IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 104: Sense from Chaos: Aspects of Portable Antiquities, I
Monday 13 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Portable Antiquities Scheme |
---|---|
Organiser: | Geoff Egan, Portable Antiquities Scheme, British Museum, London |
Moderator/Chair: | John Cherry, Independent Scholar, London |
Paper 104-a | Women and Horses and Power and War: Horse Harness and Related Items from the Portable Antiquities Scheme (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Economics - Rural, Religious Life |
Paper 104-b | Finds from the North West: Beyond Chester and Meols (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Economics - Rural, Religious Life |
Paper 104-c | Late Medieval Ampullae: Anonymous and Homeless? - Sacred Water Containers from the End of an Era (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Economics - Rural, Religious Life |
Abstract | The Portable Antiquities Scheme is in its 12th year of recording onto its database medieval and other finds reported by members of the public. With over 350,000 objects now having detailed records, synthesis is timely. This session will look at aspects of mainly rural finds from the North and other regions. The basic question of how the material culture recorded in this way relates to that from formal excavations in the areas selected will be considered, and case studies of formerly obscure objects (now much more extensively represented than from formal fieldwork) will be presented. |