Anatomizing an archaeological project - Hazleton revisited. Presidential address delivered at Gambier Parry Hall, Highnam, 27 March 2010

Saville, Alan

Anatomizing an archaeological project - Hazleton revisited. Presidential address delivered at Gambier Parry Hall, Highnam, 27 March 2010

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Saville, Alan

Date published

2010

Abstract

This presidential address revisits the author’s archaeological excavation of a Neolithic long cairn at the Cotswold village of Hazleton in 1979–1982. After a summary of the findings of the excavation a personal account is given of the reasons for the project, how it developed and was achieved, its post-excavation aftermath, and its continuing legacy. Although making no claim to social history, the address considers some aspects of the Hazleton project in the archaeological context of its time – a time which is already beginning to seem remote.

Journal title

Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

Issue

128

Publisher

Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

Official URL

http://www.bgas.org.uk/publications/128abs.html