Simon
>>> Graham Tait <
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Hi all,
I have just heard about a project called "The English Landscapes and Identities Project" to be carried out by the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford - more details can be found on the School of Archaeology's news webpage;
http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/news/items/99.html or a press release from the University of Oxford released yesterday;
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2011/110208_1.html. I personally haven't heard about this before, and was alerted to this through a post on the archaeology/technology mailing list Antiquist who'd seen the following article in the Telegraph;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8675237/Project-to-map-ancient-landscape-of-England-may-reveal-burial-grounds-under-your-house.html It looks a really interesting (and ambitious) project, and it will be fascinating to look at research at this national level. It does raise some questions about how this will fit with Historic Environment Records.
Can anyone from the project, or one of their listed 'partners' (English Heritage, the Archaeology Data Service, the Portable Antiquities Scheme or the British Museum) tell us (the HER community) any more about this? For example, how it will fit into work being undertaken by HERs, whether HERs will be consulted, whether links to HER records (and online HERs) be part of the project, how it will link with Heritage Gateway, etc??
I have copied in the principle investigator, Professor Chris Gosden (http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/CG1.html), to see if he can let HERs know more about this project.
Best regards,
Graham
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[log in to unmask]Subject: [Antiquist] Map of all prehistoric archaeology in England by the University of Oxford
I just came across this link via Twitter, which claims that the
University of Oxford will be creating an online map of prehistoric
England called "Portal to the Past".
"Most of the data will be from English Heritage aerial photographs
showing ancient sites of interest. There is also £100 million spent
every year by developers carrying out archaeological research on sites
before building work begins and private research by museums and
individuals.
Material will also be drawn from county archives, databases of ancient
coins, and the Portable Antiquity Scheme (which records the
archaeological finds made by metal detectors). Oxford researchers will
work with the British Museum, the Archaeology Data Service and local
history experts with a good knowledge of the period."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8675237/Project-to-map-ancient-landscape-of-England-may-reveal-burial-grounds-under-your-house.htmlSounds like an ambitious project, but would be amazing if they manage
it. I wonder how SMRs and HERs will feel about it? And I hope that it
will be a web service with an API.
Cheers,
Tom
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