Solving Problems in Landscape Archaeology: Midland Villages & Mick Aston's Ideas
Overview
Solving problems in landscape archaeology: some midland villages in the light of Mick Aston’s ideas
In this lecture Chris Dyer outlines some of the key themes and ideas that emerge from Mick Aston’s work on landscape archaeology. Mick Aston provided an entertaining and popular introduction to archaeology, but he was also a fertile source of ideas about the landscape. For example he explored the relationship between the medieval countryside and its antecedents, and he thought about ‘status’ in the landscape and the influence of those in authority. He saw the landscape as working for the benefit of its inhabitants, and as a dynamic and evolving system. In the practical way that Mick Aston advocated, the lecture will apply these general ideas to a group of places in south Warwickshire which Dyer has been investigating. He received help and encouragement from Mick Aston, who he first met in 1967, and with whom he collaborated on a number of projects, notably the editing of a landmark book on medieval settlement. Mick Aston began his research career with studies of west midland earthworks, so it is appropriate to focus on Warwickshire in a lecture inspired by his example.
Programme details
THE MICK ASTON LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURE
Solving Problems in Landscape Archaeology: Some Midland Villages in the light of Mick Aston’s ideas
FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER 2017
Programme
4.45pm Registration
5.00pm Coffee/tea is provided in the Common Room before the lecture
5.30pm Lecture starts
6.30pm Lecture ends / Bar open in the Common Room after the lecture
Fees
Summer school 10% discount: £0.00
Tuition (includes coffee/tea): £15.00
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Professor Christopher Dyer
Lecturer
Chris Dyer is emeritus professor of History at the University of Leicester. Like Mick Aston he was a product of the University of Birmingham when it was fertile training ground for historical geography, medieval archaeology, and economic and social history. He has also been influenced by the study of regional differences and local communities practised at Leicester’s Centre for English Local History. The lecture will show how all of these disciplines and strands of thinking can be combined to investigate the medieval countryside, an approach that is demonstrated in Chris Dyer’s many books and articles.
Dr David Griffiths
Director of Studies
Director of Studies in Archaeology, Oxford University Department for Continuing EducationTerms and conditions
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