Friday 14 November 2014

Fieldwork - how to make it work

Amanda Clarke on being director of the Silchester Field School.
"I instinctively knew how to make it work."
https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/sages-advice-fieldwork-gender-careers/

Winners and losers

A lovely story followed by a serious book review.
Billionaires : reflections on the upper crust
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120092/billionaires-book-review-money-cant-buy-happiness

Wednesday 5 November 2014

Them detectorists

Holes in the Malvern Hills
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11457636.Mystery_holes_on_Malvern_Hills_are_blamed_on_rogue_metal_detector_enthusiasts/?ref=twtrec

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Divine kings & popular democracy

Article in the journal Focaal. December 2014.
Argues that democratic election *anoints* incumbent with *divine* authority. Interesting.
http://htl.li/DCQMZ

Roman and sub Roman elite settlement

David Petts paper in TRAC: Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference
https://www.academia.edu/9112999/Elite_Settlements_in_the_Roman_and_Sub-Roman

Storyboarding

I like this article. Thorough and comprehensive.
Research planning.  Planning for anything.
Check out @PJDunleavy's Tweet: https://twitter.com/PJDunleavy/status/528578748321255424

Monday 3 November 2014

Oppida: Iron Age urbanism

Youtube feature.
Check out @Bagendon2014's Tweet: https://twitter.com/Bagendon2014/status/529382352489676800