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AIA Archaeology Hour with Solange Ashby
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 10/17/2024

Join the AIA as Solange Ashby (UCLA) presents Ancient African Queens This lecture was given live at 8pm Eastern on October 16, 2024. Description: This lecture focuses on a sequence of queens of the ancient kingdom of Meroe (Kush/Nubia) who ruled contemporaneously with Roman control of Egypt and the authors of the New Testament gospels in the 1st century of the Common Era (AD). Dr. Ashby contrasts the queens’ self presentation with the ways in which New Testament authors and contemporary Greek historians such as Strabo describe the sole-ruling Meroitic queens. Bio: Solange Ashby received her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Dr. Ashby’s expertise in ancient languages, including Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Meroitic, underpins her research into the history of religious transformation in Northeast Africa. Her book, Calling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae, explores the Egyptian temple of Philae as a Nubian sacred site. Her second book explores the lives of five Nubian women from history including queens, priestesses, and mothers. Dr. Ashby is an Assistant Professor in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA where she teaches Egyptology and Nubian Studies.


AIA Archaeology Hour with Chip Colwell
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 09/27/2024

Join the AIA as Chip Colwell (SAPIENS) presents On the Origins of Stuff. This lecture was given live at 8pm Eastern on September 25, 2024. Description: Over three million years ago, our ancient ancestors realized that rocks could be broken into sharp-edged objects for slicing meat, making the first knives. This discovery resulted in a good meal—and eventually changed the fate of our species and our planet. In this talk, Chip Colwell shares his thrilling and accessible new book, So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything published by the University of Chicago Press. An archaeologist, public anthropologist, and former museum curator, Colwell traveled the world to investigate how humanity took three leaps that led to stuff becoming inseparable from our lives—inspiring a love affair with things that made humans who we are and may also lead us to our downfall. Bio: Chip Colwell is an associate research professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, and the editor-in-chief of SAPIENS, a digital magazine of the Wenner-Gren Foundation about anthropological thinking and discoveries. He is the author and editor of 13 books including Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture, which received six major book awards.


Preserving the Archaeological Wonders of Ecuador, Jordan, and Ukraine
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 05/20/2024

Live presentation recorded on May 17, 2024. Letter deadline is May 28, 2024. More info: https://www.archaeological.org/preserving-ecuador-jordan-and-ukraine/ Visit (or revisit) some incredible archaeological highlights from these three countries and learn more about how to compose a letter to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee during our webinar. Join the AIA for brief presentations by experts who have traveled, lived, and worked in Ecuador, Jordan, and/or Ukraine and learn how you can advocate for the protection of archaeological sites in these three countries. The countries of Ecuador and Jordan recently requested that the U.S. renew the bilateral agreements that protects their cultural resources from being illegally imported into the United States and Ukraine has requested that a similar bilateral agreement with the United States be put into place for the very first time. After a whirlwind virtual trip across the globe with cultural heritage professionals Sarah Rowe (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), Morag Kersel (Depaul University) and Roksolana Makar (Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab), make sure you join AIA VP for Cultural Heritage Ömür Harmanşah in writing a letter in support of preserving the cultural heritage of Ecuador, Jordan, and Ukraine to the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee!


Advocacy Alert: Preserving Ecuador, Jordan, and Ukraine
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 05/13/2024

Letter deadline: May 28, 2024 If you’ve traveled to Ecuador, Jordan, or Ukraine and/or appreciate their cultural heritage, your experience and passion can help the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee with their upcoming deliberations. Watch this short video to find out how you can join the AIA to speak up for threatened archaeological sites. Visit https://www.archaeological.org/preserving-ecuador-jordan-and-ukraine/ for letter templates and more information.


