Category: Public archaeology

Posts about archaeology in the news, the public understanding of archaeology, current ‘hot-topics’ and the interaction of the public with archaeological sites, objects and data.

Photograph of the Pitt Rivers Museum from Wikimedia Commons, taken in 2015.

Weaponising women: How an article about women’s rights and access is really a criticism of decolonisation.

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What do women's right have to do with decolonisation? A lot as it turns out.

Misunderstanding Museums: How criticism of the Pitt Rivers Museum reveals public misunderstandings about how museums work.

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How do museums work? What proportion of their collection can you see as a visitor? How much is online? And what do changes to the museum mean for physical and digital visits?

Photograph of the Pitt Rivers Museum from Wikimedia Commons, taken in 2015.

Masking masks: Does the Pitt Rivers Museum really ‘hide’ objects from women?

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Has the Pitt-Rivers Museum really started hiding objects from women?

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Stonehenge Tunnel – a Planning Archaeologist’s Perspective

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What does the approved Stonehenge tunnel scheme mean to a planning archaeologist?

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Stonehenge and planning archaeology in England

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How does archaeology fit within the British planning system? or 'How to understand the background to the controversial Stonehenge Tunnel.'

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Wunderkammers, colonial hangovers and multivocality.

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Is the Wunderkammer just a colonial hangover or does it have more to teach us?

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The afterlife of the Prittlewell Prince

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How have misconceptions about archaeology affected Southend's most famous archaeological site?

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Missing the matrix: The invisibility of archaeological deposits and public misconceptions of archaeology

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How does the experience of visiting an archaeological site affect public perception?

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Public presentation and archaeological experience

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What does it feel like visiting a tourist site as an archaeologist? What can that tell us about the public experience of archaeological sites.

Provenance, fakes, uncertainty and ethics: The problems with legally purchased antiquities.

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My recent visit to the Barcelona Egyptian Museum revealed some fantastic artefacts, but also raised unsettling questions about forgeries, provenance and the ethics of presenting recently purchased antiquities in museums.