Figure One. St Peter’s church Southern Façade (Image: Author) In this two-part piece I want to think about time and how it relates to public sites. In Part One I will discuss time and how it relates to public sites, and in Part Two I will contextualize these ideas through my work at St. Peter’s…
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Returning to where we have never been
Spanish poet Julio Martínez Mesanza wrote: “I only want to return to the trenches, to the trenches where I have never been… I only want to return to the sadness of the Western front, which is my sadness” I share the feelings of Martínez Mesanza each time I work in a site from the Spanish…
Narrowed Ego, Widened Identification: Un-fixing disciplinary relations. A review of “Archaeology and Anthropology: Understanding similarity, exploring difference”
edited by Duncan Garrow and Thomas Yarrow, 2010, Oxford: Oxbow Books (184 pp + index). For a while now archaeology has felt that ‘its time has come’. Growing with thoughtful practice, merging established methodologies with sophisticated and cosmopolitan theorizing, a disciplinary maturity urges making a mark in the academy. No need to repeat the by…
On Archaeology, Teaching and Excavation Practice: An interview with Peter Carne
Peter Carne, Archaeological Services, Durham University, UK Archaeolog: Peter, you are the manager of Archaeological Services Durham University and you are currently running excavations at Binchester, a Roman Fort just above the River Wear near Bishop Auckland. This year the project involves university students from Durham, Stanford, Texas Tech, and a host of other colleges…
Medical Practices in Roman Spain: Identity through Medical Instruments
This paper explains why it is necessary to consider provincial medical practices in historical examinations of Roman medicine from an archaeological perspective.
unearthed exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
unearthed exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts © Andy Crouch 2010. To access an on-line version of the Gallery Guide, please follow this link: http://issuu.com/sainsburycentreforvisualarts/docs/unearthed_galleryguide unearthed, a major new exhibition featuring prehistoric figurines from Japan, Romania, Macedonia, Albania, and the UK, opens at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia,…