AIA Annual Meeting Submission Webinar (Recording)
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 04/30/2024

Attending your first academic conference can be daunting, especially if you want to present your research. But with the help of the AIA, you can learn all about how to get your foot in the door. The panelists on the AIA Annual Meeting Submission webinar offer insights about the AIA-SCS Annual Meeting, including how to find funding for travel, what the benefits of attending the Annual Meeting are, how to submit an abstract, plus other advice on how to write an abstract for the Annual Meeting. This webinar was co-sponsored by the AIA Student Affairs Interest Group. The Student Affairs Interest Group (SAIG) consists of AIA members with an interest in the expansion of opportunities for student participation and professional development within the AIA and the promotion of student scholarship as well as student issues to other members of the AIA through its various programs and publications. SAIG Website: https://studentaffairsaia.wordpress.com/ Learn about the 2025 AIA-SCS Joint Annual Meeting: https://www.archaeological.org/programs/professionals/annual-meeting/ Questions about the Annual Meeting? Send them to annualmeeting@archaeological.org Our Panelists: Kevin Mullen: Director of Meetings and Associate Publisher, ARCHAEOLOGY magazine (kmullen@archaeological.org) Dr. Megan Cifarelli: Professor, Manhattanville College & Chair of the AIA Program for the Annual Meeting Committee (megan.cifarelli@mville.edu) Dr. Amanda Chen: Assistant Professor, Kansas City Art Institute (achen@kcai.edu) Tina Bekkali-Poio: PhD candidate, University at Buffalo & Chair of the AIA Student Affairs Interest Group (cmbekkal@buffalo.edu)


AIA Archaeology Hour with Deborah Carlson
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 04/18/2024

Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Deborah Carlson (Texas A&M) presents Excavating a Shipwrecked Marble Column Destined for the Temple of Apollo at Claros. This presentation was held live at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific on 4/17/24. Between 2005 and 2011, researchers from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University excavated and raised the remains of an ancient ship that was wrecked off the Aegean coast of Turkey at Kızılburun in the first century B.C. This ship was transporting about 60 tons of white marble blocks and architectural elements that originated in the quarries on Proconnesus Island in the Sea of Marmara. Ceramic artifacts and coins help narrow the date of the shipwreck, but the pieces of a single monumental Doric column suggest that the ship was destined for one of the most important oracular sanctuaries in the ancient Mediterranean. Join underwater archaeologist Deborah Carlson as she lays out the evidence to solve this maritime mystery!


AIA Archaeology Hour with Kisha Supernant
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 03/28/2024

Join the AIA as Kisha Supernant (University of Alberta) presents Finding the Children: Using Archaeology to Search for Unmarked Graves at Indian Residential School Sites in Canada. This lecture was given live at 8pm Eastern on 3/27/24. In May 2021, the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, announced that 215 potential unmarked graves were located near the Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar conducted by archaeologists. While this was not the first announcement of unmarked graves associated with Indian Residential Schools, it garnered national and international attention. The subsequent months saw significant commitments of funding from the government to support Indigenous communities who wanted to conduct their own searches. Many Indigenous communities turned to archaeologists to assist them in designing an approach to finding potential unmarked graves of their relatives. In this talk, Supernant provides an overview of how archaeologists have been working with Indigenous communities in Canada to locate potential grave sites and discuss the opportunities and challenges in this highly sensitive, deeply emotional work.


AIA Archaeology Hour with Nam C. Kim
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 02/29/2024

Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Nam C. Kim (University of Wisconsin-Madison) presents “Barbarians”, Bronzes, and the Legendary Capital of Ancient Vietnam. This presentation was originally given 2/28/24 at 8 pm Eastern time. Vietnamese lore tells us that over two thousand years ago the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam was home to powerful indigenous kingdoms, fortified capitals, and exquisite bronze craftsmanship. In contrast, the neighboring Chinese Han Empire claimed the region was inhabited by unsophisticated “barbarians” in need of “civilizing”, prompting imperial annexation of the region. This lecture explores the region’s archaeological record and what it means for scholarly debates, as well as for Vietnam’s national imagination, cultural heritage, and descendant identities.


