Podcasts about Portable Antiquities Scheme

It's another episode of the Time Team podcast devoted to answering your questions. Dr Helen Geake responds to what you've been asking on Patreon. You'll find out about the dark side of metal detecting, whether our ancestors were buried or cremated and why farmers can continue to plough the soil at scheduled monuments. Plus, Helen's find this week is a spindle whorl. You can find out about one from a Time Team dig at Codnor Castle here: https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/our-work/codnor-castle And here's a link to one that's illustrated on the Portable Antiquities Scheme: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/641637  Join us on Patreon to get loads more from Time Team and to ask your question in a future episode. Head to patreon.com/timeteamofficial for all the details.

In this episode Derek and Lawrence chat to Helen Geake, an archaeologist and member of the television show Time Team. She discusses her career in archaeology, starting from when she was unsure about what she wanted to do and eventually discovering her passion for the subject. She talks about her academic journey, including her research on Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, and her work at Norwich Castle Museum and the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The trio also reflect on the role of luck in her career and the importance of being open-minded and saying yes to opportunities.

In the early 11th century, an English monk wrote an imaginary conversation between two men haggling over the price of a book. After finally agreeing to a price, they then “needed to establish what means of payment would be used, and the buyer reeled off a daunting list of thirteen possible ways of settling the transaction, ranging from gold and silver to beans, clothing, and goats.” But in the end the seller wants to be paid in coin for, he says, “he who has coins or silver can get everything he wants.” But those fictitious monks lived in a time of coin scarcity. Indeed, for about seven centuries–between the end of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century, and the economic growth of the twelfth, coins were in short supply. Yet nevertheless, argues my guest Rory Naismith, people found coins important because they established  a means of “articulating people's place in economic and social structure.”  Medieval money, and the making of it, turns out to be a point of contact between economic, social, and institutional history. Why? Because making money is also about making meaning. Rory Naismith is Professor of early medieval English history at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Corpus Christi. Among his previous books are Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England: The Southern English Kingdoms, 757-865. His most recent book is Making Money in the Early Middle Ages, which is the subject of our conversation today. For Further Investigation We've talked about coins before, and their use as historical evidence, in Episode 217 with Frank Holt–which turns out to be a pretty good introduction to this conversation with Rory Naismith. As regular listeners know, I like talking about credit, and money. Past conversations about credit include Episode 218, with Sara Damiano about women's use of credit in early America. I talked about banking in the early American republic with Sharon Ann Murphy. And while our conversation wasn't focused on credit or banking, Rowan Dorin and I did talk a lot about both in Episode 304. Rory Naismith writes:  "I'd urge listeners to spend some time with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds. For reading, the classic overview (other than my new book!) is Peter Spufford, Money and its Use in Medieval Europe; also very good for what comes next in the story is Jim Bolton, Money in the Medieval English Economy. A very good survey of the wider historical picture in the early period is Chris Wickham, The Inheritance of Rome."  

In this first episode of the long awaited season 6 of Career in Ruins Lawrence and Derek join in with the CBA's Festival of Archaeology by celebrating "20 years" (ish) of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). Archaeology's Ant and Dec of the south coast are joined by three incredible guests; Michael Lewis, Head of the PAS at the British Museum, Emma Youell, metal detectorist and PAS self recorder and Neil Redfern, head of the Council for British Archaeology. 

