Philip Rahtz
Biographic Data
| ID | 246295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Rahtz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Rahtz |
| SIGNATURE | RAHTZ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Retrospective
Philip Rahtz, one of Britain's finest excavators and first Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, offers his perception of the development of theory, practice - and, especially, of medieval archaeology
Timothy Taylor. The Buried Soul. 353 pages, numerous figures and diagrams. 2002. London
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John Hurst. 1927-2003
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The Cross Goes North
Cannington Cemetery. Excavations 1962-3 of Prehistoric, Roman, Post-Roman and Later Features at Cannington Park Quarry, near Bridgwater, Somerset
A view from the Old School
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West Heslerton seminar
We are pleased to present this assessment of a recent seminar on West Heslerton, one of the key sites of Anglo-Saxon northern England, as a prelude to the impact of its publication
Thursday, 10 July 1997 All Saints' Church, Hovingham
(1997). Thursday, 10 July 1997 All Saints' Church, Hovingham. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 154, New light on sites of old: Scarborough and the surrounding area. Proceedings of the 143rd Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute, 1997, pp. 282-289
Kirkdale—The Inscriptions
THE FRAGMENTARY REMAINS of a lead plate have recently ban found in excauations near St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale. North Yorkshire. An inscripton on it appears to refer to a reliquary, ossuary or coffin; the letter forms are Insular mqjuscule or half-uncial, dating to between the late-7th and mid-10th centuries. This find supplement existing evidence for the church and possible monastery before Orn Gamalson's reconstruction in the 11th cenlury, …
Liddington Castle and the Battle of Badon
Small-scale excavations in 1976 demonstrated that the hillfort of Liddington Castle was first defended in the Late Bronze Age/Earliest Iron Age, though there had been earlier use of the hilltop. The initial defences were of timber and turf, later enlarged to a more massive dump rampart; there was evidence of at least two or three phases in these works. In the interior of the fort, a shaft of uncertain date was located, and a small pit or emplacem…
The incomparable hallmark of the Divine image
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The onymous dead
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Pagans Hill Revisited
This report reviews and updates the evidence from the Roman temple site of Pagans Hill, Chew Stoke, North Somerset, which was partly excavated between 1949 and 1953. This includes a revised terminus post quem for the initial building of the temple complex of c. A.D. 262 and an emphasis of the importance of the location of the well on the axis of a planned layout. This is accompanied by a resumé of a reassessment by George Boon of the sculpture of…
Video recording on excavations
Excavators have been starting to use video as a recording tool. Here is a report on some experiences so far
Excavations at Hog Cliff Hill, Maiden Newton, Dorset
A segment of earlier Bronze Age arable landscape incorporating isolated round barrows on the high chalk spur of Hog Cliff Hill became the chosen location for a later Bronze Age earthwork of considerable dimensions. The area excavated within the bank and ditch was densely occupied by two major phases of buildings of timber construction, lasting into the earliest Iron Age. Sometime during the early Iron Age the oval enclosure was replaced by a more…
Architectural Reconstruction of Timber Billldings from Archaeological Evidence
Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries 1979
Grave Orientation
The orientation of graves is the result of many factors, and explanations for this custom are diverse. West—east orientation is frequent, and is explained by astronomical or theological considerations, which are difficult to separate in practice; the adoption of this custom by the Christian Church reflects earlier practice, rather than a new dogma. Some post-Roman cemeteries seem to be orientated by reference to the position of sunrise. This allo…
The parts of an Anglo-Saxon mill
The literature on watermills is extensive, and includes many papers on what is usually called the ‘horizontal’ mill, that is to say mills with a horizontal wheel and a vertical shaft, as against those with a vertical wheel and a horizontal shaft. It is here proposed that the type under discussion in this paper, sometimes called the ‘Norse’ or ‘Greek’ mill, should be called the ‘horizontal-wheeled’ mill, and the other the ‘vertical-wheeled’ mill
The Preparation of Archaeological Reports
Rescue Archaeology
Western British, Irish and Later Anglo-Saxon
(1975). Western British, Irish and Later Anglo-Saxon. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 132, No. 1, pp. 349-361
Deerhurst 1971–1974
An account is given of the first stages of the concerted application of archaeological, architectural, and historical methods to the investigation of the church and its surroundings in the village of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. It is the intention of the investigators to record, and as far as possible to interpret, all stages of development of the building, from its earliest days down to the present, and to link those developments as closely as p…
Rescue Archaeology
In search of cult
