PAS alert!

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Thats the idea Gumbo... so lets wipe the smug look of the faces... lets stand by and watch them go down with the ship... that'll teach them.... but don't expect help when its your turn...

If you go to the PAS pages.. you will see that there is a lot of interpretation going on... the more data.. the more research... for example... my humble efforts at Water Newton have spawned a research into the coin evidence and fed into a wider project...

Here are some of the smaller ones

David Hinton
Research for his book: Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins. In medieval Britain people wore jewellery made of gold if they were rich, of base metal if they were poor; they might hoard their property, or give it away to guarantee that they would have friends when needed; and many of them paid tax on their possessions. In Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins , David Hinton reviews the significance of artefacts in this period. From elaborate gold jewellery to clay pots, he looks at what possessions meant to people at every level of society. His emphasis is on their reasons for acquiring, keeping, displaying, and disposing of the things that they wore and had in their houses.
Helen Beveridge (York University)
Undergraduate student at the University of York conducting a dissertation on Early Medieval weapons records on the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Martin Biddle (Oxford University)
Early Medieval Southampton area. Preparation for an article by Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle and himself, ‘Winchester: from Venta to Wintancaestir’ for the festschrift for Martin Henig, now in preparation for publication in March 2007.
Alice Blackwell (PHD student at the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow)
Studying Anglo-Saxon Northumbria.
Keith Coppin (University of Reading)
MA student in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Reading. Working on an MA Dissertation on medieval pilgrim badges. I’m trying to compare the badges found in the Low Countries, Germany, France and England.
Will Anderson (Australian university - forgotten which one!)
A study of medieval ampullae for research degree.
James Gerrard (Professional Archaeologist)
Study into distribution of fourth-century siliqua with that of fourth-century hoards.
Gabor Thomas Research into Late Anglo-Saxon strapends.
Chris Ferguson (Oxford University)
DPhil on Early Medieval England. Title not confirmed.
Alex Grassam (Oxford University)
MSt Archaeology. Database analysis
Adam Partington (Oxford University)
MSt Professional Archaeology - Thames Foreshore analysis project
Bruce Eagles - Research into Roman Gloucestershire
Suzie Thomas (Newcastle University) - I am looking at the relationships between archaeologists and metal detector users in England and Wales for my PhD research at Newcastle University.
The Development, Distribution and Significance of ( Hallstatt D - La Tène I,II) Brooches in Britain
My PhD research will be investigating the distribution, development, social and ritual significance of the Iron Age brooch (Hallstatt D - La Tène I, II ) across different sites and regions. Patterns of variation or correlation will be established using brooch attributes such as: type, style, size, modification, re-use, as well as depositional and distributional data, possibly resulting in the identification of region specific types and preferences. Gary Saunders ( Leicester University , PhD Research)
Prof. Seiichi Suzuki - Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches
Kate Andersen - Prehistoric weapons of northern Britain.
Nisha Doshi (Cambridge Uni) - Bronze Age data held by the PAS/SMR/HER for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk to address the research dividends of public participation in archaeology.
Nick Boldrini - PAS/HER data comparison
Bruce Eagles - Roman landscapes
Jane Kershaw (D.Phil Oxford) - Researching all known finds of Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian brooches from the Danelaw. These include a growing corpus of artefacts decorated in the Borre style, incluing trefoil , disc and oval brooches, and several items with Jelling and later Scandinavian art styles. This considers the distribution of these artefacts within the Danelaw and the application of particular styles to certain types of object. This material has enormous potential to enhance our understanding of the Scandinavian settlement in England.

Now... how many projects has your work spawned?

This is not about standing by and saying I told you so... its about working together... PAS are finds specialists (in the main) add in the Field Archaeologist element ... throw in a sprinkling of academics... get more people reporting and understanding the importance of past objects ... now thats something worth working to keep.


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