The residents of Britain during the Iron Age are often collectively called 'Celts'. However, both before and during the Roman occupation, this term is a huge generalisation. In this episode we explore the real characteristics and variations of the lifestyle and communities of present day Wales in the 1st millennium BC.The people of Southern Britain were written about in part by both Ptolemy, who gives us the geographical location of different groups, and Tacitus who gives a slightly more colourful account of the people the Romans encountered. But with ongoing excavations and discoveries registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, more and more of the realities of their lives are revealed. Tristan speaks to Dr Oliver Davis from Cardiff University to find out more about what this evidence tells us about the people of Iron Age Wales. In particular, they discuss Caerau hill-fort, which once was home to between one and two hundred people, and is an incredible example of hill-forts from this area and period.To find out more about Caerau, please find it here: https://www.caerheritage.org/iron-ageFor more Ancients content, subscribe to our Ancients newsletter here.If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction  1:40 Such Thing as a Good Rally? 17:15 Crisis? What Crisis? 32:31 Closing Thoughts *** Link of the Week: LGBT+ History Month: https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/ *** Links: Metal detecting teen's top tips to find treasure: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-60218383 IS THERE ANY SUCH THING AS A GOOD RALLY? The Searcher Prof Michael Lewis Head of Portable Antiquities Scheme: https://tinyurl.com/urvdf7xc *** Crisis? What crisis? Archaeology under pressure in the United Kingdom, Archäologische Informationen 44, Early View Paul Belford, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust: https://dguf.de/fileadmin/AI/archinf-ev_belford.pdf Has Groupthink & Gatekeeping Choked Public Archaeology Campaigning? - WB 30th Nov 2021: https://youtu.be/8JJF9jQT6hA

Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction  1:40 Such Thing as a Good Rally? 17:15 Crisis? What Crisis? 32:31 Closing Thoughts *** Link of the Week: LGBT+ History Month: https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/ *** Links: Metal detecting teen's top tips to find treasure: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-60218383 IS THERE ANY SUCH THING AS A GOOD RALLY? The Searcher Prof Michael Lewis Head of Portable Antiquities Scheme: https://tinyurl.com/urvdf7xc *** Crisis? What crisis? Archaeology under pressure in the United Kingdom, Archäologische Informationen 44, Early View Paul Belford, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust: https://dguf.de/fileadmin/AI/archinf-ev_belford.pdf Has Groupthink & Gatekeeping Choked Public Archaeology Campaigning? - WB 30th Nov 2021: https://youtu.be/8JJF9jQT6hA

Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction & Link of the Week 4:00 One Millionth P.A.S. Record! 22:13 Skye Farmer Wrecks Cairn 45:43 Mike Ingram: An Appreciation *** Link of the Week: Raiders Temple Escape in LEGO: https://tinyurl.com/mryxfp4r *** 1 Million records of archaeological finds made by public now recorded: https://finds.org.uk/news/story/307 Lincolnshire pendant is millionth archaeological find by public: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-59607288 Portable Antiquities Scheme logs millionth archaeological find: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2021/12/portable-antiquities-scheme-logs-millionth-archaeological-find/ *** Farmer fined for digging up ancient burial cairn: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-59653333 Scot fined £18k for destroying ancient cairn help his building project: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/scot-fined-c2-a318k-for-destroying-ancient-cairn-to-help-his-building-project/ar-AARNUQF Skye farmer who destroyed ancient cairn for topsoil fined £18,000: https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/skye-farmer-who-destroyed-ancient-cairn-for-topsoil-fined-ps18000 *** RIP Mike Ingram: http://thepipeline.info/blog/2021/12/18/mike-ingram-an-appreciation/

Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup   ***  0:00 Introduction & Link of the Week  4:00 One Millionth P.A.S. Record! 22:13 Skye Farmer Wrecks Cairn 45:43 Mike Ingram: An Appreciation *** Link of the Week:  Raiders Temple Escape in LEGO:  https://tinyurl.com/mryxfp4r *** 1 Million records of archaeological finds made by public now recorded: https://finds.org.uk/news/story/307 Lincolnshire pendant is millionth archaeological find by public: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-59607288 Portable Antiquities Scheme logs millionth archaeological find: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2021/12/portable-antiquities-scheme-logs-millionth-archaeological-find/ *** Farmer fined for digging up ancient burial cairn: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-59653333 Scot fined £18k for destroying ancient cairn help his building project: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/scot-fined-c2-a318k-for-destroying-ancient-cairn-to-help-his-building-project/ar-AARNUQF Skye farmer who destroyed ancient cairn for topsoil fined £18,000: https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/skye-farmer-who-destroyed-ancient-cairn-for-topsoil-fined-ps18000 *** RIP Mike Ingram: http://thepipeline.info/blog/2021/12/18/mike-ingram-an-appreciation/  