Part 1 Prehistoric: the cult of relics in prehistoric Britain, Ann Woodward Lindow Man and other British bog bodies, Rick Turner labyrinths and mazes, Graham Webster post-erection attitudes - aftermath of a henge monument, Margaret Gray. Part 2 Age: Death and the archaeologist, S.M. Hirst an Anglo-Saxon cunning woman from Bidford-on-Avon, Tania M. Dickinson where have all the dead Saxons gone?, Catherine Hills invisible people? material culture i…
Grave Orientation
The orientation of graves is the result of many factors, and explanations for this custom are diverse. West—east orientation is frequent, and is explained by astronomical or theological considerations, which are difficult to separate in practice; the adoption of this custom by the Christian Church reflects earlier practice, rather than a new dogma. Some post-Roman cemeteries seem to be orientated by reference to the position of sunrise. This allo…
Excavations at Shearplace Hill, Sydling St. Nicholas Dorset, England
This report describes the excavation of a small complex of earthworks on the Dorset chalk upland (fig. 1) associated with fields and droveways. Several banked and ditched enclosures were present, the main one of which contained two sub-circular houses. The lay-out of these houses may be ascribed largely to the Deverel-Rimbury occupation of the site, but the main earthworks of the farmstead are dated on the evidence of the pottery to the early Mid…
Deerhurst 1971–1974
An account is given of the first stages of the concerted application of archaeological, architectural, and historical methods to the investigation of the church and its surroundings in the village of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. It is the intention of the investigators to record, and as far as possible to interpret, all stages of development of the building, from its earliest days down to the present, and to link those developments as closely as p…
Excavations on Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, 1964–6
Apart from a scatter of prehistoric and Roman finds, the first occupation of the Tor was in the 6th century A.D. There were traces of timber buildings of this date, with evidence of metal-working and considerable meat-eating. In the late Saxon or early medieval period there was a small monastic settlement, with cells cut in the rock, and possibly a timber church. Finally, in the late Saxon or early medieval period a stone church dedicated to St M…
Pagans Hill Revisited
This report reviews and updates the evidence from the Roman temple site of Pagans Hill, Chew Stoke, North Somerset, which was partly excavated between 1949 and 1953. This includes a revised terminus post quem for the initial building of the temple complex of c. A.D. 262 and an emphasis of the importance of the location of the well on the axis of a planned layout. This is accompanied by a resumé of a reassessment by George Boon of the sculpture of…
A Possible Saxon Palace near Stratford-upon- Avon
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The Saxon and Medieval Palaces at Cheddar, Somerset—an Interim Report of Excavations in 1960–62
Cannington Cemetery. Excavations 1962-3 of Prehistoric, Roman, Post-Roman and Later Features at Cannington Park Quarry, near Bridgwater, Somerset
Video recording on excavations
Excavators have been starting to use video as a recording tool. Here is a report on some experiences so far
Excavations at Hog Cliff Hill, Maiden Newton, Dorset
A segment of earlier Bronze Age arable landscape incorporating isolated round barrows on the high chalk spur of Hog Cliff Hill became the chosen location for a later Bronze Age earthwork of considerable dimensions. The area excavated within the bank and ditch was densely occupied by two major phases of buildings of timber construction, lasting into the earliest Iron Age. Sometime during the early Iron Age the oval enclosure was replaced by a more…
The parts of an Anglo-Saxon mill
The literature on watermills is extensive, and includes many papers on what is usually called the ‘horizontal’ mill, that is to say mills with a horizontal wheel and a vertical shaft, as against those with a vertical wheel and a horizontal shaft. It is here proposed that the type under discussion in this paper, sometimes called the ‘Norse’ or ‘Greek’ mill, should be called the ‘horizontal-wheeled’ mill, and the other the ‘vertical-wheeled’ mill
The Preparation of Archaeological Reports
Caistor, Lincolnshire—1959
This report describes sections cut through the Roman wall of Caistor, and includes a new survey of the outline of the walled area, as surmised from the evidence given by these sections and by field-work
Retrospective
Philip Rahtz, one of Britain's finest excavators and first Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, offers his perception of the development of theory, practice - and, especially, of medieval archaeology
A view from the Old School
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West Heslerton seminar
We are pleased to present this assessment of a recent seminar on West Heslerton, one of the key sites of Anglo-Saxon northern England, as a prelude to the impact of its publication
How likely is likely
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Third-Century Counterfeiting at Whitchurch, Somerset
(1965). Third-Century Counterfeiting at Whitchurch, Somerset. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 13-51
Excavations of Ermine Street in Lincolnshire
The course of the Roman road from London to York, today known as Ermine Street, is well attested. Much of it underlies our comparable modern trunk road, the Great North Road (A1), but there are many deviations. To review the East Midland sector, the modern road covers approximately the Roman road from Huntingdon to the south-east gate of the walled town DVROBRIVAE at Water Newton. Here the modern road bears more to the west and leaves the Roman l…
