of production costs of other nuclear technologies: SMR and FNR 142 3.4.1 SMR reactors 143 3.4.2 Fast neutron reactors 145 3.5 Electrical system costs and nuclear competitiveness 147 3.5.1 Calculation of system costs 149 3.5.2 Nuclear system costs 149 3.5.3 System costs and choice hierarchy 150 3.5.4 Competition, synergies and complementarities between nuclear and renewable energy 152 3.6 Conclusion 153 3.7 References 158 Chapter 4 The Costs of Nuclear Fuel 163Cécile EVANS, Sophie GABRIEL, Christian POLAK and Philippe VALBUENA 4.1 The cost of fuel expressed in the LCOE 166 4.2 Uranium: availability and markets 169 4.2.1 Uranium consumption 169 4.2.2 Terminology, resources and reserves 171 4.2.3 Uranium resources 178 4.2.4 Secondary resources 184 4.2.5 The uranium market 186 4.2.6 Prospecting and exploration expenditures 200 4.3 From conversion to fuel fabrication 206 4.3.1 Conversion 206 4.3.2 Enrichment 214 4.3.3 Fuel design and fabrication 222 4.3.4 Development prospects: advanced ATF fuels 232 4.4 References 233 Appendix: Ore Deposits and Mining Projects 235Sophie GABRIEL and Christian POLAK List of Authors 241 Index 243 Summary of Volume 2 245

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Book SynopsisLieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell (1854–1938) was a British Army officer with an established reputation mainly due to a work on the 'Buddhism' of Tibet, his explorations of the Himalayas, and a biography which included records of the 1903-4 military expedition to Lhasa (Lhasa and its Mysteries). Waddell was also in the limelight due to his acquisition of Tibetan manuscripts which he donated to the British Museum. His overriding interest was in 'Aryan origins'. After learning Sanskrit and Tibetan, and in between military expeditions and gathering intelligence from the borders of Tibet in the Great Game, Waddell researched Lamaïsm. He extended his activities to Archaeology, Philology and Ethnology, and was credited with discoveries in relation to Buddha. His personal ambition was to locate records of ancient civilisation in Tibetan lamaseries. Waddell is little known as an archaeologist and scholar, in contrast with his fame in the Oriental field, due to the controversial nature of his published works dealing with 'Aryan themes'. Waddell studied Sumerian and presented evidence that an Aryan migration fleeing Sargon II carried Sumerian records to India. He interrupted his comparative studies of Sumerian and Indian king-lists to publish a work on Phoenician origins and decipherment of Indus Valley seals, the inscriptions of which he claimed were similar to Sumerian pictogram signs cited from G. A. Barton's plates, which are reproduced in this volume. Waddell's life is reconstructed from primary sources, such as letters from Marc Aurel Stein at the British Museum and Theophilus G Pinches, held in the Special Collections at the University of Glasgow Library. Special attention is paid to the contemporary reception of his theories, with the objective of re-evaluating his contribution; they are contrasted to past and present academic views, in addition to an overview of relevant discoveries in Archaeology.

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Book SynopsisChinese Longquan ( ) celadon, a type of green-glazed ceramic, is one of the most famous branded and trade products, particularly during the 13th and 14th centuries. Its archaeological and historical materials possess multiple attributes with plentiful cultural information. The objective of the present book is to vivify these materials and provide readers and researchers a broader perspective and additional methodologies to review and gain a new and more profound understanding of Longquan celadon. The first part of this book focuses on elite Longquan celadon in Chinas Southern Song (SS) (11271278) and Yuan (12711368) periods and sets out to answer unresolved questions. How did Longquan potters elevate their products artistic quality from regional and popular acclaim to elite art, and create their products brand and successful marketing? What was the ceramics technological particularity that brought about its achievement as the commercial version of SS Guan (Imperial) ware? Why did its style change, and why did the production center shift after the end of the Southern Song period? In addressing these issues, the author explores the contemporary social atmosphere and local ecological environment. The second part focuses on elite Longquan celadon products as imports in medieval Japan. Beginning with the late Kamakura period (11921333) via the Muromachi shogunate (13921573) to the Edo (16031868) periods an extensive time span elite Longquan celadon ware circulated widely within elite class communities and Zen temples. These products played a crucial role in shaping medieval Japanese culture, bringing to the fore issues such as the Japanese manner of adopting Chinese Song and Yuan culture, and more generally cross-cultural transmission from China to Japan.

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the frequently elaborate rituals of food and feasting in Anglo-Saxon funeral rites. Anglo-Saxons were frequently buried with material artefacts, ranging from pots to clothing to jewellery, and also with items of food, while the funeral ritual itself was frequently marked by feasting, sometimes at the graveside. The book examines the place of food and feasting in funerary rituals from the earliest period to the eleventh century, considering the changes and transformations that occurred during this time, drawing on a wide range of sources,from archaeological evidence to the existing texts. It looks in particular at representations of funerary feasting, how it functions as a tool for memory, and sheds light on the relationship between the living and the dead. CHRISTINA LEE is a lecturer in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham.Trade ReviewAn ambitious and important endeavour. [It] will be of value to scholars of Anglo-Saxon burial, but will also find a place on the bookshelves of those with an interest in ancient diet and its social context. * JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY *A welcome addition to the growing number of studies on feasting in general and on its functions with regard to death and burial in particular. [The author] has provided us with a valuable new framework for understanding the relationship between the living and the dead. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *Shed[s] new light on the important question of how the material found in Anglo-Saxon accompanied burials, and its spatial arrangement, relates to the rituals performed at the time of deposition, and thus what inferences can legitimately be made about such rituals from excavated burial remains. Brings an important body of material to scholarly attention and sets it illuminatingly in context.[.] Rewarding read, not only for historians of diet but also for scholars in the fields of burial archaeology and Anglo-Saxon literature. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *Table of ContentsEordan wæstmas: a feast for the living Bare bones: animals in cemeteries Pots, buckets and cauldrons: the inventory of feasting Last orders? The grateful dead: feasting and memory Feasting between the margins

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Book SynopsisThe question of the British presence in Anglo-Saxon England readdressed by archaeologists, historians, linguists, and place-name specialists. The number of native Britons, and their role, in Anglo-Saxon England has been hotly debated for generations; the English were seen as Germanic in the nineteenth century, but the twentieth saw a reinvention of the German "past". Today, the scholarly community is as deeply divided as ever on the issue: place-name specialists have consistently preferred minimalist interpretations, privileging migration from Germany, while other disciplinary groups have been less united in their views, with many archaeologists and historians viewing the British presence, potentially at least, as numerically significant or even dominant. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on this complex issue, by bringing together contributions from different disciplinary specialists and exploring the interfaces between various categories of knowledge about the past. They assemble both a substantial body of evidence concerning the presence of Britons and offer a variety of approaches to the central issues of the scale of that presence and its significance across the seven centuries of Anglo-Saxon England. NICK HIGHAM is Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester. Contributors: RICHARD COATES, MARTIN GRIMMER, HEINRICH HARKE, NICK HIGHAM, CATHERINE HILLS, LLOYD LAING, C.P. LEWIS, GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER, O.J. PADEL, DUNCANPROBERT, PETER SCHRIJVER, DAVID THORNTON, HILDEGARD L.C. TRISTRAM, DAMIAN TYLER, HOWARD WILLIAMS, ALEX WOOLFTrade ReviewA valuable summary of the current state of research into the subject. * NOMINA *[A] very impressive volume. * JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsBritons in Anglo-Saxon England: An Introduction - Nicholas J. Higham Anglo-Saxon Attitudes - Catherine Hills Forgetting the Britons in Victorian Anglo-Saxon Archaeology - Howard Williams Romano-British Metalworking and the Anglo-Saxons - Lloyd Laing Invisible Britons, Gallo-Romans and Russians: Perspectives on Cultural Change - Heinrich Harke Historical Narrative as Cultural Politics: Rome, `British-ness' and `English-ness' - Nicholas J. Higham British Wives and Slaves? Possible Romano-British Techniques in `Women's Work' - Gale R. Owen-Crocker Early Mercia and the Britons - Damian Tyler Britons in Early Wessex: The Evidence of the Law Code of Ine - Martin Grimmer Apartheid and Economics in Anglo-Saxon England - Alex Woolf Welsh Territories and Welsh Identities in Late Anglo-Saxon England - Chris Lewis Some Welshmen in Domesday Book and Beyond: Aspects of Anglo-Welsh Relations in the Eleventh Century - David E Thornton What Britons Spoke Around 400 AD - Peter Schrijver Invisible Britons: The View from Linguistics - Richard Coates Why Don't the English Speak Welsh? - Hildegard L.C. Tristram Place-Names and the Saxon Conquest of Devon and Cornwall - Oliver J. Padel Mapping Early Medieval Language Change in South-West England - Duncan Probert

