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Digitised material from 果冻影院 Institute of Archaeology, one of the largest centres for archaeology, cultural heritage and museum studies in Britain.
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- Vere Gordon Childe: Skara Brae Notebooks
In 2015, a joint project between 果冻影院 Library Services, the 果冻影院 Institute of Archaeology and Historic Scotland conserved and digitised three notebooks (notebooks 58, 63 and 64) from the Childe Archive relating to Gordon Childe's 1928-1930 excavations at the Neolithic village of听听in the Orkneys. Funding was provided by Historic Scotland as part of a long-term project on the site. High resolution images of the handwritten notes, drawings and diagrams made by Childe reveal his excavations, plans, observations and discoveries.
Skara Brae is Europe's best-preserved Neolithic village and is around 5000 years old. It is part of the UNESCO听. The ancient stone buildings of the semi-subterranean village are wonderfully preserved. Excavations at the site have uncovered a rich and sophisticated array of stone furniture, artefacts and organic remains. Photographs of the site, including some of Childe's excavations, are available through Historic Scotland's听听resource.
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- Vere Gordon Childe: The Dawn of European Civilisation
In 2017, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the 果冻影院 Institute of Archaeology, 果冻影院 Library Services digitised one of the most influential books on European Archaeology: Vere Gordon Childe's听The Dawn of European Civilisation. Full-text open access is provided to all six editions published by Kegan Paul between 1925 and 1957 (1925; 1927; 1939; 1947; 1950; 1957), as well as Childe's own personal copies of the third, fourth and fifth editions, recently discovered in 果冻影院 Library Stores, that he used as 'proofs' to update subsequent editions. These proofs offer unprecedented insight into Childe's working methods.
Childe's contemporary, Glyn Daniel, described the book as 'not merely a book of incomparible archaeological erudition, but a new starting point for prehistoric archaeology'. The innovative concept of 'cultures' was used along with a range of theories and detailed archaeological evidence to reconstruct the prehistory of Europe. Although many of the ideas and chronologies of听The Dawn听have been disproved, it is still widely used today for archaeological research.
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- Yarowilca Sites of the Alto Mara帽贸n, Peru
Collection of photographs taken by John S. Ingham, during visits made to the area in 1996 and in 2015 to 2018.
The area of the Alto Mara帽贸n, in the departments of Hu谩nuco and Ancash, has many sites of the Yarowilca culture, dating approximately from 1100 to 1450 CE. Some of these stand comparison with the most impressive archaeological sites in Peru. However, they are little known, both inside Peru and internationally, to tourists and to science. Moreover they are almost all in poor condition and in desperate need of conservation. The purpose of this collection is to make these sites and culture better known.
A number of these photogrpahs appear听in John's 2018 publication Yarowilca Sites of the Region of the Alto Mara帽贸n, Peru. The book is also available to view on the collection pages.
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- The Annual Report of the Institute of Archaeology
The Annual Report of the Institute of Archaeology was the Institute鈥檚 first annual journal. Each volume combined administrative information with academic research articles. Administrative reports outlined teaching, outreach, exhibitions, projects, excavations, collections, student numbers, and lectures from visiting scholars. Research articles were of high standard, highlighting the international research of the Institute鈥檚 staff, students, and visiting lecturers. The Report was the first journal produced by a university archaeology department in the UK and forms an important research resource for the history of the Institute of Archaeology and archaeology as an international discipline. After 1958, the annual reports were merged into the Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology. This was replaced in 1997 by Archaeology International.
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- Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology
The听Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology听was produced annually between 1958 and 1994 (volumes 1-31). Each volume contained high quality research articles about archaeology by Institute staff, students and visiting scholars. Fieldwork news and excavation reports featured regularly, relating to both international Institute projects and the work of the Sussex Archaeological Field Unit (now Archaeology South East), the commercial archaeology division of the Institute. Book reviews and summaries of student work were also regular features. The Bulletin was replaced by Archaeology International in 1997.
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- John Lewis Papers
The John Lewis Papers consist of course notebooks, course administration and correspondence donated to 果冻影院 Special Collections by John Masters Lewis (1926-2019), who studied for the postgraduate Diploma in European Pre-History at the University of London (now 果冻影院) Institute of Archaeology between 1952 and 1954. The papers provide insight into the post-war teaching of archaeology and the student experience. After graduation, Lewis worked as Assistant Inspector of Ancient Monuments in Wales (1955-1965) and later Assistant Keeper of Post-Roman Collections at the National Museum of Wales (1965-1986). Lewis was taught and mentored by Gordon Childe (1892-1957), then Director of the Institute (1946-1956). Lewis retained life-long respect and affection for Childe and one of his primary purposes in donating the papers was to preserve a record of their interactions. Later entries include correspondence about Childe鈥檚 death and a number of obituaries.
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- Occasional Papers of the Institute of Archaeology
The Occasional Papers of the 果冻影院 (formerly University of London) Institute of Archaeology were produced between 1938 and 1978 in eleven volumes. They include work by pioneering figures, for example Frederick Zeuner (1905-1963) and Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978). They provide important insight into the development of archaeology in the twentieth century, particularly the development of the sub-disciplines of Environmental Archaeology and Quaternary Geology.
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