Three Post-Roman finds from the Temple Well at Pagans Hill, Somerset
Excavations of Ermine Street in Lincolnshire
The course of the Roman road from London to York, today known as Ermine Street, is well attested. Much of it underlies our comparable modern trunk road, the Great North Road (A1), but there are many deviations. To review the East Midland sector, the modern road covers approximately the Roman road from Huntingdon to the south-east gate of the walled town DVROBRIVAE at Water Newton. Here the modern road bears more to the west and leaves the Roman l…
Caistor, Lincolnshire—1959
This report describes sections cut through the Roman wall of Caistor, and includes a new survey of the outline of the walled area, as surmised from the evidence given by these sections and by field-work
An Excavation on Bokerly Dyke, 1958
(1961). An Excavation on Bokerly Dyke, 1958. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 118, No. 1, pp. 65-99
Excavations at Shearplace Hill, Sydling St. Nicholas Dorset, England
This report describes the excavation of a small complex of earthworks on the Dorset chalk upland (fig. 1) associated with fields and droveways. Several banked and ditched enclosures were present, the main one of which contained two sub-circular houses. The lay-out of these houses may be ascribed largely to the Deverel-Rimbury occupation of the site, but the main earthworks of the farmstead are dated on the evidence of the pottery to the early Mid…
The Saxon and Medieval Palaces at Cheddar, Somerset—an Interim Report of Excavations in 1960–62
Third-Century Counterfeiting at Whitchurch, Somerset
(1965). Third-Century Counterfeiting at Whitchurch, Somerset. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 13-51
The Preparation of Archaeological Reports
The Preparation of Archaeological Reports
Excavations on Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, 1964–6
Apart from a scatter of prehistoric and Roman finds, the first occupation of the Tor was in the 6th century A.D. There were traces of timber buildings of this date, with evidence of metal-working and considerable meat-eating. In the late Saxon or early medieval period there was a small monastic settlement, with cells cut in the rock, and possibly a timber church. Finally, in the late Saxon or early medieval period a stone church dedicated to St M…
A Possible Saxon Palace near Stratford-upon- Avon
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Western British, Irish and Later Anglo-Saxon
(1975). Western British, Irish and Later Anglo-Saxon. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 132, No. 1, pp. 349-361
Deerhurst 1971–1974
An account is given of the first stages of the concerted application of archaeological, architectural, and historical methods to the investigation of the church and its surroundings in the village of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. It is the intention of the investigators to record, and as far as possible to interpret, all stages of development of the building, from its earliest days down to the present, and to link those developments as closely as p…
Rescue Archaeology
How likely is likely
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The parts of an Anglo-Saxon mill
The literature on watermills is extensive, and includes many papers on what is usually called the ‘horizontal’ mill, that is to say mills with a horizontal wheel and a vertical shaft, as against those with a vertical wheel and a horizontal shaft. It is here proposed that the type under discussion in this paper, sometimes called the ‘Norse’ or ‘Greek’ mill, should be called the ‘horizontal-wheeled’ mill, and the other the ‘vertical-wheeled’ mill
The Preparation of Archaeological Reports
Rescue Archaeology
Grave Orientation
The orientation of graves is the result of many factors, and explanations for this custom are diverse. West—east orientation is frequent, and is explained by astronomical or theological considerations, which are difficult to separate in practice; the adoption of this custom by the Christian Church reflects earlier practice, rather than a new dogma. Some post-Roman cemeteries seem to be orientated by reference to the position of sunrise. This allo…
Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries 1979
Architectural Reconstruction of Timber Billldings from Archaeological Evidence
Excavations at Hog Cliff Hill, Maiden Newton, Dorset
A segment of earlier Bronze Age arable landscape incorporating isolated round barrows on the high chalk spur of Hog Cliff Hill became the chosen location for a later Bronze Age earthwork of considerable dimensions. The area excavated within the bank and ditch was densely occupied by two major phases of buildings of timber construction, lasting into the earliest Iron Age. Sometime during the early Iron Age the oval enclosure was replaced by a more…
Video recording on excavations
Excavators have been starting to use video as a recording tool. Here is a report on some experiences so far
Pagans Hill Revisited
This report reviews and updates the evidence from the Roman temple site of Pagans Hill, Chew Stoke, North Somerset, which was partly excavated between 1949 and 1953. This includes a revised terminus post quem for the initial building of the temple complex of c. A.D. 262 and an emphasis of the importance of the location of the well on the axis of a planned layout. This is accompanied by a resumé of a reassessment by George Boon of the sculpture of…
The onymous dead
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