Society Sunday 2024 - Petra Creamer, and Be(com)ing Assyrian
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 02/07/2024

Society Sunday 2024 - February 4, 2024 - CONTENT WARNING: This talk will include images of human remains. - Find your local Society and see what they're up to: https://www.archaeological.org/programs/societies/find/ - Check out Petra Creamer’s project RLIIM – Rural Landscapes of Iron Age Imperial Mesopotamia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092306352009 Join us as the AIA Societies Committee presents a virtual presentation and Q&A with Petra Creamer, "'Be(com)ing Assyrian': Navigating Imperial Power from the Bottom-Up." At its height, the Assyrian Empire (c. 1350-600 BCE) stretched from modern-day Iran in the east to Egypt in the west, controlling more territory than any entity the world had yet seen. This talk will delve into the profound impact of the Assyrian Empire and its administrative structures on the lives of individuals under its hegemony. Drawing from archaeological and historical evidence, the discussion explores the intricate web of socio-economic, cultural, and political transformations experienced by the non-elite populace under Assyrian rule, focusing on the core area of the empire (the Assyrian "Heartland") along the Tigris River. Insights from ongoing research illuminate how the empire's administrative policies influenced Assyria's subjects - from those residing in urban centers to rural communities. This talk particularly dives into the implementation of massive infrastructural projects across the landscape, the establishment of centralized governance systems, and the navigation of personal identities that shaped the idea of "be(com)ing Assyrian".


AIA Archaeology Hour with Jeff Altschul
By: ArchaeologyTV. Published: 01/26/2024

Join the AIA for a fascinating lecture as Jeff Altschul presents Cultural Resource Management: What Most Archaeologists Do For A Living. This presentation was originally given 1/24/24 at 8 pm Eastern time. Today, there are about 12,000 archaeologists working in the US with less than 10 percent of them employed by universities. While university anthropology and archaeology departments are shrinking, the applied sector, known as cultural resource management (CRM) is growing. What accounts for these opposing trends and what, if anything, can we do about it.


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Heritage Broadcasting Service Release- 10/28/24
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 10/24/2024

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ), or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of October 28, 2024, new films include: “The Battle of Lake George,” “The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke, Season 1, Episode 1: Subway Chronicles,” and “Humanity's Footsteps, Season 1, Episode 10: The Gallic Banquet.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary


Heritage Broadcasting Service Release- 10/15/24
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 10/16/2024

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ) , or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of October 15, 2024, new films include: “Francisco Albo: Greek Seamen in the First Voyage Around the World,” “The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People,” and “Strata: Portraits of Humanity Season 11, Episode 01.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary


Strata: Portraits of Humanity, October 2024 Preview
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 10/16/2024

Season 11 Episode 1 Strata: Portraits of Humanity, October 2024 (Ancient graffiti in western Alps; reclaiming Indigenous lifeways in Alabama) (1) “When the Romans Called upon Their Gods: Graffiti Dedicated to the God Mercury”: The walls of an ancient temple in the western Alps contain graffiti that illustrate how people practiced their religion 2000 years ago. (2) “They Never Left: Indigenous Reclamation and Return in the Southeast”: Some Indigenous people were never forced to leave what is now known as the State of Alabama. In this film, three Indigenous people answer their ancestors’ prayers to reclaim traditional lifeways, protect the environment and teach us all how to better our relationships with the natural world and with Indigenous people. #heritage #strata #archaeology #archeology #anthropology #history #culturalheritage #strataportraitsofhumanity #culture #film


Heritage Broadcasting Service Release- 9/30/24
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 09/24/2024

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ) , or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of September 30, 2024, new films include: “The Stilwell Road” “Caribou Hunt with Peter Suwaksiork,” from the “Hunting With My Ancestors” series, and “Humanity's Footsteps, Season 1, Episode 9: The Gallic Blacksmith.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary


Strata: Portraits of Humanity, September 2024 Preview
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 09/11/2024

