<HTML>Contemporary Approaches to Archaeological Fieldwork: Theory vs Practice,
Democracy vs Hierarchy
A conference to take place in York on Saturday, 29th September, 2001
Apologies for cross-posting
Recent developments in archaeological theory pose questions about the ways
in which archaeologists collect, organise and analyse their material, in
particular the structuring of personnel and data employed to achieve these
ends. As announced previously on this discussion list, this meeting has
been designed to explore aspects of the hierarchies employed in
archaeological fieldwork, both in terms of recording and analytical
procedures and the people who implement them.
The programme is as follows:
10:00 - Registration and Tea / Coffee
10:20 - Chair for morning session: Steve Roskams, University of York
10:30. What have the post-processualists ever done for us? Towards an
integration of theory and practice and a radical field archaeology
Adrian Chadwick, Wessex Archaeology
11:00 "Reflexive" approaches to Archaeological Fieldwork in Malmo, Sweden
Asa Berggren, Malmo Kulturmiljo
11:30 "Pre-excavation" stratigraphy as a guide to excavation
Richard Tabor, University of Bristol
12:00 Why field archaeologists should describe AND interpret sediments
Stephen Carter, Headland Archaeology
12:30 Discussion
12:50 Lunch
13:55 Chair for afternoon session
Stefan Larsson, University of Lund
14:00 Excavating, recording and analysing a Viking Age urban site with
the help of Intrasis and Arc-view
Lars Holger Pilo, Kaupang Excavation Project
14:30 The Framework experiment: recent fieldwork projects at Stansted
Airport
Fraser Brown, Framework Archaeology
15:00 The SHARP recording system and its applications to above and below
ground archaeology
Gareth Davies and Rik Hoggett, Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological
Research Project
15:30 Tea / Coffee
16:00 The politics of single context recording
Michael Tierney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
16:30 "Keep taking the pro-formas"
Chris Howard-Davis, Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
17:00 Do we believe in the '‘Data' in the Archaeology Data Service?
Julian Richards, Damian Robinson and William Kilbride, ADS
17:30 Discussion
18:00 End of Seminar
Introduction to the Archaeology Data Service
In addition to the above meeting of the Interpreting Stratigraphy Group,
we have organised an introduction to work of the Archaeology Data Service
on the preceding day, Friday 28th September. The ADS exists to collect,
describe, catalogue, preserve, and provide user support for digital
resources created through archaeological research, and has a
responsibility for promoting standards and guidelines for best practice
across the Arts and Humanities Data Service as a whole (see
[
ads.ahds.ac.uk] for more details). This optional, day-long workshop
will outline the work of the ADS and generate discussion as to how these
activities can be further developed.
Conference Booking
If you wish to attend the Interpreting Stratigraphy Conference, the fee is
£10.00. Price includes tea / coffee but not lunch (reasonably priced food
is available at a variety of pubs and restaurants close to Kings Manor).
The Introduction to the work of the Archaeology Data Service is free of
charge but please indicate in your return whether you are intending to
come to both events, or just the Saturday conference. Make cheques
payable to The University of York and send them, by 10th September, to:
Interpreting Stratigraphy
Dept of Archaeology
University of York
King's Manor
YORK YO1 7EP
For further information please contact Steve Roskams at the above address:
email
spr1@york.ac.uk; tel. (01904) 433936.</HTML>
