tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22671006891940150852024-03-06T12:02:44.469-08:00Pagans for ArchaeologyYewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-26978440815279520252021-12-02T06:48:00.003-08:002021-12-02T06:48:32.469-08:00CFP: Actors, not spectators<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/actors-not-spectators/home" target="_blank">Actors, Not Spectators. Community Representation in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the 21st century</a></h1><section class="yaqOZd" id="h.1b76dbcd1c9f4b07_7" style="background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; padding-bottom: 1.5rem; padding-top: 1.5rem; position: relative; table-layout: fixed; width: 1233px;"><div class="mYVXT" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 1233px;"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1280px; outline: 0px; padding-left: 48px; padding-right: 48px; width: 1233px;" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 1137px;"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 14.2031px; padding-right: 14.2031px;"><div class="" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsname="F57UId" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="oKdM2c Kzv0Me" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span class=" Zg4QZ" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">A session at the</span></div></h1><h1 class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q duRjpb" id="h.69cbgw1a2gjr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.32; margin: 8pt 0px 6pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-align: left;" tabindex="-1"><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span class=" Zg4QZ" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-a-a.org%2FEAA2022%2FHome%2FEAA2022%2FHome.aspx%3Fhkey%3Dd8ca19c5-8cdc-4d80-a1ed-cda328b34274&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGYGYIjkJkYQlh-9Bfy1ze5ed4UXg">28th EAA Annual Meeting in Budapest, Hungary,</a></span></div></h1><h1 class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q duRjpb" id="h.69cbgw1a2gjr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.32; margin: 8pt 0px 6pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-align: left;" tabindex="-1"><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span class=" Zg4QZ" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-a-a.org%2FEAA2022%2FHome%2FEAA2022%2FHome.aspx%3Fhkey%3Dd8ca19c5-8cdc-4d80-a1ed-cda328b34274&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGYGYIjkJkYQlh-9Bfy1ze5ed4UXg">31 August - 3 September 2022</a><br /><br /><span style="color: #4f937d; font-family: Arimo;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/actors-not-spectators/home#h.69cbgw1a2gjr"></a>Call for papers</span></span></span></div></h1><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; 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Archaeologists and Archaeology Here and Now</span></p><div class="CobnVe aP9Z7e" id="h.qn6zz3ebs3kk" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: calc(-56px); padding-bottom: 56px; pointer-events: none; text-align: left; visibility: hidden; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><h2 class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q JYVBee" id="h.qn6zz3ebs3kk" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #226e93; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.32; margin: 8pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="-1"><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; 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Community Representation in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the 21st century</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><div class="CobnVe aP9Z7e" id="h.9gjd50vl4684" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: calc(-56px); padding-bottom: 56px; pointer-events: none; text-align: left; visibility: hidden; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><h2 class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q JYVBee" id="h.9gjd50vl4684" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #226e93; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 19pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.32; margin: 8pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="-1"><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><div class="PPhIP rviiZ" jsname="haAclf" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0px; height: 33.4219px; line-height: 1; padding-left: 9px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; right: -37px; z-index: 10;"><div aria-describedby="h.9gjd50vl4684" aria-disabled="false" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="Copy heading link" class="U26fgb mUbCce fKz7Od LRAOtb Znu9nd M9Bg4d" data-tooltip-horizontal-offset="0" data-tooltip-position="top" data-tooltip-vertical-offset="12" data-tooltip="Copy heading link" jsaction="click:cOuCgd; mousedown:UX7yZ; mouseup:lbsD7e; mouseenter:tfO1Yc; mouseleave:JywGue; focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e; contextmenu:mg9Pef;" jscontroller="mxS5xe" jsshadow="" role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.54); cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; fill: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.54); flex-shrink: 0; height: 28px; opacity: 0; outline: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 16.7031px; transform: translateY(-50%); transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 28px; z-index: 0;"><a aria-describedby="h.9gjd50vl4684" aria-label="Copy heading link" class="FKF6mc TpQm9d" href="https://sites.google.com/view/actors-not-spectators/home#h.9gjd50vl4684" jsname="hiK3ld" role="button" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 28px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 28px;"><div class="VTBa7b MbhUzd" jsname="ksKsZd" style="background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-side, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) 80%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%); background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(0); transition: opacity 0.2s ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 0.2s, -webkit-transform 0s ease 0.2s; visibility: hidden;"></div><span class="xjKiLb" jsslot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; top: 50%;"><span class="Ce1Y1c" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; position: relative; top: -11px;"><svg class="OUGEr QdAdhf" fill="currentColor" focusable="false" height="22px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="22px"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></span></span></a></div></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f937d; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 13.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Session Abstract</span></div></h2><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A shift in public and community archaeology and the way communities are engaged has resulted in numerous publications on how to actively involve various citizens in the entire research process. Despite the increased focus on participatory archaeological research and citizen science worldwide, projects are still often aimed at the “comfortable” audience. The dutiful spectator that obliges with “official” definitions, legislations, and heritage practices, such as “responsible” metal detectorists in many countries. Yet, detectorists and other parts of the public are still routinely by-passed in the citizen scientist realm because of the way they choose to engage with heritage; often hands-on, not within the museum setting nor in the passive role as a spectator. Due to this, they are frequently denied access to the archaeological field, and painted as a potential threat. In addition, there are the individuals who do not always conform with the normative views of an archaeological participator: the non-white, disabled, Indigenous, neurodivergent, LGTBQ+, those of ethnic and religious minorities. Specifically, people who are commonly denied access to their past and to be an actor in this narrative.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Across the world, individuals, communities, stakeholders, knowledge keepers and other members of the public are demanding to be allowed to not only view the end process of archaeology. They want to have access; to be actively involved in the heritage-making process and have a say in how the archaeological heritage is displayed and used. This session welcomes those who seek to challenge our view of what true participation can or should be. We particularly encourage individuals from the LGTBQ+ communities, citizen scientists, Indigenous persons, and people who can present on case studies, offer practical examples or theoretical approaches to these exclusionary practices in archaeology and heritage studies.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Keywords:</span></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Representation, Heritage-making, Community, Public archaeology</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; 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white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Antwerp</span><br /><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Co-organisers:</span></span></p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: none; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suzie Thomas (Belgium), </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Antwerp</span><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: none; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Irmelin Axelsen (Norway), </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Oslo</span><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: none; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jordan Jamieson (Canada), </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arimo; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation</span><br /><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 12px 0px 0px; outline: none; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; 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Inclusive Pagans celebrate life and love in all its beauty and diversity, and seek to protect and preserve the Earth and Nature, and to cultivate virtues of compassion and respect for all life.<br />
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For this reason, following the recent events in Charlottesville, USA, Pagans for Archaeology utterly condemns the ideology and actions of the white supremacists and Neo-Nazis who have caused such suffering there.