Season 10 Episode 12 Strata: Portraits of Humanity, September 2024 (Gallic art objects in Brittany; excavations in Notre Dame Cathedral) (1) “The Gallic Art of Trémuson Enters the Museum”: Four Gallic statuettes and a bucket discovered at Trémuson (Côtes-d'Armor) in 2019 are presented to the public for the first time during the “Celtic” exhibition at the Brittany Museum in Rennes. (2) “Notre-Dame de Paris: Preventive Excavation at the Transept Crossing”: The day after the Notre-Dame fire of April 15, 2019, archaeologists were called to the cathedral. Three years later, an excavation, conducted by the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, yielded important data on the construction and evolution of the cathedral, as well as on burials and findings of numerous other elements. #heritage #strata #archaeology #archeology #anthropology #history #culturalheritage #strataportraitsofhumanity #culture #film


Heritage Broadcasting Service Release- 9/16/24
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 09/11/2024

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ) , or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of September 16, 2024, new films include: “Diving into History: 50 Years of Exploring Our Maritime Heritage,” “The World of Liu Yuyi,” from the “Mysterious China” series, and “Strata: Portraits of Humanity Season 10, Episode 12.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary


Heritage Broadcasting Service Release- 9/2/24
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 08/27/2024

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ) , or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of September 2, 2024, new films include: “Finding Enok: Coping with Our Colonial Past,” “Seal Pup Hunt,” and “Humanity's Footsteps, Season 1, Episode 8: The Gallic Druid.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary


Heritage Broadcasting Service Release- 8/15/24
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 08/09/2024

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ) , or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of August 15, 2024, new films include: “Homeland Story,” “Yangzhou: City of Timeless Culture,” and “Strata: Portraits of Humanity Season 10, Episode 11.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary


Strata: Portraits of Humanity, August 2024 Preview
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 08/07/2024

Season 10 Episode 11 Strata: Portraits of Humanity, August 2024 (Mesolithic hunting in Doggerland; underwater archaeology in South Carolina) (1) “Doggerland”: Hand-drawn visualizations accompanied by music and other sound effects relate an imaginary story about the now-submerged land in the southern North Sea. They dynamically envision pre-Neolithic tools, weapons and other artifacts, as well as pre-Neolithic practices, including big game hunting and its hazards. (2) “Shoals and Shipwrecks of Port Royal Sound”: Field activities and interviews illustrate the process of searching for shipwrecks, accomplished by means of historical research, remote-sensing operations and diving, at the entrance of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina. #heritage #strata #archaeology #archeology #anthropology #history #culturalheritage #strataportraitsofhumanity #culture #film


Heritage Broadcasting Service Release- 7/29/24
By: The Archaeology Channel. Published: 07/22/2024

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ) , or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of July 29, 2024, new films include: “Jiangsu: Land of Good Fortune,” “Walras Hunt,” and “Humanity's Footsteps, Season 1, Episode 7: The Gallic Family.” Check out these and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice


Robert Cargill's Youtube Channel

Secret Messages in Genesis? Professor Cargill Answers Your Bible Questions | Bible & Archaeology
By: Bible & Archaeology. Published: 11/02/2024

Join us this Friday, November 1st, at 11 AM central / 12 eastern for Bible & Archaeology LIVE where Dr. Bob Cargill and Jordan Jones will take your questions live! Free to ask. Free choice of topic. Become a Bible & Archaeology patron: http://www.patreon.com/bibleandarch Send us your questions: bible-archaeology@uiowa.edu Visit the Bible & Archaeology website: http://www.uiowa.edu/bam Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-and-archaeology/id1753393688 Find us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3tbe91wqMwkHcudArRi1ue?si=d483a9f54bf94753 Hosted by Robert Cargill and Jordan Jones Produced by Jordan Jones Additional Contributors: Mary Kathryn Lichty and Noah Jedlicka


Why is Saul in disguise?
By: Bible & Archaeology. Published: 10/30/2024

Check out our podcast "Necromancy in the Bible?" for the full conversation. Editor: Mary Kathryn Lichty