The leopard coin, which is considered the last 'unsuccessful' was re-called shortly after release. But did this coinage make more of an impact than we know? Matt is joined by Dr. Helen Geake, archaeologist and Finds liaison officer in Norfolk for The Portable Antiquities Scheme to discuss the significance of the discovery. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of the PastCast, archaeologists Hella Eckardt and Philippa Walton discuss Roman finds made at Piercebridge, on the River Tees near Darlington. Between the mid-1980s and 2018, two divers excavated more than 3,600 objects from the site, before passing them on to Walton. Now, thanks to a two-year project funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the entire assemblage of finds will be published. Eckardt and Walton are the authors of Bridge over troubled water: the Roman finds from the River Tees at Piercebridge in context, which is available to buy from the Roman Society. An Open Access version is also available here, while all the items from Piercebridge are catalogued on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. Be sure to check out their article on Piercebridge in the latest issue of Current Archaeology. It is also available online at The Past website, along with exclusive extra content from our archives. The Past brings together the most exciting stories and the very best writing from the realms of history, archaeology, heritage, and the ancient world. You can subscribe to The Past today for just £7.99. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider liking it, subscribing, and sharing it around.

For our sixth anniversary episode, we kick off a miniseries on medieval true crime, with the account of a particularly brutal assault on a parish priest, with an additional look at medieval treatments for eye wounds, and also learn how a dead man managed to kill the warrior who slayed him. Today's Text: Knox, Ronald, and Shane Leslie, editors and translators. The Miracles of King Henry VI. Cambridge UP, 1923. Guy de Chauliac, Grand Chirurgie. "Description of the Plague." Tr. by William A. Guy. Public Health: A Popular Introduction to Sanitary Science, Henry Renshaw, 1870, pp. 48-50. Google Books. Dasent, G.W., translator. The Orkneyingers Saga. Icelandic Sagas, vol. 3, Eyre and Spottiswood, 1894. Sacred Texts, www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/is3/is300.htm. References: Houlbrook, Ceri. "Coining the Coin-Tree: Contextualizing a Contemporary British Custom." Doctoral thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. Manchester University, www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/54558281/FULL_TEXT.PDF. Kelleher, Richard Mark. "Coins, monetisation and re-use in medieval England and Wales: new interpretations made possible by the Portable Antiquities Scheme." Doctoral thesis, vol. 1, Durham University, 2012. Durham e-Theses, etheses.dur.ac.uk/7314/. Millmore, Bridget. "Love Tokens: Engraved Coins, Emotions and the Poor 1700-1856." Doctoral thesis, University of Brighton, 2015. Brighton University, research.brighton.ac.uk/files/4757430/Bridget%20Millmore%20PhD%20Final.pdf. Audio Credits Recording by Freesound.ord user YleArkisto used under Creative Commons Attribution license. "Sudet ulvovat / Wolves howling, small pack, frost snapping" (https://freesound.org/s/243495/)