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Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-91354901845419184292012-03-09T03:25:00.000-08:002012-03-09T03:25:32.274-08:00A Dissenter graveyardIn Manchester, there is a defunct Unitarian church, and next to it a graveyard where many Unitarians and their dissenting predecessors are buried.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-17282546">Asda want to build a car-park on it</a>.<br />
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A local group, <a href="http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/1486685_campaigners-against-asda-plans-to-build-on-swinton-graveyard-to-hold-public-meeting">Friends of Swinton Unitarian</a>, has been formed to protest the loss of this piece of heritage.<br />
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I thought this whole issue was rather illuminating of the issues around ancient 'pagan' burials.<br />
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<b>How this is different from reburying ancient 'pagan' burials</b><br />
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<li>the burials are considerably more recent; direct descendants may still be around</li>
<li>if the burials need to be relocated, the rituals with which they would have been interred are still extant</li>
<li>there is still a Unitarian religion with direct and unbroken descent from the Unitarians of the 19th century and their dissenting predecessors</li>
<li>the graves are still <i>in situ</i> and we don't really need another supermarket - the remains are not being dug up for rescue archaeology purposes</li>
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<b>The Unitarian response</b><br />
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The response to this from contemporary Unitarians is also interesting and sensible.</div>
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In the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/5434252796/">UK Unitarians group on Facebook</a>, one member commented:</div>
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Graveyards and cemeteries are for the living. That we live in a time when we don't see a graveyard as sacred space and don't value them is to my mind a real shame. This is not about where the bodies may be buried but about the meaning of this space. Our history should not just be confined to written or electronic records but should be around us for all to see. If this becomes a debate about where bones are buried, I think that we are missing a more profound issue about the value of sacred space within our communities.</blockquote>
I think the history is important. The fact that there were separate dissenters' graveyards is a significant aspect of British history. Also, this is a green space in the heart of a city, which is another reason for caring about it. And there may be individual graves of historic significance, as well as the whole thing being a bit of our history. But I am heartened to see that most commenters have said that the living are more important than the dead, and that the history and the sacred space are the most important aspects.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-49974267922128128172012-01-28T03:24:00.000-08:002012-01-29T14:11:44.509-08:00Cultural continuity?People from other religions, and occasionally archaeologists, refer to contemporary Pagans as "neopagans". I personally find this condescending. I have outlined the reasons for this before, in a blogpost entitled "<a href="http://stroppyrabbit.blogspot.com/2008/06/stop-calling-us-neopagans.html">Stop calling us NeoPagans</a>".<br />
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I think the reason "neopagan" bothers me so much is (1) the other terms that the prefix "neo"appears in; (2) the fact that no-one ever refers to Protestants and the like as "Neo-Christians"; (3) it implies a lack of authenticity - why can't people be Pagans (as long as we don't claim to be direct heirs of ancient pagans, because there are both similarities and differences); (4) it's usually said in a snidey way.<br />
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I am not saying that there is cultural continuity between contemporary Pagans and ancient "pagans" (who did not self-identify as pagan - the term was applied to them by the early Christians).<br />
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The only connection between contemporary Paganism and ancient polytheisms is that we honour the same deities. The philosophical basis of the Pagan revival is different - even in the case of reconstructionist Paganisms. Our philosophical basis is either reconnecting with Nature, or recovering the lost wisdom of the past. The philosophical basis of much of ancient polytheism was mainly propitiating the deities. Of course there must have been those who participated in the rituals out of love of the deities, and because they wanted to connect with the world-soul, but these were probably in the minority (as they sadly are today in most religions).<br />
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The rituals of ancient polytheisms, and the reasons behind them, are largely lost to us. What understanding of death did the Iron Age Celts have? We simply don't know, because they didn't write it down. Nor do we know with what rituals they disposed of their dead, even if we can see the results. Our knowledge of the Iron Age priesthood known as the druids comes mainly from the propagandist writings of Julius Caesar, as Ronald Hutton points out in his excellent book <i>The Druids</i>. (Presumably also in <i>Blood and Mistletoe</i>, but I haven't read that yet.)<br />
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Information about what the Saxon and Norse rituals were like is considerably better, and so Heathen reconstructionists have far more hope of producing something accurate.<br />
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Obviously there is also no unbroken line of initiatory descent from ancient polytheisms (<a href="http://hermetic.com/sabazius/clergy_egc.htm">unless you trace it through the Christian church</a>, ironically enough). And the genetic link between contemporary Pagans and ancient pagans is shared by every other inhabitant of the British Isles.<br />
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So contemporary Pagans cannot claim exclusive jurisdiction over sacred sites or human remains, because everyone is the heir of the ancient past. But when someone wants to desecrate a sacred site (as when some Christians wanted to place a rock with Alpha and Omega carved on it in the middle of Maybury Henge), then we should have a voice alongside others who would want to prevent such a thing from happening.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-41796067131439245132011-11-01T07:07:00.000-07:002011-11-01T07:07:47.376-07:00Guardian article about human remainsLiz Williams, science fiction author and druid, has written an article in <i><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/oct/31/how-to-honour-ancient-dead">The Guardian Comment is free</a> </i> entitled <em>How to honour the ancient dead: The pagan debate about the treatment of ancient remains sheds light on our own beliefs as well as those of the past</em>.
It is an excellent article and well worth a read. I would like to add that Pagans for Archaeology is entirely opposed to the reburial of British human remains (although some of our membership may be undecided, that is our original <a href="http://archaeopagans.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-we-stand-for.html">founding position statement</a>, for <a href="http://archaeopagans.blogspot.com/2009/07/case-for-retaining-human-remains.html">reasons outlined previously</a>).