The real point of the 'Witch' of Endor? | Bible & Archaeology
By: Bible & Archaeology. Published: 10/29/2024

In this clip from the Bible & Archaeology Podcast, Dr. Bob Cargill, Jordan Jones, and Mary Kate Lichty discuss what they think the real takeaway is from 1 Samuel 28 and the story of the so-called 'Witch' of Endor story. Become a Bible & Archaeology patron: http://www.patreon.com/bibleandarch Send us your questions: bible-archaeology@uiowa.edu Visit the Bible & Archaeology website: http://www.uiowa.edu/bam Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-and-archaeology/id1753393688 Find us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3tbe91wqMwkHcudArRi1ue?si=d483a9f54bf94753 Hosted by Robert Cargill, Jordan Jones, and Mary Kathryn Lichty Produced and edited by Jordan Jones Additional Contributors: Noah Jedlicka


Saul needs a necromancer
By: Bible & Archaeology. Published: 10/28/2024

Check out our podcast "Necromancy in the Bible?" for the full conversation. Editor: Mary Kathryn Lichty


Necromancy in the Bible? | Bible & Archaeology
By: Bible & Archaeology. Published: 10/25/2024

Just in time for Halloween, this week, Dr. Bob Cargill, Jordan Jones, and Mary Kate Lichty discuss the Hebrew Bible's one and only necromancy story: 1 Samuel 28 and the story of the so-called 'Witch' of Endor! What is this story doing in the Bible? What does this story have to say about necromancy? Why does she get called a 'witch' instead of medium or necromancer? Join us as we walk through this story and poke some of the corners of the text that often get skipped over. Become a Bible & Archaeology patron: http://www.patreon.com/bibleandarch Send us your questions: bible-archaeology@uiowa.edu Visit the Bible & Archaeology website: http://www.uiowa.edu/bam Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-and-archaeology/id1753393688 Find us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3tbe91wqMwkHcudArRi1ue?si=d483a9f54bf94753 Hosted by Robert Cargill, Jordan Jones, and Mary Kathryn Lichty Produced and edited by Jordan Jones Additional Contributors: Noah Jedlicka


Recording Archaeology Youtube Channel

Poetry in “Movy” motion: Embodied inquiry in the poetical narrative of WW1 submarine chase...
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 11/02/2024

Samantha Taylor (University of Portsmouth) This paper will reflect upon my practice research project- Still Life “Movy”, my one-woman ethnodrama for which I am researcher, curator and performer. Still Life “Movy” is my fortyfive minutes’ performance piece comprised of multiple narratives, conjuring a vibrant, holistic, and collective engagement with the archaeological remains of WW1 submarine chaser- “Movy” M.L.286, and with the vessel’s complex biography. This paper will impart how I employed the qualitative research methods of auto-ethnography, semi-structured interviews, and embodied inquiry to aid in the creation of “Still Life “Movy”, which I performed in the archaeological remains of M.L.286 on the 13th July, 2022. This paper will discuss the multiple narratives utilised for this practice research project, and will highlight in particular the poetical narratives which I embodied in the body of M.L.286. This paper will therefore present the poetry of SubLieutenant Rupert Brooke, R.N.V.R; Lieutenant Gordon S. Maxwell, R.N.V.R.; Lieutenant Eric P. Dawson, R.N.V.R.; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; John Keats; and T.S. Eliot, and share the examples of their works that contributed to M.L.286’s story in Still Life “Movy”. This paper will reveal how my practice research project has demonstrated that the archaeological narrative of M.L 286 is not a narrative of a full scale dig, costly conservation, and becoming a distant untouchable object in a museum, but rather, M.L.286’s archaeology- like poetry, is a lived and moving experience of past and present and future with an everlasting animated preservation in the landscape of body, heart, and memory.


