New CBA book on the archaeology of english battlefields published

The CBA has announced the release of our latest publication, The Archaeology of English Battlefields: Conflict in the pre-industrial landscape, Research Report no 168, by Glenn Foard and Richard Morris.

Warfare looms large in the history of every nation – every country has its Battle of Hastings or Waterloo – yet it is surprisingly difficult to identify battle sites in the landscape. Battlefield archaeology is one of the newest areas of archaeological investigation, originating in work at the Little Bighorn (USA) in 1984. Here we see the results of using these methods in the UK, including at iconic sites such as Bosworth and Towton.

This volume presents the results of the first national assessment of English battlefields. The primary written sources are complemented by the results of extensive fieldwork, computer-based terrain reconstruction, and scientific analysis of artefacts recovered from battlefields, allowing the sites of several notable battles to be located firmly for the first time.

The National Monuments Record is changing its name

English Heritage is changing the name of the National Monuments Record to the English Heritage Archive. A name that in my opinion much better reflects the range of material it holds and of course being based in Swindon its not too far away either.

First fifty volumes of Medieval Archaeology available online

In celebration of the Society for Medieval Archaeology's 50th anniversary the first fifty volumes of Medieval Archaeology have been made available in digital form.
 

Medieval Archaeology - vols. 1 - 50

Medieval Archaeology - Indexes

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Medieval Britain and Ireland

The project comprises two parts; the digitised articles have been uploaded without the corresponding plates and copyrighted images, the images are to be uploaded separately in 2008. This arrangement is to ensure that organisations and individuals are alerted to the reproduction of their images and have given their permission for them to appear on the website.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/vat-con-4801.pdf

A few pictures from the Jubilee celebrations at Salisbury yesterday including the Medieval Hunting Exhibition

The Royal Visitors look round the South Wiltshire Tent

A Storyteller brings the Cranborne Chase alive at the South West Wiltshire Tent

A view across the jousting tents

The Medieval Hunting exhibition at the South West Wiltshire Tent

TAG 2012 Annual Conference Liverpool 17th Dec to 19th Dec

The 34th Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group is returning to Liverpool for the first time since 1996. TAG 2012 is hosted by the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool and will take place from Monday, 17 December to Wednesday, 19 December.

Our theme for TAG 2012 is “live archaeology”, and throughout the conference we shall be having a number of activities celebrating becoming an archaeologist and doing archaeology.
Submissions

The TAG 2012 Committee now welcomes proposals for sessions, individual papers and posters for the conference.

http://www.liv.ac.uk/sace/livetag/index.htm

English Heritage Angel Awards 2012 open

The search is on to find winners for this year's English Heritage Angel Awards. The annual competition was founded last year by Andrew Lloyd Webber to reward the efforts of local people in saving their heritage.

For full details on how to enter for an English Heritage Angel Award, or to nominate someone else, visit www.english-heritage.org.uk/heritageangelawards. The deadline for applications is Friday 15 June.

The ackling dyke roman road on a windy sunday

The ackling dyke roman road on a windy sunday, a photo by Emma Rouse on Flickr.

This is a great place to appreciate the archaeology of the cranborne chase from