Anyway, well done Liz, good article. The comments are interesting too, albeit sprinkled with the usual militant atheists dismissing all beliefs as "woo". There are some good comments from archaeologists and also a discussion about the repatriation of remains from other countries (such as Australia, New Zealand and the Americas).
Native American and indigenous Australasian remains are much more recent, and often come from named individuals with living relatives. They were often collected under colonial rule, and the people who want them back generally haven't changed their culture that much, so there is cultural and genetic continuity. In the case of the much older British human remains, there is no cultural continuity between them and contemporary Pagans, and everyone in Britain (including the archaeologists) has genetic continuity from them. Therefore I think the repatriation of these remains is an entirely different issue, which should be decided by the indigenous groups concerned.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-63085526143117175452011-08-17T05:14:00.000-07:002011-08-17T05:14:02.052-07:00museum accessibility<a href="http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10992/">Tiffany Jenkins has just reviewed the redevelopment of the Museum of Scotland.</a> I found it fascinating that the kids she went with noticed that the museum had been dumbed down, and that she had great difficulty finding out where a large spider-crab that was on display came from and how big it was - simple facts that you would expect to appear in its caption. Also, the museum has introduced those awful audio-guides, which I personally dislike intensely.<br />
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This reminded me of another issue with museums that I identified about five years ago, and even wrote to curators' mailing lists about.<br />
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Museum displays frequently have poor usability and accessibility, namely the way they label their exhibits. Frequently there is a number next to the object, and this refers to a panel with explanatory text. This is OK for small objects where there is no room to add captions next to the objects, but frequently it is employed for large objects, where the aesthetic value of the object is often seen as more important than its meaning.<br />
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Unfortunately this makes it very difficult for people with dyslexia to enjoy the exhibition, because by the time they have transferred their gaze from the exhibit to the interpretation panel, they have forgotten the number, and have to go back again. I myself am not dyslexic but frequently have this problem anyway! In one museum we visited, there was a costume exhibition, and the distance between the numbers and the explanatory text was so great that a lady who was both short- and long-sighted had to change her glasses each time.<br />
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The solution is simply to place a short explanatory caption next to the object (e.g. 14th C English spoon), and a longer piece giving the context below or beside the display case.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-52881461347365613072011-05-26T04:28:00.000-07:002011-05-26T04:28:49.950-07:00Medieval graffiti website<blockquote>The <a href="http://www.medieval-graffiti.co.uk/">Norfolk Medieval Graffiti Survey</a> is pleased to announce that their website is now fully updated and revised. The new site now contains the first elements of a visual catalogue that showcases some of the more interesting and unusual discoveries made by the project. It is currently organised by parish but, as the site expands, we hope to make all the information searchable by subject as well as by site. The new site also contains a link to the new Medieval Graffiti twitter feed - which allows you to learn about new discoveries as they are made. Real-time church archaeology.</blockquote>Some churches have <a href="http://archaeopagans.blogspot.com/search/label/apotropaic%20marks">apotropaic marks</a> and other esoteric graffiti, which whilst not actually Pagan, derives from the pagan worldview which the Christian order inherited. To quote <a href="http://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-with-professor-ronald-hutton.html">Ronald Hutton</a>:<br />
<blockquote>medieval and early modern Europeans constructed their world-picture out of materials taken from both Christianity and ancient paganism, making a mixture of both which they believed to be a form of Christianity.</blockquote>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-10127119725778595122011-05-24T01:45:00.000-07:002011-05-25T01:37:36.063-07:00PfA and HADA comment from "Anonymous" appeared in the comments following <a href="http://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-with-professor-ronald-hutton.html">Caroline Tully's recent interview with Ronald Hutton</a>.<br />
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It alleged that Ronald Hutton is "behind" Pagans for Archaeology. He's not some <i>eminence grise</i>, you know. Ronald Hutton is not associated with Pagans for Archaeology; I asked him to be a patron and he gracefully declined, on two grounds: (1) to preserve his neutrality; (2) because it would imply that he endorses everything we do (whether he does or not). I founded Pagans for Archaeology, and have asked two Pagans who are interested in archaeology to help me run the Facebook group.<br />
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Anonymous further alleges that PfA is seeking to undermine HAD. Far from it; we have cordial relations with HAD, and I regard HAD as the moderates in the reburial debate, as they are only calling for reburial of some remains, not all remains, and are building dialogue with the heritage, archaeology and museum sector. I have had cordial conversations with Emma Restall-Orr on the subject of reburial, and<a href="http://archaeopagans.blogspot.com/2009/04/interview-with-emma-restall-orr.html"> interviewed her on the Pagans for Archaeology blog</a>. The extremists in the reburial debate are CoBDO (West), who want to rebury all remains.<br />
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<a href="http://archaeopagans.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-does-pfa-represent.html">Pagans for Archaeology represents those Pagans who do not agree with reburial</a>, and who are interested in archaeology, and want to improve relations with the heritage, museum and archaeology sector.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-51493565522063558022011-05-08T15:57:00.000-07:002011-05-30T05:27:37.935-07:00Faith heritage trailsMany different faiths and cultures have made a mark on Britain, and this should be celebrated. Today I visited the amazing <a href="http://www.mandir.org/">Hindu mandir in Neasden</a>, which was very beautiful. But there are many places associated with different faiths.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The <a href="http://www.ochs.org.uk/research/hindu-archive-project">Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies is gathering a Hindu archive</a> which explores Hindu influence in Britain and beyond.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Hindu heritage sites include <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A146503">The Maharajah's Well in Berkhire</a>, the <a href="http://www.arnosvalefriends.org.uk/raja.htm">tomb of Rammohun Roy in Bristol</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattri_(Brighton)">Chattri near Brighton</a> (which is dedicated to Sikh and Hindu soldiers who were cremated there).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4290124.stm">first Indian restaurant in England was opened in 1810</a> by Sake Dean Mohamed. The oldest surviving Indian restaurant, <a href="http://www.veeraswamy.com/">Veeraswamy</a>, was opened in 1926.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Some information on Muslim heritage, including blue plaques and old mosques, can be found on the <a href="http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/bmh/bmh.htm">British Muslim heritage site</a>. A history of Muslim science is on the <a href="http://www.muslimheritage.com/Default.aspx">Muslim Heritage</a> website.</div><br />