“Glory is like a circle in the water”: Shakespeare, words and water at the archaeological site of...
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 11/01/2024

Suzanne Marie Taylor (University of Portsmouth) Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 1 is listed in Philip Henslowe’s surviving accounts book as having premiered at the Rose Playhouse on the 3rd March, 1592. The second premiere of Henry VI, Part 1 took place 419 years later on the 6th May, 2011, within the archaeological site of the Rose Playhouse. This paper will reflect upon my experience of embodying the role of Joan La Pucelle in Henry VI, Part 1 in May 2011 within the body of the archaeological site of the Rose Playhouse, and how the words of Shakespeare took on new meaning while performing on site. This paper will therefore focus on Joan’s words- “Glory is like a circle in the water/Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself” (1592/2000, 1.11. 133-34) and consider how Joan’s glory ultimately transformed itself into the playhouse’s archaeological glory with the Rose’s remains outlined by an illuminated red “circle in the water”. This paper will further consider how Henry VI, Part 1 and the Rose Playhouse’s materiality and biography are written in the water at the Rose site, by looking at artefacts excavated in the 1988/89 archaeological dig of the Rose; looking at Henslowe’s accounts book and the Henslowe papers; contemplating the staging of the May 2011 production of Henry VI, Part 1, and by comparing reviews of the 1592 and 2011 productions. This paper will highlight that the archaeology of the Rose is constantly enlarging itself though a vibrant, evolving materiality and biography which is fluid in the water and reflected in Shakespeare’s words.


Kent Coast
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 10/31/2024

Grace Conium, Canterbury Christchurch, University/MOLA


Adopt a Monument - Scotland
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 10/30/2024

Helena Gray, Archaeology Scotland


Published Legacies Introduction
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 10/29/2024

Publishing is a critical legacy for archaeological fieldwork, but traditional modes of publication and grey literature in UK contexts speak almost exclusively to the archaeological community and planning system. While many reports and publications are now available freely, archaeologists still need to meet the challenge of accessibility versus availability, particularly for wider publics. Specific challenges include inaccessible language and issues regarding equity, voice and representation (Hewerdine 2023). Recent work on comics champions alternatives that can meet the needs of wider publics, including introducing more inclusive narratives (Kamash et al. 2022). This session will explore alternative models of publishing through e.g. comics and YouTube channels that seek to create more inclusive, diverse and accessible legacies for archaeological publications. Hewerdine, L. 2023 Engaging multiple publics in developer-funded archaeology, from the field to the final report (Unpublished PhD). Kamash, Z., K.Soar and L.Van Broeck (eds) 2022 Comics and Archaeology, Palgrave.


Public User Needs Survey 2 (PUNS2)
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 10/28/2024

Leah Hewerdine (CBA) The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) carried out The Publication of Archaeological Projects: a user needs survey (PUNS), a study of the archaeological community’s use and expectations of fieldwork publications in 2001 (Jones et al). PUNS explored the needs of the archaeological community regarding formal and standard archaeological outputs. Twenty years later, PUNS2 aims to build on the original PUNS project by examining the wide range of forms of dissemination that are available today, through both digital and non-digital methods, and targeting a broader range of audiences. Data gathered for PUNS2, through surveys, workshops, and interviews with a variety of audiences will contribute towards an evidence-based framework for improving the sharing of archaeological outputs and provide recommendations and guidance for creators of archaeological content. This paper will discuss PUNS2 in more depth and reflect on the recent findings from the initial stages of the project.


Welcome including a brief history of the Society
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 10/26/2024

The Honorary President - The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon


The Powerhouse of East Lothian: A Brief History of Coal and Industry
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 10/25/2024

Ms Nicola Moss, Curator of the National Mining Museum Scotland & Dr Melanie Johnson, Director CFA Archaeology


Medieval East Lothian in its North Sea world: an archaeological assessment
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 10/24/2024

Dr Brian Ayers, University of East Anglia


The impact of the Romans on East Lothian
By: Recording Archaeology by Open Past . Published: 10/23/2024

Dr Fraser Hunter, Principal Curator of Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology,