Paul Belford
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4158429 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Paul Belford |
| NOMBRES | Paul |
| APELLIDO | Belford |
| FIRMA | BELFORD P |
| AFILIACIONES | Gwynedd Archaeological Trust |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9190-9839 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke
In 2018 and 2019, the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust undertook excavations on Offa’s Dyke at Chirk Castle, and on Wat’s Dyke at Erddig. The background, circumstances and stratigraphic narrative of these projects were presented in Volume 1 of this journal, but the scientific dating programme was not complete at the time of publication and the results were further delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes the radiocarbon and OSL …
Time, Space and People
This article provides some personal reflections on a range of issues around urban archaeology, focusing on the contribution that the discipline can make to placemaking for future generations. These reflections are grouped into three thematic areas: time, space and people. It is argued that public engagement is critical for ensuring that archaeology realises its potential to influence future development positively
Borderlands
Research frameworks for archaeology in the UK have a long history. Since the 1990s research frameworks have been developed in formal programmes initially driven by state heritage bodies. These were intended to facilitate better decision-making in development-driven archaeological projects, and to provide an interface between archaeologists. However the effectiveness of such frameworks is limited by a number of constraints. These include ‘internal…
People, places and performance
This paper explores the transformation of community archaeology and heritage in a particular part of the UK with unique and somewhat conservative sets of structures for delivering public archaeology. The transformation is ongoing and is bounded by a range of theoretical, methodological and institutional constraints. These frameworks provide the context for an account of the successes and failures of projects in north-east Wales. Important strands…
Ensuring Archaeology in the Planning System Delivers Public Benefit
Archaeologists in the UK work in a variety of structures, but all archaeology is for the benefit of the public. Since 1990 the majority of archaeological work has been undertaken as part of the planning process. A complex system has evolved which attempts to deliver wider public benefit. There are differences between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but the underlying principles are broadly the same across the UK.In 2020 radical cha…
Politics and Heritage
The process of devolution in the U.K. since 1999 has created differences in policy and practice between the different parts of the U.K. This paper considers the historic environment sector in Wales. In practice the Welsh system has always been slightly different from other parts of the U.K, not least because of the role of the four independent Welsh Archaeological Trusts in performing duties that elsewhere are undertaken by public-sector bodies. …
Sustainability in community archaeology
This paper considers the rise of community archaeology in England and Wales, its relationships with other branches of archaeology, and its longterm sustainability. Possible meanings of sustainability are discussed from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, before questions of social, intellectual and economic sustainability in community archaeology are considered. It is argued that true sustainability for community archaeology will …
Contemporary and Recent Archaeology in Practice
The archaeology of the 20th century has been studied since the 1960s, but it is only more recently that explicit theoretical and methodological issues have been explored by the wider archaeological profession. This paper explores some of those issues in the contexts of developer-funded archaeology and community archaeology. Ways in which the archaeology of the more recent past may both help and hinder the discipline are considered, together with …
Metals and Metalworking
Archaeometallurgy. By English Heritage. Pp. 32. London. 2001. Free (PB). [accessed 22 June 2012]Science for Historic Industries. By English Heritage
Archaeology, Community, and Identity in an English New Town
It has been widely accepted that elements of the historic environment have been deployed to create an 'authorized heritage discourse' which supports the 'top-down' reinforcement of particular identities. Archaeology can be a vehicle for the expression of alternative identities. This article looks at the ways in which the historic environment has been used in Telford, an English new town created in the 1960s, both to support the creation of this n…
Ships, slaves and slipways
The Bermudian shipbuilding industry was an important part of the local economy, and made a particular international contribution to trade and maritime design during the 18th century. Whilst its importance has long been recognized by historians, little archaeological attention has hitherto been paid to the extant remains. This paper describes archaeological survey of two shipbuilding sites, undertaken in 2004 and 2006. The project found that exten…
Heritage, Communities and Archaeology; The Alderley Sandhills Project
(2010). Heritage, Communities and Archaeology; The Alderley Sandhills Project: An Archaeology of Community Life in (Post)-Industrial England. The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 208-210
Five centuries of iron working
Archaeological excavations undertaken between 2005 and 2007 at Wednesbury Forge, Wednesbury, West Midlands encountered extensive remains of timber and masonry structures and other features. Historical and archaeological evidence revealed a sophisticated ironworking complex in existence by c. 1600, which was subsequently continually adapted and redeveloped until the site closed in 2005. Processes included finery and chafery forges, nail-making, sa…
English Industrial Landscapes – Divergence, Convergence and Perceptions of Identity
This chapter examines the way in which industrial landscapes have been perceived throughout the post-medieval period, and explores the eff ect on current research and conservation of prevailing attitudes to ‘landscape archaeology’ and ‘industrial archaeology’. Using a variety of examples, it is argued that industrial landscapes should be seen as neither urban nor rural but as entirely separate entities incorporating elements of both. Existing way…
English Industrial Landscapes – Divergence, Convergence and Perceptions of Identity
Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks?