Archaeologist Gabor Thomas, who directed the excavation, discusses the discovery of the ‘Marlow Warlord’ – a 6th-century burial near the Thames. You can listen to the Portable Antiquities Scheme podcast that was mentioned here:https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/unburied-treasures-finds-detectorists-michael-lewis-podcast/Michael Wood’s feature on the Anglo-Saxon question is here:https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/professor-michael-wood-anglo-saxon-name-debate-is-term-racist/The Marlow Warrior crowdfunder is here: https://reading.hubbub.net/p/marlowwarlord/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the Portable Antiquities Scheme records it’s 1.5 millionth find, we speak to Michael Lewis, who is head of the scheme, about some of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries in its history, and how metal detectorists are contributing to our understanding of Britain’s past. Historyextra.com/podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is listening to podcasts a hobby? Well here's some more. Only these ones are a bit odd. And rude. Sam kicks us off this week with a look at James 'Jemmy' Hurst, the mad, animal-training Yorkshireman from the 18th century, who rode around on a bull with a pack of hunting pigs, whilst wearing a technicolour dream coat and a 9 foot wide hat. Next, Tom takes a look at some of the... ruder... discoveries by amateur archaeologists in the Portable Antiquities Scheme. A *what* jug!? Next week is a patron exclusive, join our Patreon for access to all episodes, special songs, medals and more amazing perks!  https://www.patreon.com/thatwasgenius Subscribe and listen to us! Apple Music // Podbean // Overcast // Stitcher // TuneIn // Spotify Welcome to That Was Genius: Two blokes. An immature sense of humour. And 10,000 years of human civilisation. A weekly podcast looking at the weirder side of history. Join Sam Datta-Paulin (he likes history and lives in Britain) and Tom Berry (he also likes history and used to live in New Zealand but is now in the UK as well), for a weekly reflection on the bold, the brilliant... And the downright strange. From bizarre events and stories to equally odd inventions, barely a day goes by without something incredible (or incredibly stupid) happening around the world. We upload new episodes every Wednesday night/Thursday morning (UK time). Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and via our website, and please do subscribe to us and leave us a review if you like what you hear!

For further information about Caroline, please visit: Great North Museum Welcomes New Manager (Article) https://www.twmuseums.org.uk/news/great-north-museum-hancock-welcomes-new-manager Links to the Podcast content: Great North Museum: Hancock https://greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/ Tyne and Wear Archive sand Museums: https://www.twmuseums.org.uk/ Newcastle University: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ The Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN): http://www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk/ The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (SANT): http://www.newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk/ QVC The Shopping Channel (Official): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QVC QVC The Shopping Channel (Wiki): https://www.qvcuk.com/ Portable Antiquities Scheme: https://finds.org.uk/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Antiquities_Scheme https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/portable_antiquities_scheme.aspx Colchester & Ipswich Museums: https://cimuseums.org.uk/ Museum of London: https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london Getty Next Generation Programme: https://gli.cgu.edu/executive-education-programs/nextgen-2019/ Great Exhibition of the North: https://getnorth2018.com/ Dippy on Tour: https://greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/dippy-on-tour Associateship of the Museums Association (AMA) Qualification: https://www.museumsassociation.org/professional-development Natural History Museum: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/ Artherian Legend: By South Cadbury, that is Camelot: https://www.amazon.co.uk/SOUTH-CADBURY-THAT-CAMELOT/dp/B0016631QW Van Gogh Museum: https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en Don’t forget you can follow the Podcast at: Twitter: Https://twitter.com/culturalpeeps Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/culturalpeeps/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/culturalpeeps Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/culturalpeeps/ Blog: http://www.culturalpeeps.wordpress.com/

In this month's episode, Hugo and Sushma talk to Michael Lewis about the Portable Antiquities Scheme, metal detecting and finds of treasure in the UK. We examine how artists have subverted the humble postcard as Hugo chats with Jenny Ramkalawon in our free exhibition. To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the release of ‘Blackmail', Alfred Hitchcock's first non-silent movie, Francesca Hillier raids the archives to find out more about how this film was shot in the Museum. Professor, author and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili talks about July's Object of the month – an astrolabe from our Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World.      

Richard joins David to reflect on how he originally had no plans to go into archaeology or museums, and just wanted to be a drummer in a band, but through a knack of meeting the right people at the right time his career kept progressing. He also discusses what valuable objects can tell us about the influence of Persia on Rome, why we need to rethink the Roman occupation of Britain, working for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, what Trump and late Roman emperors might have in common, and what links Roald Dahl to famous Mildenhall Treasure. Richard is curator of the Roman Britain gallery at the British Museum. You can see his profile here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/staff/britain,_europe_and_prehistory/richard_hobbs.aspx  and follow him on Twitter at: @RHobbsBM

Phil joins David to talk about his PhD on prehistoric monuments in Roman Britain - how did people interact with these features in this  period? How did their presence effect the landscape around them? Phil also discusses his time with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, using the Force to identify flint, how an MA essay on crucifixion evolved into an article, and competing in archaeology's premier international football tournament: the Wickelmann Cup. For more info on Phil's time with the PAS, and an image of him looking longingly into the distance, head to https://finds.org.uk/counties/nottinghamshire/meet-the-finds-liaison-assistant-phil-hughes/  Find him at academia.edu at  https://leicester.academia.edu/PhilHughes

In this special episode of Saga Thing, John sits down with Cat Jarman, bio-archaeologist at University of Bristol, for a Saga Brief about the Viking burials near Wystan's church at Repton in Derbyshire. The graves, containing roughly 300 individuals, have long been associated with the Viking Great Army that wintered in Repton in AD 873-74. While radiocarbon dating should have confirmed that link between these graves and the 9th century Viking invaders, results from select skeletons have been frustratingly inconsistent. That's where Dr. Jarman and her colleagues come in. Find out how Dr. Jarman helped to resolve the problem by taking into account the "marine reservoir effect."  You can read Dr. Jarman's article "The Viking Great Army in England: New Dates from the Repton Charnel" in Antiquity vol. 92, no. 361, pp. 183-199. Antiquity is an open access journal, so everyone can read this one. Also check out these sites recommended by Dr. Jarman: lidarfinder.com - This site lets you explore Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) images of England. finds.org.uk - The Portable Antiquities Scheme website. You can search the database there for artifacts, Viking or otherwise, found by amateur archaeologists and detectorists. Music Credits: Opening song - “Rúnatal” by An Danzza Introduction - from Icelandic Folk Music: Tröllaslagur Outro – Ólafur Liljurós      

A field and buildings archaeologist for the past 30 years he has worked in a variety of positions and locations from Scotland to Iraq and Germany to Turkmenistan. He works closely with metal detecting groups, the Portable Antiquities Scheme and other interested groups to ensure wider cooperation within the field of public and accessible archaeology. He is an advocated for training in practical skills for both professional archaeologists and volunteers in order to chart progress and open the professiona to a wide range of people. His recent success of the BAJR Archaeology skills passport is to be followed by the careers passport. Mr Connolly is co-editor of the volunteer journal Past Horizons, founder and director of the British Archaeological Jobs and Resources website which advertises and advises on archaeological placement and salary structures. He also runs Connolly Heritage Consultancy carrying out fieldwork along with co-directing the Rampart Scotland field Training School in East Lothian and Aberdeenshire. He is an advocate of open discussion and runs the large facebook group for British Archaeology which supports all that are interested in UK archaeology –commercial, academic, research and public. I started what was to become my archaeological career in 1983, when I was taken on as a ‘digger’ on a Manpower Services Commision scheme in Cumbria. This was followed by another MSC scheme in Trafford, and work on the circuit. It was clear that if I wished to continue in archaeology I would need a degree. I did not want to go back to school and I was fortunate that Prof. Arnold Aspinall let me into Bradford on the strength of a five minute chat in a corridor. The Department of Archaeological Sciences was and still is an excellent place to study archaeology. I was then awarded a NERC studentship at the University of Edinburgh for my PhD where Ian Ralston and Geraint Coles were my supervisors.

Transcript -- The success of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which allows the mapping of coin finds by metal detector users and helps to build a more accurate picture of ancient Britain.

The success of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which allows the mapping of coin finds by metal detector users and helps to build a more accurate picture of ancient Britain.

Transcript -- The success of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which allows the mapping of coin finds by metal detector users and helps to build a more accurate picture of ancient Britain.

The success of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which allows the mapping of coin finds by metal detector users and helps to build a more accurate picture of ancient Britain.