Sikh heritage in Britain is celebrated on the <a href="http://www.asht.info/">Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail</a> website.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The BBC has some information on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/history/britishbuddhism_1.shtml">Buddhism in Britain</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Institute of Jainology has a list of <a href="http://www.jainology.org/resources/jain-temples-in-the-uk/">Jain temples in the UK</a>.</div><br />
Jewish heritage can be explored on the <a href="http://www.jtrails.org.uk/">Jewish trails website</a>.<br />
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Inspired by the Jewish trails site, I also started a <a href="http://pagantrails.pbworks.com/w/page/13622401/FrontPage">Pagan trails website</a>, which needs contributions.<br />
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There's a <a href="http://www.ukunitarians.org.uk/pulse/heritage.shtml">Unitarian heritage trail in London</a>. Also the <a href="http://humanistheritage.org.uk/">Humanist Heritage</a> website mentions several Unitarian sites connected with the early history of Humanism. The Unitarian Communications blog has now gathered a <a href="http://unitariancommunications.blogspot.com/2011/05/unitarian-heritage.html">list of Unitarian heritage websites</a>.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-25279778044374134362011-03-17T00:36:00.000-07:002011-03-17T00:38:47.521-07:00Aggregates Levy will no longer fund archaeology & environmentDEFRA have just announced that the Aggregates Levy, which was previously used (in part) to fund rescue archaeology and environmental projects, will now go straight to the Treasury and not be used to restore the environment.<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/mar/15/mining-biodiversity">Damian Carrington writes in <i>The Guardian</i> environment blog</a>:<br />
<blockquote>Having united the Socialist Workers Party with the National Trust, the UK's department for environment (Defra) has pulled off another unlikely pairing: the Mineral Products Association (MPA) and the Wildlife Trusts.<br />
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The issue is the pocketing by the Treasury of about £20m a year in taxes from the aggregates industry – gravel and sand quarrying – that had until now been spent on conservation schemes.<br />
"I can't understand why the government has cut this funding. The money comes from a tax that encourages industry to reduce the amount of quarrying, and the industry is happy to see this money used to put something back, for nature and people," Jeremy Biggs told me.<br />
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He is director of Pond Conservation, which, along with the RSPB and others, has joined the <a href="http://www.mineralproducts.org/11-release011.htm">campaign to reverse the cut</a>. "Cutting the aggregates fund will reduce the quality of habitat restoration after quarries are worked out, and seems unbelievably short-sighted and counter-productive."</blockquote>Yes indeed, it's quite an achievement to have united such disparate bodies.<br />
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And <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/9966790">a commenter on his blog, Xemxija, writes</a>:<br />
<blockquote>A small part of the Aggregates Levy was given to English Heritage to distribute in order to fund excavations when unexpected finds were made in quarries, and to analyse and disseminate the results of these excavations.<br />
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In general the quarry companies have been quite accepting of the 'polluter pays' idea - that if they are destroying natural environments and archaeological remains then they must make a contribution towards recording the archaeology and restoring the landscape (although not surprisingly, as the effects of the credit crunch have bitten deeper, they have become less and less happy).<br />
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It is extraordinarily grasping of the government to just keep the small part of the Aggregates Levy which went to English Heritage and to English Nature. It transforms the Levy from compensation for damage caused to a simple tax.<br />
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And it makes it very clear to the quarry companies that despite what the government says, it places it very little value on our environment and heritage.</blockquote><br />
<b>What you can do</b>: <a href="http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/corporate/contacts/">write to DEFRA</a> and to <a href="http://www.writetothem.com/">your MP</a>, pointing out that the Aggregates Levy was a valuable contribution to the environment and to rescue archaeology; that it was only a small proportion of the total Aggregates Levy; and that it is an expression of the principle that the polluter pays to clean up after themselves.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-61475175571529981032011-03-09T06:18:00.000-08:002011-03-09T06:19:04.992-08:00We've broken the 4000 barrier!Facebook stats for this week:<br />
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I am writing in support of the letter from forty professors of archaeology regarding the 2008 reburial legislation in <i>The Guardian</i> on 4 February 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/04/reburial-requirement-impedes-archaeology?intcmp=239<br />
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I am a member of an organisation called Pagans for Archaeology. We're Pagans who love archaeology and believe that it has contributed hugely to our knowledge of our ancestors and the religions of the past. Without archaeology, people would have little or no understanding of the peoples of the past. Pagans for Archaeology has more members than any other group purporting to represent Pagans on the issue of human remains (we currently have 3855 members).<br />
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We are opposed to the reburial of ancient human remains, and want them to be preserved so that the memory of the ancestors can be perpetuated and rescued from oblivion, and the remains can be studied scientifically for the benefit of everyone. We want human remains to be treated with respect, but respect does not automatically mean reburial. Respect should mean memory, which involves recovering the stories of past people. The British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology has a code of practice for handling and storing human remains, which is very respectful.<br />
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I would support a return to the simple, well-tried system practised up to 2008 which permitted the retention, study, curation and display of excavated remains as appropriate.<br />
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Yours sincerely<br />
[Your name]<br />
Member of Pagans for Archaeology<br />
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You can find contact details for your MP and <a href="http://www.writetothem.com/write?who=47142&pc=NG2+5FE">Kenneth Clarke</a> at <a href="http://writetothem.com/">WriteToThem.com</a> (don't paste an identical copy of my sample letter into <i>Write To Them</i>, as they block identical emails).<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Update</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.deathandsociety.org/pages/events-detail.php?news_id=68">ASDS Archaeologists and the 1857 Burial Act</a><br />
This website provides a background document, a letter to archaeologists and a template and instructions that can be used to send a letter to Ken Clarke. Please send your support for the campaign against the two-year reburial legislation to the government. Please also cc or forward your email to BurialLaw@uclan.ac.uk as ASDS are attempting to document the whole thing.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-25461515922495841822011-02-07T01:26:00.000-08:002011-02-07T01:26:56.897-08:00Dem bones not gonna walk aroundAn article in <i>The Guardian</i> on Friday reports that 40 archaeology professors have written to Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, to complain about the new reburial legislation which requires human remains to be reburied after two years:<br />
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<blockquote>Human remains from Stonehenge and other ancient settlements will be reburied and lost to science under legislation that threatens to cripple research into the history of humans in Britain, a group of leading archaeologists says today.<br />
