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

Published Oxford ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 308 pages :) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) Contents Cover; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Greatness in depth: Why excavations matter; 2 Some notable British excavations before 1900; 3 Sutton Hoo -- An archaeography; 4 Great excavations enhanced -- Birdoswald, Richborough, Whitby and the Chester amphitheatre; 5 Aspiring to greatness: The recent excavations at Maiden Castle; 6 The urban revolution: Martin Biddle's excavations in Winchester, 1961-1971; 7 The rural revolution: Excavation of the Iron Age and Roman farming settlement at Owslebury, Hampshire, 1961-1972; 8 The Danebury decades 9 South Cadbury, the Breiddin, the Rescue Archaeology Group … and then respectability10 The legacy of Howe, thirty years after; 11 Writing into Land: Haddenham and the Lower Ouse environs; 12 Philip Barker's Wroxeter; 13 'Erik Bloodaxe Rules OK': 'The Viking Dig' at Coppergate, York; 14 The Manpower Services Commission and La Grava; 15 Mucking: Real heritage heroism or heroic failure?; 16 Growing up with Wharram Percy; 17 West Heslerton: Past, present and future; 18 Great Expectations, great excavations: The view from the trenches; 19 Great excavations, developer funding and the future 20 What the Dickens happened to the IFA?21 Great Excavations?; Index Summary Great excavations inspire and capture the imagination of both the public and archaeologists alike; sites like Danebury, Sutton Hoo, Maiden Castle, Mucking and York conjure images of great discoveries and leaps in knowledge. But what was it like to participate in these excavations? What is the story of these projects, and what made them great? This is a fascinating and entertaining retrospective documenting some of the seminal British excavations, assessing why they were so significant and why they persist in the memory and folklore of archaeologists today. It is also a social history of the pr Notes Essays derived from a session at Institute for Archaeologists annual conference in 2007 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- Great Britain -- Congresses Historic sites -- Great Britain -- Congresses Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Congresses Archaeology -- Great Britain -- History -- Congresses Archaeology -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- Congresses SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Antiquities Archaeologists Archaeology Archaeology -- Social aspects Excavations (Archaeology) Historic sites SUBJECT Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Congresses Subject Great Britain Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings History Form Electronic book Author Schofield, John, 1948- ISBN 9781842175729 1842175726

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