Great excavations : shaping the archaeological profession / edited by John Schofield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schofield, John, 1948-

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Great Britain--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Historic sites--Great Britain--Congresses.

Historic sites.

Archaeology--Social aspects.

Archaeology.

History.

Archaeologists.

Great Britain--Antiquities--Congresses.

Great Britain.

Antiquities.

Archaeologists--Great Britain--Congresses.

Archaeology--Great Britain--History--Congresses.

Archaeology--Social aspects--Great Britain--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 308 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2011]

Summary:

Archaeologists from the anglophone world reflect on how particular projects--their own and others'--shaped their career and the profession as a whole. The 21 essays include all but two of the presentations at a session of the 2007 annual conference of the Institute of Field Archaeologists, held in Reading, England. Among the topics are some notable British excavations before 1900, Martin Biddle's excavations in Winchester 1961-71, Philip Barker's Wroxeter, whether Mucking was a real heritage heroism or heroic failure, and developer funding and the future. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Greatness in depth: Why excavations matter / John Schofield Schofield, John 1

2 Some notable British excavations before 1900 / C. Stephen Briggs Briggs, C. Stephen 12

3 Sutton Hoo - An archaeography / Martin Carver Carver, Martin 25

4 Great excavations enhanced - Birdoswald, Richborough, Whitby and the Chester amphitheatre / Tony Wilmott Wilmott, Tony 44

5 Aspiring to greatness: The recent excavations at Maiden Castle / Niall Sharples Sharples, Niall 58

6 The urban revolution: Martin Biddle's excavations in Winchester, 1961-1971 / John Collis Collis, John 74

7 The rural revolution: Excavation of the Iron Age and Roman farming settlement at Owslebury, Hampshire, 1961-1972 / John Collis Collis, John 87

8 The Danebury decades / Barry Cunliffe Cunliffe, Barry 104

9 South Cadbury, the Breiddin, the Rescue Archaeology Group ... and then respectability / Chris Musson Musson, Chris 121

10 The legacy of Howe, thirty years after / Beverley Ballin Smith Smith, Beverley Ballin 131

11 Writing into Land: Haddenham and the Lower Ouse environs / Christopher Evans Evans, Christopher 148

12 Philip Barker's Wroxeter / Paul Everill Everill, Paul, Roger White White, Roger l67

13 'Erik Bloodaxe Rules OK': 'The Viking Dig' at Coppergate, York / Richard Hall Hall, Richard 181

14 The Manpower Services Commission and La Grava / Evelyn Baker Baker, Evelyn 194

15 Mucking: Real heritage heroism or heroic failure? / Paul Barford Barford, Paul 212

16 Growing up with Wharram Percy / Bob Croft Croft, Bob 231

17 West Heslerton: Past, present and future / Dominic Powlesland Powlesland, Dominic 247

18 Great Expectations, great excavations: The view from the trenches / Paul Everill Everill, Paul 270

19 Great excavations, developer funding and the future / David Jennings Jennings, David 279

20 What the Dickens happened to the IFA? / Peter Hinton Hinton, Peter 289

21 Great Excavations? / Geoff Wainwright Wainwright, Geoff 300.

Notes:

Essays derived from a session at Institute for Archaeologists annual conference in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1842174096

9781842174098

OCLC:

491909358

Publisher Number:

99943809886