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Book SynopsisAn archaeological investigation into the structure of the medieval chantry chapel, with many implications for religious practice at the time. The chantry -- a special, often private, chapel within a church dedicated to a particular benefactor or benefactor's family, where prayers for the benefactor's soul were said -- was probably the most common, and also one of the most distinctive, of all late medieval religious foundations. These structures, although much altered with time, are still a very noticeable feature of many late medieval parish churches. However, no systematic, thorough or comparative examination has been undertaken to discover what they may reveal about contemporary devotion, aspiration and planning. This is a void which this book seeks to fill. It shows how the use of archaeological approaches can illuminate aspects of medieval religious practice only hinted at in many historical documents; it also demonstrates how the structural and spatial analysis of former chantry chapels can shed light on the level of private and communal piety and reveal a wider, more universal, context to chantry foundation in the medieval parish church. In addition, it discusses how various personal strategies for intercession shaped both chapel space and fabric, and the ultimate effects of the Reformation on such structures. Includes a selected gazetteer of chantry chapels. Dr SIMON ROFFEY teaches in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Winchester.Trade ReviewThere is much of value and interest in this book. [It is] an imaginative study. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *A welcome contribution to this important feature of late-medieval religion. * SPECULUM *An important and thought-provoking study, providing many new insights into a subject that has for too long been approached solely through the documentary evidence. * JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsIntroduction Medieval Visions of the Afterlife Setting the Context: Early Origins and Influences on Later Medieval Chantry Foundation Sources and Approaches Medieval Chantry Chapels: Form and Fabric The Social and Religious Context of Chantry Chapels in the Medieval Parish Church The Reformation of Chantry Chapels Case Studies: Stoke Charity, Bridgwater and Mere Conclusions Glossary Selected Gazetteer Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn exciting study of the social and landscape phenomena of the Estate Landscape. In recent years, the post-medieval landscape has attracted new interest from archaeologists, historians, and geographers concerned to understand the development of the historic environment. One of the key structuring elements within these landscapes from the sixteenth century until the aftermath of the Second World War was undoubtedly the landed estate. However, it was not until the late nineteenth century that any systematic attempt to quantify the presence of these estates was undertaken, prompted by the move to democratic reform and the persistent link between political power and landed wealth. Yet the importance of the landed estate in structuring power, social relationships, and both agricultural and industrial production was not limited to the UK. From the eighteenth century, the link between the UK estates and patterns of landholding and exploitation in the colonies became increasingly complex and recursive. This volume explores the relationships between the form and structure of British and Colonial estate landscapes, their agricultural management and the political structures and social relationships they reproduced. The articles address themes as diverse as the creation and development of the agrarian landscape, improvement, ornamental landscapes and gardens and estate architecture. Overall, it highlights the wealth and diversity of existing scholarship and suggests new directions for post-medieval archaeology in this dynamic area of research.Trade Review[An] excellent and stimulating set of papers. A fine volume, one of the best and most enjoyable sets of papers I have read for some time. * RURAL HISTORY *This is a collection of papers whose contents, and coherence, are of an unusually high standard. Highly recommended. * LANDSCAPES *Provides fruitful contrasts and produces numerous new ideas and fresh insights into an already much-studied subject. A well-produced and informative book which enhances understanding and broadens perspectives on many aspects of estate history and landscape development. * LANDSCAPE HISTORY *Many of the papers contain intriguing and thought-provoking material. * AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW *Table of ContentsPreface - Kate Giles and Jonathan Finch Introduction: Archaeological Perspectives on Estate Landscapes - Tom Williamson Pallas, Flora and Ceres: Landscape Priorities and Improvement on the Castle Howard Estate - Jonathan Finch Vaynor: A Landscape and its Buildings in the Severn Valley - Robert Silvester / Reviews Editor and Judith Alfrey Fields, Property and Agricultural Innovation - Sam Turner The Cult of the Ruin: A Lesson of Spatial Transformation in Rural Ireland - Charles E. Orser 'Animated Prospect' - An 18th century Kiln at 'the Pottery House in the Park', Dunster, Somerset - David Dawson 'Animated Prospect' - An 18th century Kiln at 'the Pottery House in the Park', Dunster, Somerset - Oliver Kent Reflecting a Stance: Establishing a Position; Moving Beyond Description and Function in Designed Estate Landscapes? - Paul Everson Thomas Jefferson's Landscape of Retirement - Barbara J. Heath Monuments and Memory in the Estate Landscape: Caste Howard and Sledmere - Harold C Mytum English Colonial Landscapes in the South-West of Ireland - Colin Breen 'In What Manner Did They Devide The Land' The Early Colonial Estate Landscape of Nevis and St. Kitts - Roger Leech 'Material Improvements' The Archaeology of Estate Landscapes in the British Leeward Islands, 1713-18381713-1838 - Dan Hicks

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Book SynopsisDetailed documents describing Richard II's holdings of treasure highlight the magnificence of the 14th-century English court, often underrated by historians. Awarded the 'première medaille des Antiquités de France' for 2016 by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The remarkable treasure of gold and silver from England and France which Richard II had amassed by the end of his reign in 1399 is fully revealed for the first time in this richly illustrated book. The author explores the nature of the objects themselves, their provenance and later fate, and examines the crucial role the treasure played in diplomacy and in financing the Hundred Years War, especially at the time of Agincourt. This fresh analysis is based on the discovery in the National Archives at Kew of a roll over 28 metres long, compiled around the time of Richard's deposition. English courtiers and Valois princes are named as the donors of many gifts. Concealed among the treasure are valuables Richard seized from the magnates he executed or exiled in 1397. Publication in full of this exceptional inventory leads to completely new perspectives on Richard II's court and on its splendour in the last years of the fourteenth century. Jenny Stratford began her career in the Department of Manuscripts, the British Library. Her books include The Bedford Inventories (1993). She is a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.Trade ReviewA remarkable edition.... It will enable scholars to present a more realistic account of the material surroundings od the English royal court...and to set Richard II ain that wider context. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *A complete and comprehensive study. * MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, *[The] commentary is thorough and will serve as a rich resource for scholars. * SALON *[A] superb and long-awaited study. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *A major and highly readable work of scholarship. * THE ART NEWSPAPER *

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Book SynopsisA dramatic archaeological find at Windsor Castle reveals Edward III's 'House of the Round Table', designed to show off Edward's power and prestige at a crucial moment in his attempts to lay claim to the throne of France. The image of King Arthur's Round Table is well-known, both as Thomas Malory's portrayal of a fellowship of knights dedicated to the highest ideals of chivalry, and as the great wooden table at Winchester castle. Now a dramatic archaeological find at Windsor castle sheds new light on the idea of a round table as a gathering: the 'House of the Round Table' which Edward III ordered to be constructed at the conclusion of his Windsor festival of 1344. Thediscovery of the foundation trench of a great building two hundred feet in diameter in the Upper Ward of Windsor castle, allows the reconstruction of that building's appearance and raises the question of its purpose. Chronicles, building materials inventories from the royal accounts, medieval romances, and earlier descriptions of round table festivals all confirm the archaeological evidence: at a time when secular orders of knighthood were almost unknown,Edward declared his intention to found an Order of the Round Table with three hundred knights. This grand building, and the Arthurian entertainments he planned for it, would bind his nobles to his cause at a crucial point in hisprogress to claiming the throne of France. His ambitious scheme, however, was overtaken by events. Victory at Crécy in 1346 confirmed Edward's reputation, and the order which he founded in 1348 was the much more exclusive Order of the Garter, rewarding those commanders who had helped him to win the Crécy campaign. His reputation was assured, the omens for his reign were auspicious; he had the loyalty of his knights and magnates. The Round Table building was abandoned, and eventually pulled down in the 1360s. Thus a major plank in the strategic thinking of one of England's greatest kings almost became a footnote in history. Time Team discovered ... there [are] indeed foundations of a massive round building in Windsor Castle's upper ward. A splendidly produced volume, which gives full credit both to the history and to the archaeology: analysis of the chivalric background, archaeological analysis, discussion of the probable form of the building [and] the early history of Windsor Castle as well as the types of stone used by Edward III's masons. The book is attractively illustrated, and its appendices provide a full text inLatin, with translation, of the building accounts, as well as translations of many of the relevant chronicle extracts. MICHAEL PRESTWICH, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTTrade ReviewA valuable contribution to the study of the cult of chivalry. * JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *It is praiseworthy to have here such a really informative, well-illustrated and well-documented volume within only twenty-one months of the excavation. A superb book, which reflects great credit on authors and publishers alike. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *History and archaeology, romance and reality come together in this full study of the building located by Time Team's 2006 Big Royal Dig. [.] A truly intriguing story. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *A splendidly produced volume. * TLS *Makes a useful contribution to Arthurian studies and the history of jousting, pageantry and royal palaces. * SOUTHERN HISTORY SOCIETY *This fascinating study of a fantastical building takes a suitably multi-disciplinary approach. [...] Supplemented with documentary appendices and splendid illustrations, this in-depth study explores the historical background to a modern archaeological discovery, detailing its analogues and inspirations, ultimately revealing that role-playing games are nothing new; it can't be praised enough. PENDRAGON History and archaeology, romance and reality come together in this full study of the building located by Time Team's 2006 Big Royal Dig. [.] A truly intriguing story. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *

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Book SynopsisThe newest research on a major Anglo-Saxon site paints a vivid picture of the beginnings of England. [Edited by Martin Carver] For decades scholars have puzzled over the true story of settlement in Britain between the fifth and eight centuries. Did the Romans leave? Did the Anglo-Saxons invade? What happened to the British? Newlight on these questions comes unexpectedly from Wasperton, a small village on the Warwickshire Avon, where archaeologists had the good fortune to excavate a complete cemetery and its prehistoric setting. The community reused an old Romano-British agricultural enclosure, and built burial mounds beside it. There was a score of cremations in Anglo-Saxon pots; but there were also unfurnished graves lined with stones and planks in the manner of western Britain. In a pioneering analysis, including radiocarbon and stable isotopes, the authors of this book have put this variety of burial practice into a credible sequence, and built up a picture of life at the time. Here there were people who were culturally Roman, British and Anglo-Saxon, pagan and Christian in continuous use of the same graveyard and drawing on a common inheritance. Here we can see the beginnings of England and the people who made it happen- not the kings, warriors and preachers, but the ordinary folk obliged to make their own choices: choices about what nation to build and which religion to follow. MARTIN CARVER is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at the University of York; Dr CATHERINE HILLS is Senior Lecturer in Anglo-Saxon Archaeology at the University of Cambridge; Dr JONATHAN SCHESCHKEWITZ is Officer with the Ancient Monuments authority of Stuttgart.Trade ReviewEssential reading for every archaeologist and historian of late Roman and early medieval Europe. * EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE *Has much to offer students of late-Roman and post-Roman Britain. [...] As a reference for historians of early medieval Britain, this volume has much to recommend it. * COMITATUS: A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES *Including newly-commissioned scientific and specialist analyses, it provides a comprehensive and welcome statement in English which offers new readings of the cemetery's sequence and significance. [...] This study offers a strong, acute and stimulating narrative that recognises the local and immediate in the long and broad perspectives. * ANTIQUITY *Features an up-to-date account of scholarly views on ethnicity and migration theory in Anglo-Saxon studies. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLGY *The authors weave a convincing story of migration and acculturation, asking how indigenous Britons become Romanised and Saxonised and what degree of choice versus compulsion they experienced. [...] Martin Carver's final chapter discussing these issues ('Wasperton in Context') is a masterpiece that every archaeology student needs to read, no matter what their period of study, as an example of archaeological analysis and argument at its very best. * SALON *This is not just an Anglo-Saxon cemetery report; it could be one of the most interesting and important yet published. [...] Careful arguments result in the beautifully written story of a community going through massive cultural changes. This is groundbreaking stuff: a new way to study the physical remains of these small communities should change the way we look at the end of Roman Britain and the start of the medieval world. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsSummary The Wasperton Sequence Description of the investigation Setting and character of the cemetery Assemblages: provenance and date Arguments for the sequence Wasperton in context Catalogue Bibliography

