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Katy Whitaker deposited “Sometimes, I just want to draw…” in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThis is a visual abstract for a conference paper at the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference 2018 (Chester). The conveners of the conference session ‘Practising Creativity: Experimentation, Mistakes and Successes in Art-Archaeology’, James Dixon and Seren Griffiths, ask participants to discuss experimentation in art-archaeology. Artists have…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker deposited “Sometimes, I just want to draw…” on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months ago
This is a visual abstract for a conference paper at the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference 2018 (Chester). The conveners of the conference session ‘Practising Creativity: Experimentation, Mistakes and Successes in Art-Archaeology’, James Dixon and Seren Griffiths, ask participants to discuss experimentation in art-archaeology. Artists have…[Read more]
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Gabriel Moshenska's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months ago
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Anastasia Sakellariadi's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months ago
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Gabriel Moshenska's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months ago
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Katy Whitaker deposited Dealing with uncertainty: improving mental health and wellbeing in an archaeological workplace in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoThis is the abstract of a paper delivered at the 2018 European Association of Archaeologists conference (Barcelona). It was part of a session called ‘Archaeological uncertainty; a journey through the ruins of a discipline’. This session highlighted ways that the disciplinary landscape of archaeology has changed over the past 30 years, and both the…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker deposited Where and when is the quarry? Methodological problems in the investigation of an ephemeral quarry. in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoThis is a abstract for a paper presented at the 2018 European Association of Archaeologists conference (Barcelona). The session title was ‘Archaeology of rock-hewn sites and quarries: people, stones and landscapes’, and aimed to investigate theoretical and methodological issues of rock-cut sites, and quarries. The paper was a chance for me to make…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Katy Whitaker deposited Dealing with uncertainty: improving mental health and wellbeing in an archaeological workplace on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
This is the abstract of a paper delivered at the 2018 European Association of Archaeologists conference (Barcelona). It was part of a session called ‘Archaeological uncertainty; a journey through the ruins of a discipline’. This session highlighted ways that the disciplinary landscape of archaeology has changed over the past 30 years, and both the…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker deposited Where and when is the quarry? Methodological problems in the investigation of an ephemeral quarry. on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
This is a abstract for a paper presented at the 2018 European Association of Archaeologists conference (Barcelona). The session title was ‘Archaeology of rock-hewn sites and quarries: people, stones and landscapes’, and aimed to investigate theoretical and methodological issues of rock-cut sites, and quarries. The paper was a chance for me to make…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Katy Whitaker deposited Welcome to Sarsen Country in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoAn archaeological comic introducing ‘Sarsen Country’, the area of central-southern and eastern England where sarsen stones can be found and have been used by people since the Neolithic period. The poster is drawn and laid out in the style of a railway poster from the inter-war years. It takes the viewer on a journey around the country, calling in…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months ago
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An archaeological comic introducing ‘Sarsen Country’, the area of central-southern and eastern England where sarsen stones can be found and have been used by people since the Neolithic period. The poster is drawn and laid out in the style of a railway poster from the inter-war years. It takes the viewer on a journey around the country, calling in…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months ago
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Katy Whitaker deposited Post-medieval and modern sarsen stone industries in prehistoric landscapes. on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months ago
This is the abstract of a paper that I presented at the Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress, held in Bristol 23-25 March 2018. It was part of the ‘Industry’ session which included an eclectic range of papers looking at specific industries across continents, and also the cultural heritage management of industrial archaeological sites. My…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months ago
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Katy Whitaker deposited Where did the Whiteknights sarsen stones come from? in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoAn archaeological comic telling the story of the sarsen stones at Whiteknights.
Whiteknights is now the main campus of the University of Reading. It used to be the gardens and park of Whitenights House, at one time owned by the Marquis of Blandford. The Marquis spent his fortune on his library and his gardens. He even shipped sarsens stones…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker deposited Where did Wiltshire’s sarsen stones come from? in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoAn archaeological comic showing theories about the formation of sarsen stone in southern Britain. It includes antiquarian explanations, folklore, the early scientific understanding of the geological succession, and the current explanation of sarsen formation.
It was created for the University of Reading’s School of Archaeology, Geography, and…[Read more]
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Katy Whitaker deposited “Failure is not fatal: it’s the silicosis that will kill you.” on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
This is the abstract of a paper that I presented at the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference, held in Cardiff 18-20 December 2017. It opened the session “Failure is not Fatal”, organised by Lorna Richardson (University of Umea) and Alison Atkin (University of Sheffield). The session invited papers on all aspects of failure in archaeology and…[Read more]
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