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In a letter addressed to the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, and printed in the Guardian today, 40 archaeology professors write of their "deep and widespread concern" about the issue.<br />
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The dispute centres on legislation introduced by the Ministry of Justice in 2008 which requires all human remains excavated at digs in England and Wales to be reburied within two years, regardless of their age. The decision, which amounts to a reinterpretation of law previously administered by the Home Office, means scientists have too little time to study bones and other human remains of national and cultural significance, the academics say.<br />
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"Your current requirement that all archaeologically excavated human remains should be reburied, whether after a standard period of two years or a further special extension, is contrary to fundamental principles of archaeological and scientific research and of museum practice," they write. Signatories include Chris Stringer, head of human origins at the Natural History Museum in London; Stephen Shennan, director of University College London's archaeology institute; and Helena Hamerow, head of archaeology at Oxford University.</blockquote><br />
Read more: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/04/archaeologists-forced-to-rebu
ry-finds">Legislation forces archaeologists to rebury finds</a><br />
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Guardian (UK), Friday 4 February 2011<br />
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Ian Sample, science correspondent<br />
(what a great name for a science journalist!)<br />
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Hat-tip to <a href="http://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/">Caroline Tully</a>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-54823824946733050132011-01-10T01:32:00.000-08:002011-01-10T01:32:17.529-08:00Modern Answers to Ancient MysteriesYork Archaeological Trust presents a one-day conference:<br />
Modern Answers to Ancient Mysteries<br />
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Saturday 19th February 2011 <br />
Fountains Lecture Theatre - York St John University<br />
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To complement the opening of the new galleries at JORVIK in 2011 - investigating new ideas about some of the objects unearthed in the Coppergate excavations - this conference brings together speakers from across Europe to reveal their most recent archaeological research on an intriguing range of subjects, from prehistory to the 19th century.<br />
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Pre-booking essential. For more details call 01904 615505. <a href="http://www.jorvikbookings.com/">Or book<br />
online</a>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-24781181085753369912010-11-05T03:49:00.000-07:002010-11-05T03:49:16.932-07:00Past Horizons<a href="http://www.pasthorizons.com/">Past Horizons has just launched their new look website</a> packed full of articles, news stories, conference announcements and Viewpoints. <br />
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The latest news: <a href="http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/3550">Language and Toolmaking Evolved Together</a><br />
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The Latest Article: <a href="http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/2497">Ethnoarchaeology in Australia</a><br />
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The Latest Viewpoints:<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/3085">Stuart Rathbone and his campaign for Sensible Archaeology</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/1974">Jane Woodcock on the difficulties of finding suitable field training for students</a></li>
</ul>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-50817416057639644362010-08-12T23:42:00.000-07:002010-08-12T23:42:00.098-07:00More apotropaic marksA commenter on my one of previous posts about apotropaic marks left a link to his <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/74752096@N00/sets/72157622754659518/with/4083635296/">photos of daisy wheels and other inscribed circles on Flickr</a>. There are lots of them from many different places. There are also several Flickr groups devoted to similar marks.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-12571928803352130232010-08-11T12:12:00.000-07:002010-08-11T12:12:00.103-07:001970s excavation publishedIt's good to see old excavations being published. The <a href="http://archaeopagans.blogspot.com/2008/06/making-archaeology-public.html">PfA blog has deplored</a> the existence of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_literature">grey literature</a> previously, so it's great to see that someone is doing something about it.<br />
<blockquote>Internet Archaeology is pleased to announce the publication of <a href="http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue28/hurst_index.html">"Iron Age Settlement at Blackstone, Worcestershire: Excavations 1972, 1973, and 1977" by Derek Hurst, Alan Hunt and Peter Davenport et al.</a><br />
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Excavations in the 1970s at Blackstone found a rectangular double-ditched Iron Age enclosure dated from the 2nd century into the 1st century BC. The initial structural analysis has been largely retained in this updated report and accompanied by a separate modern commentary, allied with the updated finds and environmental reporting, and overall discussion.<br />
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Internet Archaeology thanks and acknowledges English Heritage for the publication grant that has enabled us to make this article Open Access.</blockquote><br />
The <a href="http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/greylit/">Archaeology Data Service also has an archive of grey literature</a>.<br />
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A lot of grey literature is generated by commercial archaeology on sites that are being excavated before construction takes place. The reports are only stored at county archaeology units, so researchers have to travel to get hold of them, according to an <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100407/full/464826a.html" title="Matt Ford (2010), Archaeology: Hidden treasure, Nature 464, 826-827 (2010) | doi:10.1038/464826a">article by Matt Ford in <i>Nature</i></a>.Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-67684300213216427692010-07-30T07:51:00.000-07:002010-07-30T08:05:25.457-07:00Interview with Mike Parker-Pearson<a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/parker.html"><b>Mike Parker-Pearson</b></a> is co-director of the Riverside Project. He is is a Professor of Archaeology. He is an internationally renowned expert in the archaeology of death and also specialises in the later prehistory of Britain and Northern Europe and the archaeology of Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean. He has published 14 books and over 100 academic papers, on topics that range from architecture, food and warfare to ethnoarchaeology, archaeological theory and heritage management. He has worked on archaeological excavations in Britain, Denmark, Easter Island, Germany, Greece, Madagascar, Syria and the United States, and currently directs field projects in the Outer Hebrides, Madagascar and the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.<br />
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Mike was voted 'Archaeologist of the Year' for 2010. His Stonehenge Riverside Project also received the award of 'Archaeological Research Project of the Year' for 2010, after his team discovered 'Bluestonehenge', the remains of a second stone circle close to Stonehenge in 2009.<br />
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He is currently seeking an extension of the period allowed for the study of the cremated remains found in the Aubrey Holes, which were first excavated in the 1920s.<br />
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<b>PfA: What is your role in the Riverside Project? </b><br />
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MPP: I'm a co-director with five others. I basically started us off and persuaded the others to join in, and<br />
I'm in overall charge of all the admin (I carry the can for the grants, the permissions, etc etc) but I don't dictate the research results, obviously! We spend a lot of time discussing and arguing about interpretations and the next step. It's been really useful doing it this way because it's easier to see which interpretations fit the evidence best and avoid going down blind alleys; it stops any one of us following their pet theory without looking at all angles. Lots of other archaeologists thought we were mad to try and work in such a big team - they predicted we'd fight and fall out - but it's been a fantastic way of running a big project.<br />
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<b>PfA: What got you interested in archaeology?</b><br />
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MPP: Looking for fossils and other finds in the gravel on my dad's drive when I was four years old. When I was six, I got out a library book called <i>Fun With Archaeology</i> - it's been my aim in life ever since.<br />
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<b>PfA: Do you feel a kinship for the people of the past?</b><br />
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MPP: Most of the time "no", because they were so different to us in many ways, really quite strange. But some things transcend time and place, and give a sense of connection, like finger-prints on a pot or the face of a bog body, or the death of the Iceman.<br />
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<b>PfA: What can human remains tell us about the people of the past?</b><br />
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MPP: The answer to this question changes virtually by the year. When I was younger, advances were being made in osteological identification of age, sex, trauma and disease. Now we're finding out about diet, mobility, migration, and DNA - these are all techniques that were unimaginable even 20 years ago.<br />
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<b>PfA: What is the scientific and/or social value of retaining human remains for study?</b><br />
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MPP: Because our scientific capabilities are changing so fast, there is no point at which anyone can say "that's done, the research on those remains is finished". For example, with the Aubrey Hole cremated remains we have just found that there is a brand-new technique of sex identification from the size and shape of<br />
ear-holes (the petrous bone) which has been developed just in time for us to use. No-one ever knows what the future will bring - think of the antiquarian barrow-diggers who didn't keep the Bronze Age skeletons because they couldn't imagine any reason to do so.<br />
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<b>PfA: Why is it important that the remains from the Aubrey Holes are studied? What can we learn?</b><br />
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MPP: Who are these people who were buried at Stonehenge? What more interesting question could there be? It's an extraordinary place and we want to find out as much as we can about it, its builders and its users. By studying the remains of the people buried there, we try to find out as much as we can about their lives and the society they lived in. This was the period between the long barrows and the round barrows and we have very few remains at all dating to this period (3000-2500 BC). What happened to most of the dead and why were these people special?<br />
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<b>PfA: Why do you need the time allowed to study them to be extended?</b><br />
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Because working with fragments of cremated bone just takes ages. There are over 50,000 pieces of bone and they are all mixed up - we don't know which individual is which out of the 60 deposits of bones that were found by Col. Hawley in the 1920s. It is the most complicated jigsaw puzzle you could imagine. These people of Stonehenge are worth our spending time with them. I can't bear the idea of this being rushed. I'm not sure people realise just how long the post-excavation phase of any project takes. It's normal for it to take years to get all the specialist analyses queued up and completed. For example, the Amesbury Archer was excavated in 2002 and the report is still not published. Money and time are always hard to find.<br />
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<b>PfA: What can the Aubrey Holes remains and the Riverside Project tell us about the wider Stonehenge landscape and the uses to which the complex of monuments were put?</b><br />
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This is a huge question! Until we started, it was thought that Stonehenge's period of use as a cemetery was only a very short-lived part of the monument's life. The project's preliminary results indicate dates for cremation burial as early as its construction (3000 BC) and possibly as late as 2300 BC. What we really need to know from the radiocarbon dates is what that full span of use as a cremation cemetery was and how the numbers of individuals being buried varied through time - was Stonehenge the burial place for an increasing number of people, or were most of the people found here buried when the monument was<br />
first built? The contrast with Durrington Walls is stark - there we have found only three loose human bones amongst 80,000 animal bones. Durrington Walls was a place for the living, Stonehenge is full of the dead. <i>National Geographic</i>, who funded some of the excavations, sent a children's book author to write<br />
about the project - his book is called <i>If Stones Could Speak</i> (by Marc Aronson) and funnily enough, it's currently the only up-to-date book on Stonehenge, its chronology and landscape. Quite cheap on Amazon.<br />
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<b>PfA: What can the remains tell us about the lives of the individuals who were cremated and placed in the Aubrey Holes?</b><br />
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By the end of the research, we are hoping to know the distribution by sex (how many men, how many women) and age (adults and children). That in itself is going to reveal something about how this society worked. Preliminary findings indicate that most of the people buried here were men, with few women or<br />
children. These preliminary identifications from pieces of skull and pelvis, though, will need to be checked against the new method using the petrous bone. We can find out about trauma and disease. So far, there are few signs of ill-health other than some osteoarthritis, and one person had a benign tumour. This work is much more difficult when the osteologist is working on fragments of cremated bone rather than with a complete skeleton. DNA and strontium isotope analysis (which reveals where people lived) are not possible using<br />
current methods - but who knows what future researchers may be able to do.<br />
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<b>PfA: What do you think about the way human remains are displayed in museums?</b><br />
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I haven't got a problem with this. It's part of my culture. Obviously, all curators treat human remains with respect - that's part of the culture, too. The public at large are fascinated by human remains - we all want to know about death, as it's about the only thing we all have in common, pharaohs, bog bodies, you and me. It's the big mystery and I think it helps to come face to face with it sometimes, particularly as our cultural practices are now so coy surrounding death and dead bodies. We seem to pretend the bodies of the dead today are an unmentionable problem, and should be swept away out of sight by 'professionals'. I don't think that's healthy. Because one understands one's personal connection to the remains of another human being, I think human<br />
remains really make people aware of the depth of time of human history.<br />
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<b>PfA: Do you think there is a role for Pagans in archaeology? For instance, in describing the dynamics of ritual and how Pagans engage with sites.</b><br />
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Yes. The more people who show an interest in our past and archaeology, the better. Pagans and the way they engage with the prehistoric past could be a real eye-opener for people of other beliefs (or none), as it's one of the ways of showing how much these places matter to our society.<br />
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<b>PfA: Do you think the heritage sector should engage with Pagans?</b><br />
