Keith Boughey (Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society)

Broschiertes Buch

A Tale of Two Collectors

The Lithic Collections of Geoffrey Taylor and David Heys (with Particular Reference to the County of Yorkshire)

Beschreibung

Geoffrey Taylor and David Heys, over a 25 year period, amassed a huge amount of prehistoric material in flint, jet, stone, glass and metal, gathered mostly off the North York Moors. The present book aims to introduce the collections to the archaeological world and to give the reader a clear impression of their contents.

Autor

Keith Boughey is a member of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society Prehistory Research Section and has been the editor of its journal, Prehistoric Yorkshire, since 2005. From 2008 to 2013 he directed the Stanbury Hill Project and is co-author of The Stanbury Hill Project: Archaeological Investigation of a Rock Art Site (2012). Other publications include Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding (with E.A. Vickerman, 2003), Prehistoric Bingley (2013), and Life and Death in Prehistoric Craven (2015). Alison Sheridan is a specialist in the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age of Britain (especially Scotland) and Ireland. Formerly Principal Curator of Early Prehistory, National Museums Scotland. Vice-President of Archaeology Scotland; past President of the Prehistoric Society; Rhind Lecturer, 2020; Research Fellow, Edinburgh University; Research Associate, NMS; Team member of Project JADE and the Beaker People Project; PI of AHRC-funded project on gold in Britain's auriferous regions, 2450-800 BC; specialist topics include artefacts of jet and similar-looking materials. Fraser Hunter is Principal Curator of Iron Age and Roman collections at National Museums Scotland, where the finds from Trimontium form the backbone of the Roman collection. He co-edited a volume to mark the centenary of Curle's landmark publication of the site. His research interests include the impact of the Roman frontier on the local populations of Iron Age Scotland, and Iron Age and Roman material culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Archaeopress
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 245mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781803276427
• ISBN-10: 1803276428
• Artikelnr.: 69828372