Dr Scott Chaussée
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Howard Williams deposited Public Archaeology for the Dark Ages in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis introductory chapter identifies the principal issues and themes in the public archaeology of the Early Middle Ages, exploring the specific and compelling challenges of investigating and evaluating the early medieval past in contemporary society mediated by archaeology. In doing so, we review and contextualise the contributions to the 3rd…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Displaying the Dark Ages in Museums in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoHow museums and heritage sites in England display the early medieval past is the focus of academic and public interest and debate. Despite ever-pressured budgets and limited resources, the stories told about the early medieval past in these environments are of key importance for the story of this island, and have become increasingly important in…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Displaying the Dark Ages in Museums in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoHow museums and heritage sites in England display the early medieval past is the focus of academic and public interest and debate. Despite ever-pressured budgets and limited resources, the stories told about the early medieval past in these environments are of key importance for the story of this island, and have become increasingly important in…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Archaeology in Alfred the Great (1969) and The Last Kingdom (2015-) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
Alfred the Great (1969) was the first, and remains the only, feature-length film portraying the West Saxon king and his conflicts with the Danes. Forty-seven years later, Bernard Cornwell’s novels have been adapted for television as The Last Kingdom (2015–). Despite being fictional adaptions of historical events, and despite the considerable sep…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Death and Memory in Fragments: Project Eliseg’s Public Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
The public archaeology of death has frequently focused on the ethics and practices of excavating, displaying and curating human remains and mortuary contexts. Yet the focus of investigation is often restricted to whole, articulated bodies and tangible, complete monuments. Far fewer discussions have tackled the complex challenges of engaging the…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Displaying the Dark Ages in Museums on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
How museums and heritage sites in England display the early medieval past is the focus of academic and public interest and debate. Despite ever-pressured budgets and limited resources, the stories told about the early medieval past in these environments are of key importance for the story of this island, and have become increasingly important in…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Public Archaeology for the Dark Ages on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
This introductory chapter identifies the principal issues and themes in the public archaeology of the Early Middle Ages, exploring the specific and compelling challenges of investigating and evaluating the early medieval past in contemporary society mediated by archaeology. In doing so, we review and contextualise the contributions to the 3rd…[Read more]
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Howard Williams's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
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Howard Williams deposited The Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory and the Offa’s Dyke Journal in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoOpening the first volume of a new open-access peer-reviewed academic publication, we are pleased to introduce the Offa’s Dyke Journal. This venture stems from the activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory, a research network founded in April 2017 to foster and support new research on the monuments and landscapes of the Anglo-Welsh bor…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited The Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory and the Offa’s Dyke Journal in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoOpening the first volume of a new open-access peer-reviewed academic publication, we are pleased to introduce the Offa’s Dyke Journal. This venture stems from the activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory, a research network founded in April 2017 to foster and support new research on the monuments and landscapes of the Anglo-Welsh bor…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited The Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory and the Offa’s Dyke Journal on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
Opening the first volume of a new open-access peer-reviewed academic publication, we are pleased to introduce the Offa’s Dyke Journal. This venture stems from the activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory, a research network founded in April 2017 to foster and support new research on the monuments and landscapes of the Anglo-Welsh bor…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Introduction: Public Archaeologies as Arts of Engagement in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoBy way of introduction to the book, this chapter sets out the principal recent developments and characteristics of public archaeology, focusing on the UK. By contextualising the chapters which originated as presentations in the 2017 student conference, as well as those contributions subsequently commissioned for the book, the specific theme of…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited From Archaeo-Engage to Arts of Engagement: Conference to Publication in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoThe chapter outlines the rationale for the 2nd University of Chester Archaeology Student Conference – Archaeo-Engage: Engaging Communities in Archaeology. It serves as a companion chapter to this book’s Introduction. It reviews and contextualises the student presentations and keynote talks in relation to key current debates in public arc…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited From Archaeo-Engage to Arts of Engagement: Conference to Publication in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoThe chapter outlines the rationale for the 2nd University of Chester Archaeology Student Conference – Archaeo-Engage: Engaging Communities in Archaeology. It serves as a companion chapter to this book’s Introduction. It reviews and contextualises the student presentations and keynote talks in relation to key current debates in public arc…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Introduction: Public Archaeologies as Arts of Engagement on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
By way of introduction to the book, this chapter sets out the principal recent developments and characteristics of public archaeology, focusing on the UK. By contextualising the chapters which originated as presentations in the 2017 student conference, as well as those contributions subsequently commissioned for the book, the specific theme of…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited From Archaeo-Engage to Arts of Engagement: Conference to Publication on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
The chapter outlines the rationale for the 2nd University of Chester Archaeology Student Conference – Archaeo-Engage: Engaging Communities in Archaeology. It serves as a companion chapter to this book’s Introduction. It reviews and contextualises the student presentations and keynote talks in relation to key current debates in public arc…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Dialogues with early medieval ‘warriors’ on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
How are early medieval graves interpreted by community archaeology projects? This chapter considers how the well-known and innovative Operational Nightingale project has distinctively deployed the excavation and analysis of early Anglo-Saxon (later 5th and 6th-century AD) furnished graves, including those containing weaponry, in its practice and…[Read more]
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Samuel Barber's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
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Dr Kimm Curran's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
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James M. Harland deposited Imagining the Saxons in Late Antique Gaul in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 5 years, 12 months agoPublished in Sächsische Leute und Länder Benennung und Lokalisierung von Gruppenidentitäten im ersten Jahrtausend, and a considerably expanded version of a paper delivered at the Internationales Sachsensymposion in Leipzig, 2015.
The article considers the literary representation of Saxons in the works of the late antique authors Sidonius Ap…[Read more]
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