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Difficult, because some Pagans seem to me to be very antagonistic to other people's point of view. Some of them even seem to think that they have a more powerful claim to 'ownership' of the past and our ancestors than the rest of us.<br />
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But I think that's a problem with all religious belief systems - the danger of thinking only you are right, and everyone else is totally wrong (People's Front of Judea and all that!).<br />
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<b>PfA: Many thanks for a fascinating insight into the state of current osteoarchaeology, and the research findings of the Riverside Project. We believe that only a small minority of Pagans think they have a claim to 'ownership' of the past and our ancestors. Indeed, the vast majority of Pagans are very tolerant of other belief-systems, including atheism, secular humanism, etc. The huge numbers of fans and members of Pagans for Archaeology attests to the numbers of Pagans who don't believe they have a special claim on human remains, and who are interested in science and archaeology.</b>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-41287303041031041202010-07-30T06:13:00.000-07:002010-07-30T06:15:36.924-07:00Data from cremated bone<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was wondering how you extracted data from cremated bone, or indeed whether you could get the same kind of information from cremated bone that you can get from whole skeletons</span></span>. It turns out that you can find out a surprising amount. The fact that you can determine the whole diet of the cremated individual ate means that you can find out a lot about the environment where they lived.<br />
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Here is some information on radiocarbon dating, prepared by English Heritage's radiocarbon advisor.<br />
<blockquote>About 10 years ago, a new method for the radiocarbon dating of cremated bone was proposed by a research group at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Lanting et al 2001). This followed some work on dating the carbonate fraction of unburnt bone from the Sahara by a group based in Lyon (Saliège et al 1998). This method works by dating the structural carbonate fraction of bone. The carbon in this fraction derives from the whole diet of the dated individual (not just the protein component that dominates the carbon in the collagen fraction), and so is much less susceptable to dietary offsets than dates on collagen. Also structural carbonate often survives in situations (such as in cremations) where collagen diagenesis makes this fraction unsuitable for radiocarbon dating.</blockquote><blockquote>Unfortunately, early attempts to date the carbonate fraction of unburnt bone (largely in the 1960s) gave dates that were anomalously young because the bone carbonate exchanges with humic acids in the burial environment. Consequently only in special, very dry environments, such as in the Sahara did bone carbonate give accurate radiocarbon ages. The major advance of the new method was to isolate the part of the structural carbonate in cremated bone that has had its crystalline structure altered by the cremation process in such a way as it is no longer contaminated by the burial environment (van Strydonck et al 2005). So, when dating cremated bone we are dating the time when the individual died, but the sample becomes datable because of the cremation process itself. This is why we need a 2-4g from a single piece of white, calcined bone. The crystalline structure in less calcined material has been insufficiently altered for accurate dating. Because this method was new, and was dating a sample type which had previously proved extremely problematic, it underwent extensive testing in the early 2000s in radiocarbon laboratories in many countries (eg De Mulder et al 2004; Naysmith et al 2007). It has been shown to produce accurate radiocarbon dates routinely and has now been adopted as a standard technique worldwide.</blockquote><blockquote>Lanting, J N, Aerts-Bijma, A T, and van der Plicht, J, 2001 Dating of cremated bones, Radiocarbon, 43, 249-54</blockquote><blockquote>Naysmith, P, Scott, E M, Cook, G T, Heinemeier, J, van der Plicht, J, Van Strydonck, M, Bronk Ramsey, C, Grootes, P M, and Freeman, S P H T, 2007 A cremated bone inter-comparison study, Radiocarbon, 49, 403-8</blockquote><blockquote>Saliège, J-F, Person, A, and Paris, F, 1998 Datation du carbonate-hydroxylapatite d'ossements Holocènes du Sahel (Mali, Mauritanie, Niger), Pré-actes du 3ème Congrès International 14C et Archéologie, Lyon 1998, 172-3</blockquote><blockquote>van Strydonck, M, Boudin, M, Hoefens, M, and de Mulder, G, 2005 14C-dating of cremated bones-why does it work?, Lunula, 13, 3-10</blockquote><blockquote>De Mulder, G, van Strydonck, M, and Boudin, M, 2004 14C-dateringen op gecremeerde menselijk botten uit de urnenvelden te Velzeke (O.-Vl.), Lunula, 12, 51-58</blockquote>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-76946099905430342622010-07-02T00:41:00.000-07:002010-07-02T00:41:46.541-07:00Archaeology of the Internet<a href="http://www.archive.org/web/web.php">The Wayback Machine</a> allows you to access dead websites after they have gone (though of course they won't be updated any more).<br />
<br />
Some time back, I posted a humorous item about the <a href="http://archaeopagans.blogspot.com/2010/01/future-archaeology.html">internet archaeologists of the near future discovering the ruins of the Friendster civilisation</a>, complete with abandoned profiles. The same could have been said of Geocities.<br />
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So, could you have an archaeology of the internet? How would you go about it? I guess you could chart the rise and fall of various websites, and how they over-reached themselves in the quest for users (Geocities), or added too many new features (Facebook). This process might be analogous to the rise and fall of empires (Roman, Byzantine, Sasanian...)Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-55373858481024150062010-06-09T00:13:00.000-07:002010-06-09T00:13:46.398-07:00Free archaeology lecturesThe <a href="http://www.socantscot.org/article.asp?aid=1086">2010 Rhind Lectures - "Design vs Dogma: Reflections on Field Archaeology" by Professor Martin Carver - are now available free to view</a> from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.<br />
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<blockquote>The purposes of archaeological investigation in the field, its methods and the circumstances in which it is deployed, have diversified radically in recent years. Half a century has passed since Mortimer Wheeler gave his Rhind Lectures on 'Archaeology from the Earth,' so it seems a good moment to reflect on what the international academy, the profession, government and society want from archaeological fieldwork, and how their diverse agendas might be addressed to the mutual benefit of all.<br />
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Martin Carver is emeritus professor of archaeology at the University of York, Editor of Antiquity and the author of Archaeological Investigation (Routledge, 2009). He has undertaken or advised on field projects in England, Scotland, Sweden, France, Italy and Algeria, including numerous commercial projects and major research campaigns at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk) and Portmahomack (Easter Ross).<br />
</blockquote>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-65814925560869331982010-05-23T00:56:00.000-07:002010-05-23T00:56:12.606-07:00Papcastle Roman Fort - volunteers wanted<blockquote>A major investigation into Roman remains uncovered in the aftermath of Cockermouth's devastating floods is set to get underway this month.<br />
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Volunteers are needed for groundbreaking work on what is believed to be a settlement near the Papcastle Roman fort, surveyed by Channel 4's Time Team a decade ago but still not thoroughly excavated.<br />
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Forthcoming geophysical searches for buildings, roads and signs of occupation follow significant recent finds of possible foundations and a lot of pottery, unearthed by receding flood waters.<br />
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Organised by Bassenthwaite Reflections' <i>Unlocking Hidden Heritage</i> project, volunteers will be helping to piece together fascinating pieces of history in the first area study of its kind.<br />
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Using magnetometers - instruments that can detect buried walls - exploration will centre on fields alongside the River Derwent.<br />
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Project leader Mark Graham, of Grampus Heritage and Training, said there was real potential for adding to the compelling jigsaw of Roman occupation in the county.<br />
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He said: "With the help of volunteers, we were delighted to lead the nationally significant discovery of a camp, thought to date back to the first century at Castlerigg, near Keswick, two years ago.<br />
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"Now, through Heritage Lottery Fund supported Reflections, we have another amazing opportunity to find further vital Roman evidence.<br />
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"A considerable amount of pottery has been found post floods. We've always suspected the Romans had some sort of river crossing at Papcastle. Hopefully, our searches might provide some answers."<br />
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Details from the survey and excavation will form part of the county's archaeological record. Mark said the research could also bring important information for flood prevention and recovery measures currently under discussion.<br />
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He added: "This is a fantastic opportunity for volunteers to get involved in this unique survey and we look forward to hearing from anyone interested."<br />
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Fieldwork takes place from 24 to 28 May. For details contact Grampus Heritage and Training on 016973 21516, email enquiries@grampusheritage.co.uk</blockquote>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-77909373244636483292010-05-18T02:57:00.000-07:002010-05-18T02:57:12.888-07:00Manchester Museum conference on restitution<blockquote>The provisional programme of the <a href="http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/museology/museumsandrestitution/programme/">Museums and Restitution conference</a> (University of Manchester 8-9 July 2010) is now available<br />
<br />
Museums and Restitution is a two-day international conference organised by the Centre for Museology and The Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester. The conference examines the issue of restitution in relation to the changing role and authority of the museum, focussing on new ways in which these institutions are addressing the subject.<br />
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The conference will bring together museum professionals and academics from a wide range of fields (including museology, archaeology, anthropology, art history and cultural policy) to share ideas on contemporary approaches to restitution from the viewpoint of museums.</blockquote>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-31990190921410962822010-05-11T00:22:00.000-07:002010-05-11T00:23:29.751-07:00Community archaeologyA press-release from the Council for British Archaeology:<br />
<blockquote><a href="http://www.britarch.ac.uk/news/100430-community">CBA Report Reveals Voluntary Archaeology Has Doubled in Twenty Years</a><br />
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A new report highlights the sheer scale of voluntary archaeology in the<br />
UK, and makes important recommendations about how these activities<br />
should be supported in the future. Over 200,000 individuals are involved<br />
in a community archaeology group or local society, carrying out<br />
activities as diverse as excavation, marine archaeology, recording a<br />
historic building or volunteering for a Young Archaeologists' Club<br />
Branch. This figure has more than doubled since a similar survey was<br />
carried out in 1987.<br />
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The reasons for this increase are varied. Interest in archaeology is<br />
widening, with a greater range of television programmes, websites and<br />
publications available than ever before. It may also relate to a real<br />
expansion in voluntary activity of all kinds, with a recent report<br />
indicating that 43% of adults had volunteered formally within the last<br />
12 months. It is also significant that increased funding opportunities<br />
for local archaeology groups have become available over the past decade,<br />
especially from the Heritage Lottery Fund.<br />
<br />
The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) report, <i>Community Archaeology<br />
in the UK: Recent Findings</i>, brings together a UK-wide research project<br />
that surveyed, consulted and interviewed voluntary groups to gain a<br />
clearer understanding of the nature and scale of voluntary involvement<br />
in archaeology. Professional archaeologists and outreach workers were<br />
also consulted to assess how the activities of voluntary archaeologists<br />
could be better supported and recorded.<br />
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Key findings from the report are that:<br />
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* There are at least 2,030 voluntary groups and societies active<br />
in the UK that interact with archaeological heritage in a wide variety<br />
of ways. This represents approximately 215,000 individuals with an<br />
active interest in archaeological heritage.<br />
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* Relationships between voluntary archaeologists and the c 7500<br />
professional archaeologists in the UK are mostly good, but some problems<br />
can be identified. Thus there is a case for more training for<br />
professional archaeologists to equip them better to work with and<br />
support volunteers.<br />
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* Group activities, even levels of expertise, are significantly<br />
influenced by local conditions, such as relationships with professional<br />
archaeologists, legislation, and availability of grants.<br />
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* The dramatic decline in continuing education departments and the<br />
closure/down-sizing of many archaeological organisations continues to<br />
have an impact.<br />
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* Sustainability is a key issue that emerged throughout the<br />
research phases, and more research is needed into the means by which<br />
bottom-up, community-led archaeology projects may work to ensure<br />
sustainability.<br />
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* There is a need for training, but this varies from area to area,<br />
and from group to group. Hence any training programmes must be tailored<br />
to specific regions or groups, and must have an emphasis on practical<br />
rather than passive sessions. Increased use of online learning models<br />
will enable learners to choose material appropriate to their needs.<br />
However, online provision cannot substitute for face-to-face<br />
interaction, which is still considered to be of most value.<br />
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* Some community archaeology groups are very good at broadcasting<br />
and publishing their work, others less so. 11% of groups that responded<br />
to the survey claimed not to publish or broadcast their work at all.<br />
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The Council for British Archaeology will be acting on these conclusions<br />
with ambitious plans to train a new generation of professional community<br />
archaeology facilitators to help groups make the most of their<br />
activities. The CBA will also be expanding its suite of advice and<br />
guidance facilities, and focusing on raising the standard of work<br />
carried out by volunteers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.britarch.ac.uk/research/community">Full report, and further details on our community archaeology work</a> </blockquote>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267100689194015085.post-65281372238567972502010-04-27T03:22:00.000-07:002010-04-27T03:23:36.043-07:00Couldn't have put it better myselfA pithy and succinct blogpost from a PfA member:<br />
<a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://cylchriannon.blogspot.com/2010/04/these-are-results-now-piss-off.html">Aelwyd Fochon: These are the results, now, piss off.</a>Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com1