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Book SynopsisBrings together over thirty of the leading scholars in Post Medieval archaeology and examines how this relatively new discipline has developed and where it is going. The impetus for this volume lies in the expansion of interest in Post Medieval archaeology in university, commercial, and voluntary sectors. The study of Post Medieval archaeology is a relatively new discipline but, within archaeology as a whole, it represents one of the fastest growing areas of study. Archaeologists seek to avoid the fragmentation of a still small discipline into subfields such as pre-1750 post-medieval archaeology, post-1750 industrial archaeology, or the incorporation of theory as somehow outside of the purview of the work of the older organisations. This important and timely volume brings together articles that consider the commonalties between approaches as well as the unique contributions made by members of each organisation towards the study of the material heritage of the post-1550 period. The chapters in the volume derive from a well-attended three day conference held at the University of Leicester in April 2008 and sponsored by the Society for Post-medieval Archaeology, the Association for Industrial Archaeology, and the Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group. The aim of the discussion-focused conference was to foster enhanced understanding and cooperation between the organisations and their approaches; with in-depth consideration of the future of the broader field of historical archaeology. The volume will bring the debatefrom the conference to a wider academic, professional, and vocational audience and, it is anticipated, will act as a benchmark by which future development will be judged.Trade ReviewA handsomely produced volume. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *Eclectic, yes, but also explanatory and exciting. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction - Audrey Horning Introduction From crossing paths to sharing tracks - Marilyn Palmer Section One Introduction: Of Practice and Paradigm - Audrey Horning and Marilyn Palmer The Dialectics of Scale in the Historical Archaeology of the Modern World - Charles E. Orser An amorphous farrago? The Contribution of Industrial Archaeology - David Gwyn People versus machines or People and Machines? Current Research Directions within British Post-medieval and Industrial ArchaeologyIndustrial Archaeology - Mike Nevell A Review of the Archaeological Contribution to the understanding of the Industrial Past - Shane Gould Twenty years a'growing: University-based Teaching & Research of Historical Archaeology on the island of Ireland - Colin Breen Irish 'post-medieval' archaeology: time to lose our innocence? - Tadhg O'Keeffe Encouraging interest in the recent past - Tony Crosby Post-Medieval Archaeology: a personal perspective - Paul Courtney An Archaeological Avant-Garde - James Dixon Section Two: Analytical Approaches Introduction - Audrey Horning and Marilyn Palmer Science for historic industries - glass and glassworking - Sarah Paynter and David Dungworth and Justine Bayley Bones of contention: why later post-medieval faunal assemblages in Britain matter - Richard Thomas Finds, Deposits, and Assigned Status: New Approaches to Defined Relationships - Michael Berry Haulbowline Island, Cork Harbour, Ireland, c. 1816-1832. A new archaeological perspective on Ireland's 'coloniality' - Colin Rynne English Industrial Landscapes - divergence, convergence and perceptions of identity - Paul Belford Historic Landscape Characterisation, More Than a Management Tool? - Caron Newman The Whitehaven coast 1500-2000 - Post-Medieval, Industrial, and Historical archaeology? - David Cranstone The changing countryside: the impact of industrialisation on rural settlement in the 18th and 19th centuries - Richard Newman Understanding landscape: inter-disciplinary dialogue and the post-medieval countryside - Chris Dalglish Section Three: Of People and Things Introduction - Marilyn Palmer and Audrey Horning Lancashire Cotton Mills and Power - R N Holden Material concerns: the State of Post-Medieval Finds Studies - The View From Afar: International Perspectives on the Analysis of post-1750 Ceramics in Britain and Ireland - Alasdair Brooks Post-1550 urban archaeology in a developer-funded context: an example from Grand Arcade, Cambridge - Craig Cessford Rematerialising Metropolitan Histories? People, places and things in modern London - Rupert Featherby Rematerialising Metropolitan Histories? People, places and things in modern London - Nigel Jeffries Rematerialising Metropolitan Histories? People, places and things in modern London - Alastair Owens Rematerialising Metropolitan Histories? People, places and things in modern London - Karen Wehner Rematerialising Metropolitan Histories? People, places and things in modern London - Dan Hicks Underneath the Arches: the afterlife of a railway viaduct - Emma Dwyer 'You knew where you were:' An archaeology of working households in turn-of-century Cheshire - Eleanor Casella Pulling the Threads Together: Issues of Theory and Practice in an Archaeology of the Modern World - Stephen Mrozowski Conclusion: The Way Forward? - Audrey Horning and Marilyn Palmer

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Book SynopsisExamines the ethical dilemma of whether, and how, archaeologists and other experts should work with the military to protect cultural property in times of conflict. The world reacted with horror to the images of the looting of the National Museum in Iraq in 2003 - closely followed by other museums and then, largely unchecked, or archaeological sites across the country. This outcome had been predicted by many archaeologists, with some offering to work directly with the military to identify museums and sites to be avoided and protected. However, this work has since been heavily criticised by others working in the field,who claim that such collaboration lended a legitimacy to the invasion. It has therefore served to focus on the broader issue of whether archaeologists and other cultural heritage experts should ever work with the military,and, if so, under what guidelines and strictures. The essays in this book, drawn from a series of international conferences and seminars on the debate, provide an historical background to the ethical issues facing cultural heritage experts, and place them in a wider context. How do medical and religious experts justify their close working relationships with the military? Is all contact with those engaged in conflict wrong? Does working with the military really constitute tacit agreement with military and political goals, or can it be seen as contributing to the winning of a peace rather than success in war? Are guidelines required to help define roles and responsibilities? And can conflict situations be seen as simply an extension of protecting cultural property on military training bases? The book opens and addresses these and other questions as matters of crucial debate. Contributors: Peter Stone, Margaret M. Miles, Fritz Allhoff, Andrew Chandler, Oliver Urquhart Irvine, Barney White-Spunner, René Teijgeler, Katharyn Hanson, Martin Brown, Laurie Rush, Francis Scardera, Caleb Adebayo Folorunso, Derek Suchard, Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly, John Curtis, Jon Price, Mike Rowlands, Iain ShearerTrade ReviewRaises a host of new and interesting issues. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The ethical challenges for cultural heritage experts working with the military - Peter G. Stone Still in the Aftermath of Waterloo: A Brief History of Decisions about Restitution - Margaret Miles Physicians at War: Lessons for Archaeologists? - Fritz Allhoff Christian Responsibility and the Preservation of Civilisation in Wartime: George Bell and the fate of Germany in World War II - Andrew Chandler Responding to Culture in Conflict - Oliver Urquhart Irvine How academia and the military can work together - Barney White-Spunner Archaeologist under pressure: neutral or cooperative in wartime - René Teijgeler Ancient Artefacts and Modern Conflict: A Case Study of Looting and Instability in Iraq - Katharyn Hanson Whose heritage? Archaeology, heritage and the military - Martin Brown Military Archaeology in the US: A Complex Ethical Decision - Laurie W. Rush Akwesasne: Where the Partridges Drum to Fort Drum: Consultation with Native Communities - An Evolving Process - Francis Scardera Heritage Resources and Armed Conflicts: An African Perspective - Caleb Adebayo Folorunso Human Shields: Social Scientists on point in modern asymmetrical conflicts - Derek Suchard Politicians: Assassins of Lebanese heritage? Archaeology in Lebanon in times of armed conflict - Joanne Farchakh Bajjally Relations between Archaeologists and the Military in the Case of Iraq - and replies - John Curtis Relations between Archaeologists and the Military in the Case of Iraq - and replies - Jon Price Relations between Archaeologists and the Military in the Case of Iraq - and replies - Mike Rowlands Relations between Archaeologists and the Military in the Case of Iraq - and replies - Laurie W. Rush Relations between Archaeologists and the Military in the Case of Iraq - and replies - René Teijgeler Relations between Archaeologists and the Military in the Case of Iraq - and replies - Iain Shearer Author Biographies

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Book SynopsisThe reports of the surveyors of Westminster Abbey in the nineteenth century provide a treasure trove of information on this most important building. `A fundamental resource for anyone interested in the Abbey's architecture and contents.' Dr Richard Mortimer. The papers of the nineteenth-century Surveyors of the Fabric are an essential resource for anyone interestedin the building and contents of Westminster Abbey. The Surveyors, Edward Blore, George Gilbert Scott and his son J .O. Scott, J. L. Pearson and J. T. Micklethwaite, wrote an annual report describing their activities, and these arethe core of the volume, supplemented with letters and other papers. Christine Reynolds, the Abbey's Assistant Keeper of Muniments, adds invaluable notes from many other sources in the archives to round out a fascinating account of interventions in the stonework and monuments of the most historically significant church in England. On the way we learn what Gilbert Scott thought of William Morris, what the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings thought of J. L. Pearson's reconstruction of the north rose window, and the dim view of Pearson taken by his successor Micklethwaite. Richard Halsey's introduction sets these eminent Victorians and their work at Westminster in the wider context of the great age of cathedral restoration.Trade ReviewA highly accomplished edition. The text is clear, the index is excellent, and the critical apparatus is extremely helpful. [...] This is a valuable contribution to the history of the Abbey. One can only hope that it prompts archivists at other cathedrals to prepare comparable publications. * ARCHIVES *A most important source book for the history of the fabric of the abbey in the nineteenth century. * CHURCH MONUMENTS *[A] fascinating compilation which throws valuable new light on important aspects of the Gothic Revival. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *Will be of great interest to students of Westminster Abbey. * FRIENDS OF THE CITY CHURCHES NEWSLETTER *A book of surprisingly gripping narrative force to anyone who enjoys Westminster Abbey. Christopher Howse, * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Table of ContentsAbbreviations and Bibliography Introduction: The Nineteenth-Century Surveyors of Westminster Abbey Edward Blore Sir George Gilbert Scott John Oldrid Scott John Loughborough Pearson John Thomas Micklethwaite

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Book SynopsisEvidence gleaned from archaeology sheds dramatic new light on religious practices and identities between the later sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. The post-medieval period was one of profound religious and cultural change, of sometimes violent religious conflict and of a dramatic growth in religious pluralism. The essays collected here, in what is the first book to focus onthe material evidence, demonstrate the significant contribution that archaeology can make to a deeper understanding of religion. They take a broad interdisciplinary approach to the spatial and material context of religious life, using buildings and landscapes, religious objects and excavated cemeteries, alongside cartographic and documentary sources, to reveal the complexity of religious practices and identities in varied regions of post-medieval Britain,Europe and the wider world. Topics covered include the transformation of religious buildings and landscapes in the centuries after the European Reformation, the role of religious minorities and immigrant groups in early modern cities, the architectural and landscape context of eighteenth and nineteenth-century nonconformity, and the development of post-medieval burial practices and funerary customs. Offering a unique perspective on the material remains ofthe post-medieval period, this volume will be of significant value to archaeologists and historians interested in the religious and cultural transformation of the early modern world. Contributors: Chris King, Duncan Sayer, Andrew Spicer, Philippa Woodcock, Matthias Range, Simon Roffey, Greig Parker, Jeremy Lake, Eric Berry, Peter Herring, Claire Strachan, Peter Benes, Diana Mahoney-Swales, Richard O'Neill, Hugh Willmott, Natasha Powers, Adrian Miles, Anwen Cedifor Caffell, Rachel Clarke, Rosie MorrisTrade ReviewContains valuable support material for the social historian and for those seeking more information on the funerary commemoration and burial practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. * CHURCH MONUMENTS *A useful and sophisticated volume which represents the current state of scholarship. * ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL *A useful contribution to a rapidly evolving field of study. * HUGUENOT SOCIETY JOURNAL *[An] enjoyable essay collection. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *Table of ContentsForeword Conflict, Community and Custom: the material remains of post-medieval religion - Duncan Sayer Conflict, Community and Custom: the material remains of post medieval religion - Chris King 'Disjoynet, dismemberit and disuneited'. Church-building and re-drawing parish boundaries in post-Reformation Scotland: a case study of Bassendean, Berwickshire - Andrew Spicer Was original best? Refitting the churches of the diocese of Le Mans 1562-1598 - Philippa Woodcock The 'third sacrament': Lutheran confessionals in Schleswig [northern Germany] - Matthias Range Romantic Anachronisms?: Chantry chapels of the 19th century - Simon Roffey 'Strangers in a strange land': immigrants and urban culture in early modern Norwich - Chris King Expressions of conformity: identifying Huguenot religious beliefs in the landscape - Greig Parker Chapels and landscape in Cornwall - Jeremy Lake Church and chapel: focal points in Welsh and Manx landscapes - Harold Mytum 'But deliver us from evil': popular protest and dissent in the south-west woollen industry c.1760-1860 - Claire Strachan Meetinghouses of Puritan New England: the transatlantic passage, 1630-1800 - Peter Benes The organization of post-medieval churchyards, cemeteries and grave plots: variation and religious identity as seen in Protestant burial provision - Duncan Sayer The hidden material culture of death: coffins and grave goods in late 18th- and early 19th-century Sheffield - Diana Mahoney-Swales The hidden material culture of death: coffins and grave goods in late 18th- and early 19th-century Sheffield - Richard O'Neill The hidden material culture of death: coffin and grave goods in late 18th- and early 19th-century Sheffield - Hugh Willmott Nonconformist identities in 19th-century London: archaeological and osteological evidence from the burial grounds of Bow Baptist Chapel and the Catholic Mission of St Mary and St Michael, Whitechapel - Natasha Powers Nonconformist identities in 19th-century London: archaeological and osteological evidence from the burial grounds of Bow Baptist Chapel and the Catholic Mission of St Mary and St Michael, Whitechapel - Adrian Miles The General Baptists of Priory Yard, Norwich - Anwen Cedifor Caffell and Rachel Clarke Maidens' garlands: a funeral custom of post-Reformation England - Rosie Morris

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Book SynopsisEssays looking at heritage practices and the construction of the past, along with how they can be used to build a national identity. The preservation of architectural monuments has played a key role in the formation of national identities from the nineteenth century to the present. The task of maintaining the collective memories and ideas of a shared heritage often focused on the historic built environment as the most visible sign of a link with the past. The meaning of such monuments and sites has, however, often been the subject of keen dispute: whose heritage is being commemorated, by whom and for whom? The answers to such questions are not always straightforward, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, the recent history of which has been characterized by territorial disputes, the large-scale movement of peoples, and cultural dispossession. This volume considers the dilemmas presented by the recent and complex histories of European states such as Germany, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Examining the effect ofthe destruction of buildings by war, the loss of territories, or the "unwanted" built heritage of the Communist and Nazi regimes, the contributors examine how architectural and urban sites have been created, destroyed, or transformed, in the attempt to make visible a national heritage. Matthew Rampley is Professor of History of Art at the University of Birmingham. Contributors: Matthew Rampley, Juliet Kinchin, Paul Stirton, SusanneJaeger, Arnold Bartetzky, Jacek Friedrich, Tania Vladova, George Karatzas, Riitta OittinenTrade ReviewAdds to a growing body of scholarship dealing with issues of identity and heritage. * SLAVIC REVIEW *Table of ContentsContested Histories: Heritage and/as the Construction of the Past: an Introduction - Matthew Rampley 'Caught in the Ferris-wheel of History': Trianon Memorials in Hungary - Juliet Kinchin Public Sculpture in Cluj/Kolozsvár: Identity, Space and Politics - Paul Stirton Interrupted Histories: Collective Memory and Architectural Heritage in Germany 1933 - 1945 - 1989 - Susanne Jaeger History Revised: National Style and National Heritage in Polish Architecture and Monument Protection - Before and After World War II - Arnold Bartetzky Polish and German Heritage in Danzig/Gdansk: 1918, 1945 and 1989 - Jacek Friedrich Heritage and the Image of Forgetting: the Mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov in Sofia - Tania Vladova Athens: the Image of Modern Hellenism - Georgios Karatzas Cosmopolitan versus Nationalist Visions: Rem Koolhaas' Exhibition The Image of Europe - Riitta Oittinen List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisWide-ranging essays on intangible cultural heritage, with a focus on its negotiation, its value, and how to protect it. Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the museum and heritage sector, and raised questions about safeguarding efforts, ownership, protective legal frameworks, authenticity and how global initiatives can be implemented at a local level, where most ICH is located. This book provides a variety of international perspectives on these issues, exploring how holistic and integrated approaches to safeguarding ICH offer an opportunity to move beyond the rhetoric of UNESCO; in partiular, the authors demonstrate that the alternative methods and attitudes that frequently exist at a local level can be the most effective way of safeguarding ICH. Perspectives are presented both from "established voices", of scholars and practitioners, and from "new voices", those of indigenous and local communities, where intangible heritage lives. It will be an important resource for students of museum and heritage studies, anthropology, folk studies, the performing arts, intellectual property law and politics. Michelle Stefano is Folklorist-in-Residence, University of Maryland BaltimoreCounty; Peter Davis is Professor of Museology, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University; Gerard Corsane is Senior Lecturer in Heritage, Museum and Galley Studies, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University. Contributors: Marilena Alivizatou, Alissandra Cummins, Kate Hennessey, Ewa Bergdahl, George Abungu, Shatha Abu-Khafajah, Shaher Rababeh, Vasant Hari Bedekar, Christian Hottin, Sylvie Grenet, Lyn Leader-Elliott, Daniella Trimboli, Léontine Meijer-van Mensch, Peter van Mensch, Andrew Dixey, Susan Keitumetse, Richard MacKinnon, Alexandra Denes, Christina Kreps, Harriet Deacon, D. Jared Bowers, Gerard Corsane, Paula Assuncao dos Santos, Elaine Müller, Michelle L. Stefano, Maurizio Maggi, Aron MazelTrade ReviewThe appearance of this volume is extremely timely: it provides an essential examination both of the concept [of ICH] and its application in a wide range of scenarios. * HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT *A welcome addition to the literature on heritage due to its focus on the conservation of intangible cultural resources within various political, economic, historic, and geographic contexts. [This] masterful compilation of articles offers an important contribution to heritage discourse and preservationist movements. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTANGIBLE HERITAGE *A book that will serve the academic community for years to come due to the importance of the discussed topics which transcend the local contexts and which are becoming universal questions to answer. * JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM *Table of ContentsTouching the Intangible: an Introduction - Michelle L. Stefano and Peter Davis and Gerard Corsane The Paradoxes of Intangible Heritage - Marilena Alivizatou Memory, Museums and the Making of Meaning: a Caribbean Perspective - Alissandra Cummins From Intangible Expression to Digital Cultural Heritage - Kate Hennessy Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sweden - Ewa Bergdahl Africa's Rich Intangible Heritage: managing a continent's diverse resources - George Abungu The Silence of Meanings in Conventional Approaches to Cultural Heritage in Jordan: The Exclusion of Contexts and the Marginalisation of the Intangible - Shatha Abu-Khafajah The Silence of Meanings in Conventional Approaches to Cultural Heritage in Jordan: The Exclusion of Contexts and the Marginalisation of the Intangible - Shaher Rababeh Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in India - Vasant Hari Bedekar Reflections on the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France - Christian Hottin Reflections on the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France - Sylvie Grenet Government and Intangible Heritage in Australia - Lyn Leader-Elliot and Daniella Trimboli Proud to be Dutch? Intangible heritage and national identity in the Netherlands - Leontine Meijer Van Mensch and Peter Van Mensch Intangible Cultural Heritage in Wales - Andrew Dixey Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Botswana - Susan Keitumetse The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and its Implications for Sustaining Culture in Nova Scotia - Richard MacKinnon Acquiring the Tools for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage: Lessons from an ICH Field School in Lamphun, Thailand - Alexandra Denes Intangible Threads: Curating the Living Heritage of Dayak Ikat Weaving - Christina Kreps Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Africa - Harriet Deacon Revitalising Amerindian Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana and its value for Sustainable Tourism - D Jared Bowers Revitalising Amerindian Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana and its value for Sustainable Tourism - Gerard Corsane When ICH takes hold of the local reality in Brazil: notes from the Brazilian State of Pernambuco - Paula Assuncao dos Santos When ICH takes hold of the local reality in Brazil: notes from the Brazilian State of Pernambuco - Elaine Müller Reconfiguring the Framework: Adopting an Ecomuseological Approach for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Michelle L. Stefano Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Italy - Maurizio Maggi Looking to the future: the en-compass project as a way forward for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Gerard Corsane Looking to the future: the en-compass project as a way forward for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Aron Mazel List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisExplores the issues and the use of best practice interpretation principles in bringing the Roman world to life for visitors and educational users. Issues in the public presentation and interpretation of the archaeology of Hadrian's Wall and other frontiers of the Roman Empire are explored and addressed here. A central theme is the need for interpretation to be people-focussed, and for visitors to be engaged through narratives and approaches which help them connect with figures in the past: daily life, relationships, craft skills, communications, resonances with modern frontiers and modern issues allprovide means of helping an audience to connect, delivering a greater understanding, better visitor experiences, increased visiting and spend, and an enhanced awareness of the need to protect and conserve our heritage. Topics covered include re-enactment, virtual and physical reconstruction, multi-media, smartphones, interpretation planning and design; while new evidence from audience research is also presented to show how visitors respond to different strategies of engagement. Nigel Mills is Director, World Heritage and Access, The Hadrian's Wall Trust. Contributors: Genevieve Adkins, M.C. Bishop, Lucie Branczik, David J. Breeze, Mike Corbishley, Jim Devine,Erik Dobat, Matthias Flück, Christof Flügel, Snezana Golubovic, Susan Greaney, Tom Hazenberg, Don Henson, Richard Hingley, Nicky Holmes, Martin Kemkes, Miomir Korac, Michaela Kronberger, Nigel Mills, Jürgen Obmann, Tim Padley, John Scott, R. Michael Spearman, Jürgen Trumm, Sandra Walkshofer, Christopher Young,Table of ContentsIntroduction: Presenting the Romans - Issues and Approaches to Interpretation - Nigel Mills Tradition and Innovation: Creating a New Handbook to the Roman Wall - David Breeze Re-enactment and Living History - Issues about Authenticity - Mike C. Bishop Reconstruction Drawings: Illustrating the Evidence - Susan Greaney Images from the Past: Fibulae as Evidence for the Architectural Appearance of Roman Fort Gates - Christof Flugel Images from the Past: Fibulae as Evidence for the Architectural Appearance of Roman Fort Gates - Jürgen Obmann Multimedia Interpretation Techniques for Reconstructing the Roman Past at the Limes Museum in Aalen and at the Limes in Baden-Württemberg - Martin Kemkes Vindonissa: Changing Presentations of a Roman Legionary Fortress - Jürgen Trumm and Matthias Fluck Bringing to Life the Ancient City of Viminacium on the Danube - Snezana Golubovic and Miomir Korac An International View of Reconstruction - Christopher Young A Roman Museum for Vienna - Michaela Kronberger Woerden - Hoochwoert (Dutch Limes): Showing the Invisible - Tom Hazenberg Mainlimes Mobil: Presenting Archaeology and Museums with the Help of Smartphones - Erik Dobat and Sandra Walkshofer and Christof Flugel Voices from the Past: Presenting (re)Constructed Environments through Multimedia Technologies - Jim Devine Digital Reconstruction and the Public Interpretation of Frontiers - R. M. Spearman Information, Disinformation and Downright Lies: Portraying the Romans - Mike Corbishley Romanes eunt Domus? - Don Henson The Living Frontier: the Passing of Time on Hadrian's Wall - Richard Hingley The Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework: Audience Research - Genevieve Adkins and Nicky Holmes and Nigel Mills The Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework - Nigel Mills and Genevieve Adkins Applying the Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework - Nigel Mills and Tim Padley and John Scott and Lucie Branczik and Genevieve Adkins

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Book SynopsisEssays dealing with the question of how the theory and practice of archaeology should engage with the recent past. Heritage, memory, community archaeology and the politics of the past form the main strands running through the papers in this volume.The authors tackle these subjects from a range of different philosophical perspectives, with manydrawing on the experience of recent community, commercial and other projects. Throughout, there is a strong emphasis on both the philosophy of engagement and with its enactment in specific contexts; the essays deal with an interest in the meaning, value and contested nature of the recent past and in the theory and practice of archaeological engagements with that past. Chris Dalglish is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Glasgow. Contributors: Julia Beaumont, David Bowsher, Terry Brown, Jo Buckberry, Chris Dalglish, James Dixon, Audrey Horning, Robert Isherwood, Robert C Janaway, Melanie Johnson, Siân Jones, Catriona Mackie, Janet Montgomery, Harold Mytum, Michael Nevell, Natasha Powers, Biddy Simpson, Matt Town, Andrew WilsonTrade Review[A] useful and enjoyable book which will serve as a good introduction to the issues it raises for those unfamiliar to them. * ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Archaeologists, power and the recent past - Chris Dalglish Open-air museums, authenticity and the shaping of cultural identity: an example from the Isle of Man - Catriona Mackie Loyal yet independent: archaeological perspectives on remembering and forgetting World War I on the Isle of Man - Harold Mytum Public engagement at Prestongrange: reflections on a community project - Melanie Johnson and Biddy Simpson Archaeology for all: managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience - Michael Nevell Rediscovering, preserving and making memories at community archaeology projects - Robert Isherwood Politics, publics and professional pragmatics: re-envisioning archaeological practice in Northern Ireland - Audrey Horning Archaeology, politics and politicians, or: Small p in a big P world - James Dixon 'No certain roof but the coffin lid': exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource - Terry Brown 'No certain roof but the coffin lid': exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource - Natasha Powers 'No certain roof but the coffin lid': exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource - Janet Montgomery 'No certain roof but the coffin lid': exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource - Andrew Wilson 'No certain roof but the coffin lid': exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource - David Bowsher 'No certain roof but the coffin lid': exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource - Julia Beaumont 'No certain roof but the coffin lid': exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource - Robert C Janaway 'Men that are gone...come like shadows, so depart': Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-Medieval human remains - Andrew Wilson 'Men that are gone...come like shadows, so depart': Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-Medieval human remains - Natasha Powers 'Men that are gone...come like shadows, so depart': Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-Medieval human remains - Janet Montgomery 'Men that are gone...come like shadows, so depart': Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-Medieval human remains - Jo Buckberry 'Men that are gone...come like shadows, so depart': Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-Medieval human remains - Julia Beaumont 'Men that are gone...come like shadows, so depart': Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-Medieval human remains - David Bowsher 'Men that are gone...come like shadows, so depart': Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-Medieval human remains - Matthew Town 'Men that are gone...come like shadows, so depart': Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-Medieval human remains - Robert C Janaway Reflections: Dialogues Between Past, Present and Future: a Commentary on Engaging the Recent Past - Siân Jones

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the engagement of the general public with archaeology worldwide. Across the world public archaeology, the way in which it is understood as well as the way it is practised or delivered, has many facets. In some countries it is not only unknown, but is actively discouraged; in many other places it has been embraced fully and is considered normal practice, whether this appears in the form of so-called "community archaeology", active school and college programmes, (re)thinking the strategies of museums, or as simply encouraging on-site visits and demonstrations during archaeological fieldwork. However, in a difficult economic climate public archaeology is often adversely affected; funding cuts can mean changes in priorities for heritage organisations and local and national governments, and even to the loss of entire projects. This volume examines the various facets of public archaeology practice globally, and the factors which are currently affecting it, together with the question of how different publics and communities engage with their archaeological heritage. With case studies from across the globe, ranging from Canada to Turkmenistan and from Ireland to Argentina, it presents a contemporarysnapshot of public participation in archaeology, covering both successful initiatives and the threats posed to such opportunities by local, regional and global changes. Particular strands addressed are international models; archaeology and education; archaeology and tourism; and site management and conservation. Joanne Lea is an educator with the Trillium Lakelands District School Board in Ontario, Canada. Suzie Thomas is University Lecturer inMuseology at the University of Helsinki. Contributors: Shatha Abu-Khafajah, Crystal B. Alegria, Arwa Badran, Michael Brody, Blanca A. Camargo, Joëlle Clark, Mike Corbishley, Jolene Debert, Gaigysyz Jorayev, Thomas Kador, Sophie Lampe, Joanne Lea, Lilia L. Lizama Aranda, Cathy MacDonald, Natalia Mazzia, Alicia Ebbitt McGill, Jeanne M. Moe, Theano Moussouri, Aino Nissinaho, Alejandra Pupio, Virginia Salerno, Dinç Saraç, Tuija-Liisa Soininen, Suzie Thomas.Trade ReviewThis is a welcome and often honest appraisal of the reasons for public engagement [.] We may think we know what works on public projects: this book helps us understand why. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Suzie Thomas and Joanne Lea From 'Telling' to 'Consulting': a Perspective on Museums and Modes of Public Engagement - Theano Moussouri Making Archaeological Heritage Accessible in Great Britain: Enter Community Archaeology - Suzie Thomas Public and Community Archaeology - an Irish Perspective - Thomas Kador The Scope and Potential for Community Archaeology in the Netherlands - Sophie Lampe Public Archaeology as a Reflexive Practice: An Argentine Case Study in the Pampean Region - Naty Mazzia Public Archaeology as a Reflexive Practice: An Argentine Case Study in the Pampean Region - Virginia Salerno Public Archaeology as a Reflexive Practice: An Argentine Case Study in the Pampean Region - Alejandra Pupio Accessing Archaeology in the School System: Powerful Partnerships - a Case Study of the Challenges and Rewards for Archaeologists, Teachers and Students [Canada] - Cathy MacDonald Hook 'em When They're Young: Using Enquiry-Based Learning Workshops in Archaeology - Jolene Debert Archaeology as Culturally Relevant Science Education: The Poplar Forest Slave Cabin - Crystal Alegria Archaeology as Culturally Relevant Science Education: The Poplar Forest Slave Cabin - Michael Brody Archaeology as Culturally Relevant Science Education: The Poplar Forest Slave Cabin - Jeanne Moe Archaeology as Culturally Relevant Science Education: The Poplar Forest Slave Cabin - Joëlle Clark Heritage Education in Jordanian Schools: For Knowledge or Profit? - Arwa Badran Politics, Archaeology and Education: Ancient Merv, Turkmenistan - Mike Corbishley and Gaigysyz Jorayev Situating Public Archaeology in Crooked Tree, Belize - Alicia Ebbitt McGill Access to Archaeological Heritage in Mexico: its Impact on Public Participation in Archaeology - Lilia Lizama Aranda Access to Archaeological Heritage in Mexico: its Impact on Public Participation in Archaeology - Blanca A Camargo 'They are Hiding it . Why do they Hide it? From Whom, and for Whom?' Community Heritage at Work in the Post-Colonial Context of Jordan - Shatha Abu-Khafajah Site Management in Turkey - Dinç Saraç Adopt a Monument: Social Meaning from Community Archaeology - Tuija-Liisa Soininen and Aino Nissinaho Public Archaeology in Canada - Joanne Lea

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Book SynopsisBoth a practical guide to, and a reflection on, best practice in making archaeology available to a wide audience. In a relatively short period of time the study of archaeology has evolved from an antiquarian interest to a specialised scientific activity. As each new method and technique is developed, and each new specialism is created, the challenge of making archaeology available as a learning resource grows with it. This book, the first to deal with the subject in such depth, examines the place of education and outreach within the wider archaeological community. Written by one of the UK's leading experts in the field, it charts the difficult development of 'education and archaeology'. With numerous informative case studies, from public access to the Roman circus at Colchester to education projects in Athens at Hadrian's Wall, among others, the book examines how the teaching of archaeology has reached the point at which it is today, summarises where that is in the author's view, and suggests areas for further enquiry. By drawing upon many decades of experience at the front line of archaeological education, the author has produced a key text that will play a major role in the continuing development of the heritage industry. . MIKE CORBISHLEY lectures in heritage education at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.Trade ReviewComprehensive and good value for money, this volume maps the extent of the relationship between archaeology, heritage, and education; an undertaking that has, to this reviewer's knowledge, never been done before. * HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT *The strength of Corbishley's book is the detailed use of case studies for each chapter. * AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY *Fascinating and enlivening [...] for its studied and humanistic engagement in how civil society can be furthered and horizons widened through the use of archaeology. [A] gem of a book. * RESCUE NEWS *Shows how participation in archaeology and heritage can be effectively developed. * CONTEXT *Stimulates us to compare and contrast, to think critically and explicitly about the various intentions and outcomes of museum or site interpretations, efforts at explaining excavations, or how we deal with hard-to-motivate audiences. There is much to plunder here, and in the sources signposted through the bibliography. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making Connections Accessing the Past Archaeology and the Media The Development of Archaeology and Education Archaeology in School Curricula: a World View Learning Resources for Archaeology and History Archaeology across the Curriculum Archaeologists as Detectives Learning Outdoors Learning from Objects Recycling Past and Present Citizenship and the Historic Environment Conclusions: Celebrating Archaeology in Education

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Book SynopsisA survey of the theory and methods of conservation from the nineteenth century to the present day, highlighting future pathways. The origins and use of conservation principles and practice from the nineteenth century to the present day are charted in this volume. Written from the perspective of a practitioner, it examines the manner in which a single, dominant mode of conservation, which held sway for many decades, is now coming under pressure from a different and more democratic heritage management practice, favouring diversity, inclusion and difference.The author blends case studies from Ireland, Cyprus and England with examples from current practice, community heritage initiatives and political policy, highlighting the development and use of international charters and conventions. Central to the main argument of the book is that the sacred cows of conservation - antiquity, fabric and authenticity - have outlived their usefulness and need to be rethought. Dr Keith Emerick is an English Heritage Inspector of Ancient Monuments in York and North Yorkshire; he is also a Research Associate at the University of York.Trade ReviewA very readable, engaging and grounded exploration of issues that are important in critical heritage studies. * ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL *An accessible book stuffed full of good ideas. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Restoration of Hellifield Peel and the Heritage Debate The Origins of the Conservation of Ancient Monuments and the Beginnings of State Control in the United Kingdom Practice Perfected: the Ancient Monuments Act of 1913 and the Consolidation of State Preservation Practice British Conservation Practice in Cyprus, 1878 to 1939: a Case Study Current Directions in England: the Emergence of Cultural Heritage Management and the Use of Conventions, Charters and Principles Putting Theory into Practice Conclusion: Ending the Tyranny of Ruskin and Morris? Appendix 1: Full text of letter to The Times, December 16th, 1900 Appendix 2: SPAB document on Cyprus Appendix 3: Scheduling description for Coulton, North Yorkshire Appendix 4: Scheduling description for Steeton Hall, North Yorkshire Appendix 5: Full text of speech by Rt Hon Chris Smith, Secretary of State, DCMS Appendix 6: Full text of speech by Rt Hon Alan Howarth Bibliography and References

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Book SynopsisWide-ranging essays on intangible cultural heritage, with a focus on its negotiation, its value, and how to protect it. Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the museum and heritage sector, and raised questions about safeguarding efforts, ownership, protective legal frameworks, authenticity and how global initiatives can be implemented at a local level, where most ICH is located. This book provides a variety of international perspectives on these issues, exploring how holistic and integrated approaches to safeguarding ICH offer an opportunity to move beyond the rhetoric of UNESCO; in partiular, the authors demonstrate that the alternative methods and attitudes that frequently exist at a local level can be the most effective way of safeguarding ICH. Perspectives are presented both from "established voices", of scholars and practitioners, and from "new voices", those of indigenous and local communities, where intangible heritage lives. It will be an important resource for students of museum and heritage studies, anthropology, folk studies, the performing arts, intellectual property law and politics. Michelle Stefano is Folklorist-in-Residence, University of Maryland BaltimoreCounty; Peter Davis is Professor of Museology, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University; Gerard Corsane is Senior Lecturer in Heritage, Museum and Galley Studies, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University. Contributors: Marilena Alivizatou, Alissandra Cummins, Kate Hennessey, Ewa Bergdahl, George Abungu, Shatha Abu-Khafajah, Shaher Rababeh, Vasant Hari Bedekar, Christian Hottin, Sylvie Grenet, Lyn Leader-Elliott, Daniella Trimboli, Léontine Meijer-van Mensch, Peter van Mensch, Andrew Dixey, Susan Keitumetse, Richard MacKinnon, Alexandra Denes, Christina Kreps, Harriet Deacon, D. Jared Bowers, Gerard Corsane, Paula Assuncao dos Santos, Elaine Müller, Michelle L. Stefano, Maurizio Maggi, Aron MazelTrade ReviewThe appearance of this volume is extremely timely: it provides an essential examination both of the concept [of ICH] and its application in a wide range of scenarios. * HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT *A welcome addition to the literature on heritage due to its focus on the conservation of intangible cultural resources within various political, economic, historic, and geographic contexts. [This] masterful compilation of articles offers an important contribution to heritage discourse and preservationist movements. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTANGIBLE HERITAGE *A book that will serve the academic community for years to come due to the importance of the discussed topics which transcend the local contexts and which are becoming universal questions to answer. * JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM *Table of ContentsTouching the Intangible: an Introduction - Michelle L. Stefano and Peter Davis and Gerard Corsane The Paradoxes of Intangible Heritage - Marilena Alivizatou Memory, Museums and the Making of Meaning: a Caribbean Perspective - Alissandra Cummins From Intangible Expression to Digital Cultural Heritage - Kate Hennessy Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sweden - Ewa Bergdahl Africa's Rich Intangible Heritage: managing a continent's diverse resources - George Abungu The Silence of Meanings in Conventional Approaches to Cultural Heritage in Jordan: The Exclusion of Contexts and the Marginalisation of the Intangible - Shatha Abu-Khafajah The Silence of Meanings in Conventional Approaches to Cultural Heritage in Jordan: The Exclusion of Contexts and the Marginalisation of the Intangible - Shaher Rababeh Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in India - Vasant Hari Bedekar Reflections on the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France - Christian Hottin Reflections on the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France - Sylvie Grenet Government and Intangible Heritage in Australia - Lyn Leader-Elliot and Daniella Trimboli Proud to be Dutch? Intangible heritage and national identity in the Netherlands - Leontine Meijer Van Mensch and Peter Van Mensch Intangible Cultural Heritage in Wales - Andrew Dixey Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Botswana - Susan Keitumetse The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and its Implications for Sustaining Culture in Nova Scotia - Richard MacKinnon Acquiring the Tools for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage: Lessons from an ICH Field School in Lamphun, Thailand - Alexandra Denes Intangible Threads: Curating the Living Heritage of Dayak Ikat Weaving - Christina Kreps Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Africa - Harriet Deacon Revitalising Amerindian Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana and its value for Sustainable Tourism - Gerard Corsane Revitalising Amerindian Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana and its value for Sustainable Tourism - D Jared Bowers When ICH takes hold of the local reality in Brazil: notes from the Brazilian State of Pernambuco - Paula Assuncao dos Santos Reconfiguring the Framework: Adopting an Ecomuseological Approach for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Michelle L. Stefano Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Italy - Maurizio Maggi Looking to the future: the en-compass project as a way forward for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Gerard Corsane Looking to the future: the en-compass project as a way forward for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Aron Mazel List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisExamination and analysis of one of the most important artefacts of Anglo-Saxon society, the cruciform brooch, setting it in a wider context. Cruciform brooches were large and decorative items of jewellery, frequently used to pin together women's garments in pre-Christian northwest Europe. Characterised by the strange bestial visages that project from the feet of thesedress and cloak fasteners, cruciform brooches were especially common in eastern England during the 5th and 6th centuries AD. For this reason, archaeologists have long associated them with those shadowy tribal originators of the English: the Angles of the Migration period. This book provides a multifaceted, holistic and contextual analysis of more than 2,000 Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooches. It offers a critical examination of identity in Early Medievalsociety, suggesting that the idea of being Anglian in post-Roman Britain was not a primordial, tribal identity transplanted from northern Germany, but was at least partly forged through the repeated, prevalent use of dress and material culture. Additionally, the particular women that were buried with cruciform brooches, and indeed their very funerals, played an important role in the process. These ideas are explored through a new typology and an updated chronology for cruciform brooches, alongside considerations of their production, exchange and use. The author also examines their geographical distribution through time and their most common archaeological contexts: the inhumation and cremation cemeteries of early Anglo-Saxon England. Dr Toby Martin is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University.Trade ReviewOverall, it is a very strong book with a secure foundation in the archaeological evidence . The book is well written and well put together. It should be useful to scholars seeking to understand Anglian identity, interested in details of material culture, or studying the relationship between clothing and identity. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *This work should become a model for how to present typological classification effectively to an audience wider than the limited number of scholars who study a specific object type. Martin has done a brilliant job of placing the typology and chronology of cruciform brooches into the context of their social significance. * SPECULUM *A magisterial analysis that can be commended to anyone with an interest in the relationships Between material culture, society and our understanding of the past, as well as all readers interested in the emergence of Anglo-Saxon identities. * ANTIQUITY *Produced to a high standard and illustrated with good quality images and tables...this important publication will remain a fundamental reference for early Anglo-Saxon studies. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *A brilliant example of how archaeological analysis is conducted today, technically and interpretively. * SAXON *Table of ContentsThe Anglian Brooch par excellence A New Typology for Cruciform Brooches Building a Chronological Framework Cycles of Exchange and Production Migrants, Angles and Petty Kings Bearers of Tradition Cruciform Brooches, Anglo-Saxon England and Beyond Appendix 1: Cruciform Brooches by Type Appendix 2: Cruciform Brooches by Location Appendix 3: A Guide to Fragment Classification Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEssays on the development of the post-medieval house, its contents and decoration. During the last forty years, South-West England has been the focus of some of the most significant work on the early modern house and household in Britain. Its remarkable wealth of vernacular buildings has been the object of muchattention, while the area has also seen productive excavations of early modern household goods, shedding new light on domestic history. This collection of papers, written by many of the leading specialists in these fields, presents a number of essays summarizing the overall understanding of particular themes and places, alongside case studies which publish some of the most remarkable discoveries. They include the extraordinary survival of wall-hangings in a South Devon farm, the discovery of painted rooms in an Elizabethan town house, and a study of a table-setting mirrored on its ceiling. Also considered are forms of decoration which seem specific to particular areas of the West Country houses. Taken together, the papers offer a holistic view of the household in the early modern period. John Allan is Consultant Archaeologist to the Dean & Chapter of Exeter Cathedral; Nat Alcock is EmeritusReader in the Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick; David Dawson is an independent archaeologist and museum and heritage consultant. Contributors: Ann Adams, Nat Alcock, John Allan, James Ayres, Stuart Blaylock, Peter Brears, Tania Manuel Casimiro, Cynthia Cramp, Christopher Green, Oliver Kent, Kate Osborne, Richard Parker, Isabel Richardson, John Schofield, Eddie Sinclair, John R.L. Thorp, Hugh Wilmott,Trade ReviewThis richly illustrated book brings together the results of more than 40 years research...correcting some long-held assumptions and suggesting how we can approach a far richer interdisciplinary understanding of material culture. * MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT RESEARCH GROUP *The goal of this collection of essays is not only to educate and inform, but also to alert scholars and the public at large to important cultural artifacts of early modern England that are vulnerable to unwitting and careless rehabilitation. In this respect John Allan, Nat Alcock, and David Dawson have succeeded admirably. * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL *Table of ContentsIntroduction The development of the vernacular house in South-West England, 1500-1700 - Nat Alcock The transformation of the building stock of Exeter, 1450-1700 - Richard Parker and John Allan The appearances of Godolphin, 1300-1630 - John Schofield Boiling furnaces, smoking chambers and malt kilns in West Country households - Peter Brears The polychrome-decorated plank-and-muntin screen at Marker's Cottage, Broadclyst, Devon, and its context - Eddie Sinclair The polychrome-decorated plank-and-muntin screen at Marker's Cottage, Broadclyst, Devon, and its context - Isabel Richardson The interior decoration of an Elizabethan merchant's house: the evidence from 41-2 High Street, Exeter - John R.L. Thorp Sgraffito-decorated and painted plaster on Devon fireplaces - Ann Adams North Devon relief-decorated ceramics in the household - Cynthia Cramp The stained hangings at Yarde Farm, Malborough, south Devon - James Ayres Culinary artefacts in West Country households, 1550-1700: form, function and nomenclature - Peter Brears The archaeology of the West Country bronze foundries - Stuart Blaylock Cast bronze cooking pots in England, 1500-1720 - Christopher Green Table glass in the West Country home, c. 1500-1700 - Hugh Willmott Portuguese faience in South-West England - Tânia Manuel Casimiro Dinner on the ceiling: the 17th-century plasterwork at 144 Fore Street, Exeter - Peter Brears Pots and texts: understanding pots in use - Oliver Kent Presenting an Elizabethan interior: the reinterpretation of St Nicholas Priory, Exeter - Kate Osborne Presenting an Elizabethan interior: the reinterpretation of St Nicholas Priory, Exeter - John Allan

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Book SynopsisFirst comprehensive account of the origins and early history of the Chewa as revealed by oral tradition and archaeology that allows a more accurate picture of a pre-literate society. The Chewa are the largest ethnic group in Malawi, representing a third of the population of approximately 19 million, and their language - Chichewa - is Malawi's national language. Yet the last book on the history of this group was published in 1944, and was based on oral history, or tradition. As with much African history, oral history started to be recorded only in the late 19th century. This is the first book to use not only oral history, but also documents written by early Portuguese explorers, traders and government officials, as well as archaeology, to piece together the early history of the Chewa. The author is an archaeologist, who discovered the first major Chewa settlement, Mankhamba, near the southern part of Lake Malawi. His excavations have enabled a more scientific chronology of the migrations of the Chewa into what is today Malawi and have provided physical proof of their early history as well as their material and spiritual culture and way of life. Professor Yusuf Juwayeyi has written and documented a very readable history and description of archaeology, which reveals the value of combining oral tradition together with archaeology to arrive at a more accurate picture of the history of a pre-literate society. This book will be of value not only to historians, archaeologists and anthropologists, but also the general reader interested in African history. YUSUF M. JUWAYEYI is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York. South Africa: UCT PressTrade ReviewThe book makes a contribution relevant to both specialist audiences and to Malawian citizens. [...] The volume has much to recommend it. The structure of the chapters includes accessible summaries for nonspecialists. The volume is richly illustrated with some fifty-five black-and-white photographs, maps, figures, and tables. * H-Africa *This book is not a site report; that was published a decade ago (Juwayeyi 2010). It is instead an accessible and well-written introduction for general readers with an interest in the history of Central Africa and it therefore includes a chapter on the aims and methods of archaeology, as well as a section tracing the development of both historical and archaeological studies of the Chewa from the colonial period to the present. * AZANIA *[T]here are many aspects to admire about this volume, including its audacity in intertwining oral traditions and archaeology. * Antiquity *The book's list of cited works is also a gold mine of references. Juwayeyi has provided an immensely multi-purpose text in The Archaeology and Oral Traditions of Malawi that will be of wide interest: for archaeologists looking to utilize Malawian material (and/or oral traditions), for historians looking to incorporate more archaeology into their research, for lecturers looking for accessible readings to bring into syllabi, or simply for readers with a general interest in Malawian/Chewa history. * African Archaeological Review *The multiple illustration figures Juwayeyi presents combine well with the author's easy-to-read language, making it easier to understand the arguments. This book should appeal to college students, scholars, and those working in departments of culture and antiquities. -- African Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction The Bantu Origins of the Chewa The Origins and Migrations of the Chewa According to their Oral Traditions Expansion of the Chewa According to their Oral Traditions The Practice of Archaeology The Iron Age Archaeology of the Southern Lake Malawi Area Discovery and Excavation of the Mankhamba Site Ceramic and Stone Objects Metal Objects and Beads Faunal Remains The Chewa at Mankhamba Long-distance Trade and the Rise of the Maravi Empire The Demise of the Maravi Empire Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe Story of Silbury Hill sets out the archaeological story of Silbury: from an early recognition of its importance to antiquarian and archaeological investigations of the hill. For the first time, the results of the recent work are set out in detail, describing early activity on the site, the origins of the monument and the construction techniques used. Numerous new and vivid reconstruction drawings present a unique interpretation of this iconic prehistoric monument. The authors propose a new theory of the construction and thus a new way of interpreting Neolithic monuments.Trade Review'The story of Silbury Hill is an evocative one and this book does it justice'The Archaeological Journal'Engagingly written and attractively illustrated with photos and reconstruction drawings.'Landscape History'This is the best book on Silbury to date, incorportating the results of all the recent investigations. It manages wonderfully to bring out both why the Hill matters to archaeologists and why it matters to everyone else.'Professor Ronald HuttonTable of Contents1. The nature of time 2. Kings, Druids and early investigations 3. Into the twentieth century: Petrie, Atkinson and the BBC 4. 'What do you mean there's a hole on top of Silbury?' 5. Creating the mound 6. Making sense of the mound 7. Land, stones and the development of monuments 8. From Small Town to Sele-burh 9. The Timekeeper

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Book SynopsisThis volume holds a datelist of 1285 radiocarbon determinations carried out between 1981 and 1988 on behalf of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory of English Heritage. It contains supporting information about the samples and the sites producing them, a comprehensive bibliography, and two indexes for reference and analysis. An introduction provides discussion of the character and taphonomy of the dated samples and information about the methods used for the analyses reported and their calibration. The datelist has been collated from information provided by the submitters of the samples and the dating laboratories. Many of the sites and projects from which dates have been obtained are published, although, when many of these measurements were produced, high-precision calibration was not possible. At this time, there was also only a limited range of statistical techniques available for the analysis of radiocarbon dates. Methodological developments since these measurements were made may allow revised archaeological interpretations to be constructed on the basis of these dates, and so the purpose of this volume is to provide easy access to the raw scientific and contextual data which may be used in further research.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. History of this volume 3. Sample selection and characterisation 4. Laboratory methods 5. Fractionation and radiocarbon ages 6. Calibration 7. Quality assurance 8. Statistical modelling 9. Using the datelist The Datelist Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis volume holds a datelist of 882 radiocarbon determinations carried out between 1988 and 1993 on behalf of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory of English Heritage. It contains supporting information about the samples and the sites producing them, a comprehensive bibliography, and two indexes for reference and analysis. An introduction provides discussion of the character and taphonomy of the dated samples and information about the methods used for the analyses reported and their calibration. The datelist has been collated from information provided by the submitters of the samples and the dating laboratories. Many of the sites and projects from which dates have been obtained are published, although, when some of these measurements were produced, high-precision calibration was not possible for much of the radiocarbon timescale. At this time, there was also only a limited range of statistical techniques available for the analysis of radiocarbon dates. Methodological developments since these measurements were made may allow revised archaeological interpretations to be constructed on the basis of these dates, and so the purpose of this volume is to provide easy access to the raw scientific and contextual data which may be used in further research.Table of ContentsIntroduction History of this volume Sample selection and characterisation Laboratory methods Fractionation and radiocarbon ages Calibration Quality assurance Statistical modelling Using the datelist Acknowledgements Datelist Bibliography Index of laboratory codes General index

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Book SynopsisThis document provides practical guidance on how to investigate sites where pottery production has taken place. It describes how to anticipate and locate pottery production sites and the types of evidence that may be found. This document also provides advice on the available methods and strategies for examining, recording and sampling features and finds of various types at each stage of the work. The different techniques for establishing the date of pottery production, and for characterising the products of a site, are given particular emphasis. This document was compiled by Harriet White, Sarah Paynter and Duncan Brown with contributions by Joanne Best, Chris Cumberpatch, David Dawson, Peter Ellis, Jane Evans, Laurence Jones, Oliver Kent, Gareth Perry, The Prince’s Regeneration Trust, Ian Roberts, Kerry Tyler and Ann Woodward.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Investigating a Pottery Production Site 2. Evidence of Pottery Production 3. Background Information on Pottery Production in England 4. Where to Get Advice 5. Glossary 6. References Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisThis guidance document provides an introduction to the ways that the archaeological evidence for metalworking is studied. Archaeometallurgical evidence can include whole landscapes, buildings, features, artefacts and waste materials (eg slag and crucibles). Archaeometallurgy includes fieldwork investigations (survey and excavation) and the subsequent study of these data as well as any artefacts and residues recovered. Scientific approaches provide insights into the techniques used to produce different metals and how these were fabricated into artefacts. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What to expect 2. Standards and good practice for archaeometallurgy 3. Archaeometallurgical processes and finds: iron and its alloys 4. Archaeometallurgical processes and finds: copper and its alloys 5. Archaeometallurgical processes and finds: lead 6. Archaeometallurgical processes and finds: other metals 7. Non-metallurgical residues and materials 8. Scientific techniques applied to metalworking 9. Where to get advice 10. Glossary 11. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis guidance note has been prepared to assist planning authorities and archaeological officers, developers and their consultants to make clear and informed decisions about piling schemes and their potential impact upon archaeological remains. It provides information on piling types, impacts, and solutions for sustainable foundation design and is illustrated by case studies. Originally published in 2007, it has been revised by a team of archaeologists and engineers, to place a greater emphasis on the planning process and current planning guidance (NPPF). This new edition also includes a risk assessment methodology to provide a framework in which clients and their contractors can identify, avoid or otherwise manage the key construction risks to archaeological remains arising from their schemes. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Overview of key points 3. Piling types 4. Piling impacts upon archaeological remains 5. Designing a sustainable foundation scheme 6. Risk assessment 7. Case studies 8. Supporting information - pile impacts 9. Glossary 10. References

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Book SynopsisA number of researchers have tried to characterise the anatomy and behavioural systems of early hominid and early modern human populations in an attempt to understand how we became what we are. Can archaeology, palaeo-anthropology and genetics tell us how and when human cultures developed the traits that make our societies different from those of our closest living relatives? In which cases are these differences substantial, and when do they simply reflect our definitions of culture, species, the image we have of their evolution or of ourselves? From Tools to Symbols, a collection of twenty-seven selected papers from a South African-French conference organised in honour of the well-known palaeo-anthropologist Phillip Tobias, provides a multidisciplinary overview of this field of study. It is based on collaborative research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa by South African, French, American and German scholars in the last twenty years, and represents an excellent synthesis of the palaeontological and archaeological evidence of the last five million years of human evolution.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Profile of Professor Tobias List of participants Foreword Justice Edwin Cameron Address Bernard Malauzat Keynote address Phillip V. Tobias Searching for common ground in palaeoanthropology, archaeology and genetics Francesco d’Errico and Lucinda R. Backwell The history of a special relationship: prehistoric terminology and lithic technology between the French and South African research traditions Nathan Schlanger Essential attributes of any technologically competent animal Charles K. Brain Significant tools and signifying monkeys: the question of body techniques and elementary actions on matter among apes and early hominids Frédéric Joulian Tools and brains: which came first? Phillip V. Tobias Environmental changes and hominid evolution: what the vegetation tells us Marion K. Bamford Implications of the presence of African ape-like teeth in the Miocene of Kenya Martin Pickford and Brigitte Senut Dawn of hominids: understanding the ape-hominid dichotomy Brigitte Senut The impact of new excavations from the Cradle of Humankind on our understanding of the evolution of hominins and their cultures Lee R. Berger Stone Age signatures in northernmost South Africa: early archaeology in the Mapungubwe National Park and vicinity Kathleen Kuman, Ryan Gibbon, Helen Kempson, Geeske Langejans,Joel Le Baron, Luca Pollarolo and Morris Sutton Vertebral column, bipedalism and freedom of the hands Dominique Gommery Characterising early Homo: cladistic, morphological and metrical analyses of the original Plio-Pleistocene specimens Sandrine Prat Early Homo, ‘robust’ australopithecines and stone tools at Kromdraai, South Africa Francis Thackeray and José Braga The origin of bone tool technology and the identification of early hominid cultural traditions Lucinda Backwell and Francesco d’Errico Contribution of genetics to the study of human origins Himla Soodyall and Trefor Jenkins An overview of the patterns of behavioural change in Africa and Eurasia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene Nicholas J. Conard From the tropics to the colder climates: contrasting faunal exploitation adaptations of modern humans and Neanderthals Curtis W. Marean New neighbours: interaction and image-making during the West European Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition David Lewis-Williams Late Mousterian lithic technology: its implications for the pace of the emergence of behavioural modernity and the relationship between behavioural modernity and biological modernity Marie Soressi Exploring and quantifying technological differences between the MSA I, MSA II and Howieson’s Poort at Klasies River Sarah Wurz Stratigraphic integrity of the Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave Christopher Henshilwood Testing and demonstrating the stratigraphic integrity of artefacts from MSA deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa Zenobia Jacobs From tool to symbol: the behavioural context of intentionally marked ostrich eggshell from Diepkloof, Western Cape John Parkington, Cedric Poggenpoel, Jean-Philippe Rigaud and Pierre-Jean Texier Chronology of the Howieson’s Poort and Still Bay techno-complexes: assessment and new data from luminescence Chantal Tribolo, Norbert Mercier and Hélène Valladas Subsistence strategies in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu Cave: the microscopic evidence from stone tool residues Bonny S. Williamson Speaking with beads: the evolutionary significance of personal ornaments Marian Vanhaeren Personal names index Subject index

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Book SynopsisThe 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province in South Africa, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. Research based on fossils found in the area as well as signs of early human habitation have shed new light on the evolution of humankind and on the significant role that southern Africa played in the development of modern humans.""A Search for Origins"" aims to provide an overview of the history of the COH, and of the important discoveries that have been made there, for a non-specialist audience. A number of general accounts have been written which have concentrated on the palaeontological discoveries made there. No systematic account written by specialists in their disciplines has, however, been published about the wider history of the COH and surrounding areas.In particular, no overview spanning the evolution of early plant and animal life, human development, and recent and colonial history as reflected in discoveries linked to the COH, has been attempted.This edited volume frames the scientific advances that have been made in the COH against the intellectual and political background out of which they emerged. It places the COH within a recognisable South African context, which renders it a great deal more meaningful for both South African visitors and international tourists.The multi-disciplinary approach - from a wide range of specialists based in South Africa and the United Kingdom - is innovative and ground-breaking.Table of ContentsForeword Phillip Tobias; Part 1; Introduction Philip Bonner Africa is seldom what it seems; Chapter 1 Saul Dubow The South Africanisation of Science (working title); Part 2; Introduction Trefor Jenkins Fossils and genes: A new anthropology of evolution; Chapter 2 Kevin Kuykendall/Goran Strkalj A history of South African palaeoanthropology; Chapter 3 Kevin Kuykendall Fossil hominids of the Cradle of Humankind; Chapter 4 Himla Soodyall/Trefor Jenkins Unravelling the history of modern humans in southern Africa: The contribution of genetic studies; Chapter 5 Marion Bamford Fossil plants from the Cradle of Humankind; Part 3; Introduction Amanda Esterhuysen The Emerging Stone Age; Chapter 6 Amanda Esterhuysen The Earlier Stone Age; Chapter 7 Lynn Wadley The Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age; Chapter 8 David Pearce Rock engravings in the Magaliesberg Valley; Part 4; Introduction Philip Bonner The myth of the vacant land; Chapter 9 Tom Huffman The Early Iron Age at Broederstroom and around the Cradle of Humankind; Chapter 10 Simon Hall Tswana history in the Bankenveld; Chapter 11 Jane Carruthers Early Boer republics: Changing political forces in the Cradle of Humankind, 1830s to 1890s; Part 5; Introduction Philip Bonner The racial paradox - Sterkfontein, Smuts and segregation; Chapter 12 Philip Bonner The legacy of gold; Chapter 13 Phillip V. Tobias The story of Sterkfontein, 1895-1947; Chapter 14 Vincent Carruthers The Anglo-Boer War in the Cradle of Humankind; Chapter 15 Tim Clynick White South Africa's 'weak sons': Poor whites and the Hartebeespoort Dam; Epilogue Bonner/ Esterhuysen.

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Book SynopsisIn the age of the African Renaissance, southern Africa has needed to reinterpret the past in fresh and more appropriate ways. The last 500 years represent a strikingly unexplored and misrepresented period which remains disfigured by colonial/apartheid assumptions, most notably in the way that African societies are seen as fixed, passive, isolated, un-enterprising and unenlightened.This period is one of the most formative in relation to southern Africa's past while remaining, in many ways, the least known. Key cultural contours took shape, while in a jagged and uneven fashion some of the features of modern identities emerged. Enormous internal economic innovation and political experimentation was taking place at the same time as expanding European mercantile forces started to press upon southern African shores and its hinterlands. This suggests that interaction, flux and mixing were a strong feature of the period, rather than the homogeneity and fixity proposed in standard historical and archaeological writings."" Five Hundred Years Rediscovered: Southern African Precedents and Prospects"" represents the first step, by a group of archaeologists and historians, to collectively reframe, revitalise and re-examine the last 500 years. By integrating research and developing trans-frontier research networks, the group hopes to challenge thinking about the region's expanding internal and colonial frontiers, and to extend current perceptions about southern Africa's colonial past.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction Section 1 Disciplinary Identities: Methodological Considerations 2 Historical archaeologies of southern Africa: precedents and prospects J. Behrens and N. Swanepoel 3 South Africa in Africa more than five hundred years ago: some questions N. Parsons 4 Towards an outline of the oral geography, historical identity and political economy of the Late Precolonial Tswana in the Rustenburg region S. Hall, M. Anderson, J. Boeyens and F. Coetzee 5 Metals beyond frontiers: exploring the production, distribution and use of metals in the Free State grasslands, South Africa S. Chirikure, S. Hall and T. Maggs 6 deTuin, a 19th-century mission station in the Northern Cape A.G. Morris 7 Reinterpreting the origins of Dzata: archaeology and legends E. Hanisch Section 2 Material Identities 8 Revisiting Bokoni: populating the stone ruins of the Mpumalanga Escarpment P. Delius and M.H. Schoeman 9 The Mpumalanga Escarpment settlements: some answers, many questions T. Maggs 10 Post-European contact glass beads from the southern African interior: a tentative look at trade, consumption and identities M. Wood 11 Ceramic alliances: pottery and the history of the Kekana Ndebele in the old Transvaal A.B. Esterhuysen Section 3 ‘Troubled Times’: Warfare, State Formation and Migration in the Interior 12 Rediscovering the Ndwandwe kingdom J. Wright 13 Swazi oral tradition and Northern Nguni historical archaeology P. Bonner 14 Mfecane mutation in Central Africa: a comparison of the Makololo and the Ngoni in Zambia, 1830s-1898 A. Kanduza List of contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains cutting edge contributions that consider new approaches to three areas: the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art. Working with Rock Art is the first edited volume to consider each of these areas in a theoretical rather than a technical fashion, and it therefore makes a significant contribution to the discipline. The volume aims to promote the sharing of new experiences between leading researchers in the field. While the geographic focus is truly global, there is a dominant north-south axis with strong representation from researchers in southern Africa and northern Europe, two leading centres for new approaches in rock art research. Working with Rock Art opens up a long overdue dialogue about shared experiences between these two centres, and a number of the chapters are the first published results of new collaborative research. Since this volume covers the recording, interpretation and presentation of rock art, it will attract a wide audience of researchers, heritage managers and students, as well as anyone interested in the field of rock art studies.Table of ContentsOn documenting rock art; on understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge; on presenting rock art.

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Book SynopsisAuthoritative and comprehensive account of one of Somerset's leading towns. Castle Cary is a relatively unspoilt town deep in the Somerset countryside, its narrow streets rich in high-quality late eighteenth and nineteenth-century buildings. Its most famous industry, horsehair weaving, still flourishes. This volume explores its history from the original castle and its lords to its rebirth as an industrial town. It also covers many villages, among them Ansford, early home of Parson Woodforde; Kingweston, virtually recreated bythe Dickinson family; Keinton Mandeville, once famous for its paving stone quarries and as the birthplace of Henry Irving; tiny Wheathill, almost obliterated by a golf course; and West Lydford, the family home of the early eighteenth-century diarist John Cannon. Other places of note include Barton St David, home of Henry Adams, the reputed ancestor of two American Presidents, and Lovington, whose small primary school traces its origins back to an eighteenth-century charity school. M.C. Siraut is a historian and archivist; she is the county editor for the Victoria History of Somerset.Trade Review[B]eautifully produced.and meticulously researched [...] This is an exemplary volume, which demonstrates the worth of the Red Books [...] It is local history of high quality, an invaluable resource not only for those looking at any community in the area, but also for anybody researching more widely one of the many themes around which it is constructed. * THE LOCAL HISTORIAN *For any parish historian who has embarked on the tedious task of trying to trace the descent of manorial title, this is a godsend... If you have an interest in the history of anywhere between Ansford and Castle Cary in the east and Barton St David and Kingweston in the west, this is a priceless book. Not cheap, but a very good investment. THE VISITOR (monthly magazine for South Somerset, North Somerset and West Wiltshire) * . *Table of ContentsBibliography Introduction Catsash hundred Castle Cary Alford Ansford Babcary Barton St David Keinton Mandeville Kingweston Lovington West Lydford Wheathill [in Whitley hundred]

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Book SynopsisThis volume builds bridges between usually separate social groups, between different methodologies and even between disciplines. The experimental method is privileged in academic institutions and thus perhaps is subject to clear definitions. It tends to be associated with the scientific and technological. In opposition, the experiential is more rarely defined and is usually associated with schoolchildren, museums and heritage centres; it is often criticised for being unscientific. The introductory chapter of this volume examines the development of these traditionally-assumed differences, giving for the first time a critical and careful definition of the experiential in relation to the experimental. The two are seen as points on a continuum with much common ground. This claim is borne out by succeeding chapters, which cover such topics as textiles, woodworking and stoneworking. The volume, however, is important not only for Egyptology but for archaeological method more generally. It illuminates the pioneering of individuals who founded modern archaeological practice.

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