Brings together over thirty of the leading scholars in Post Medieval archaeology and examines how this relatively new discipline has developed and where it is going. The impetus for this volume lies in the expansion of interest in Post Medieval archaeology in university, commercial, and voluntary sectors. The study of Post Medieval archaeology is a relatively new discipline but, within archaeology as a whole, it represents one of the fastest grow…
Crossing paths or sharing tracks
Brings together over thirty of the leading scholars in Post Medieval archaeology and examines how this relatively new discipline has developed and where it is going. The impetus for this volume lies in the expansion of interest in Post Medieval archaeology in university, commercial, and voluntary sectors. The study of Post Medieval archaeology is a relatively new discipline but, within archaeology as a whole, it represents one of the fastest grow…
Sublime Cascades
The Coalbrookdale Watercourses Project took place between 2000 and 2006, and comprised the most extensive renovation of the water-power system in over a century. Ironbridge Archaeology undertook historical and archaeological investigation as part of the project. The archaeological work was closely integrated into the engineering programme, and the results of excavation and research were able to inform conservation. This paper outlines the histori…
Monasteries of Manufacture
Studies of industrial sites have tended to focus on purely functional understandings of their origins, layout, design and meaning. Industrial buildings have often been seen as an entity apart from other forms of post-medieval architectural expression. This is symptomatic of the isolation of industrial archaeology, not only from the broader spectrum of archaeological thought but also from other disciplines which strive towards a deeper understandi…
Monasteries of Manufacture
Studies of industrial sites have tended to focus on purely functional understandings of their origins, layout, design and meaning. Industrial buildings have often been seen as an entity apart from other forms of post-medieval architectural expression. This is symptomatic of the isolation of industrial archaeology, not only from the broader spectrum of archaeological thought but also from other disciplines which strive towards a deeper understandi…
Industry and domesticity
In 2001 Ironbridge Archaeology (the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) inaugurated the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training (CHART) programme to examine elements of the archaeology of Coalbrookdale that had previously been overlooked. This has now developed into an international programme of field excavation, landscape research, community outreach and university teaching, and is developing different appro…
Forging Ahead in Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge Archaeology (the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) has inaugurated a new programme of research-led fieldwork, known as the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training (CHART) programme. The twin aims of the CHART programme are to investigate hitherto unexplored aspects of the development of the Coalbrookdale landscape, and to provide an intensive field training experience in historical archaeology fo…
Forging Ahead in Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge Archaeology (the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) has inaugurated a new programme of research-led fieldwork, known as the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training (CHART) programme. The twin aims of the CHART programme are to investigate hitherto unexplored aspects of the development of the Coalbrookdale landscape, and to provide an intensive field training experience in historical archaeology fo…
The Story of Alderley
In the early 1950s an Alderley schoolboy — Alan Garner — rescued an old wooden shovel from its unceremonious dumping-place under the stage in the school hall. The shovel had been found a century ea
Crossing paths or sharing tracks
Brings together over thirty of the leading scholars in Post Medieval archaeology and examines how this relatively new discipline has developed and where it is going. The impetus for this volume lies in the expansion of interest in Post Medieval archaeology in university, commercial, and voluntary sectors. The study of Post Medieval archaeology is a relatively new discipline but, within archaeology as a whole, it represents one of the fastest grow…
Contemporary and Recent Archaeology in Practice
The archaeology of the 20th century has been studied since the 1960s, but it is only more recently that explicit theoretical and methodological issues have been explored by the wider archaeological profession. This paper explores some of those issues in the contexts of developer-funded archaeology and community archaeology. Ways in which the archaeology of the more recent past may both help and hinder the discipline are considered, together with …
Industry and domesticity
In 2001 Ironbridge Archaeology (the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) inaugurated the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training (CHART) programme to examine elements of the archaeology of Coalbrookdale that had previously been overlooked. This has now developed into an international programme of field excavation, landscape research, community outreach and university teaching, and is developing different appro…
Forging Ahead in Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge Archaeology (the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) has inaugurated a new programme of research-led fieldwork, known as the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training (CHART) programme. The twin aims of the CHART programme are to investigate hitherto unexplored aspects of the development of the Coalbrookdale landscape, and to provide an intensive field training experience in historical archaeology fo…
People, places and performance
This paper explores the transformation of community archaeology and heritage in a particular part of the UK with unique and somewhat conservative sets of structures for delivering public archaeology. The transformation is ongoing and is bounded by a range of theoretical, methodological and institutional constraints. These frameworks provide the context for an account of the successes and failures of projects in north-east Wales. Important strands…
Sublime Cascades
The Coalbrookdale Watercourses Project took place between 2000 and 2006, and comprised the most extensive renovation of the water-power system in over a century. Ironbridge Archaeology undertook historical and archaeological investigation as part of the project. The archaeological work was closely integrated into the engineering programme, and the results of excavation and research were able to inform conservation. This paper outlines the histori…
Forging Ahead in Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge Archaeology (the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) has inaugurated a new programme of research-led fieldwork, known as the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training (CHART) programme. The twin aims of the CHART programme are to investigate hitherto unexplored aspects of the development of the Coalbrookdale landscape, and to provide an intensive field training experience in historical archaeology fo…
Forging Ahead in Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge Archaeology (the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) has inaugurated a new programme of research-led fieldwork, known as the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training (CHART) programme. The twin aims of the CHART programme are to investigate hitherto unexplored aspects of the development of the Coalbrookdale landscape, and to provide an intensive field training experience in historical archaeology fo…
Monasteries of Manufacture
Studies of industrial sites have tended to focus on purely functional understandings of their origins, layout, design and meaning. Industrial buildings have often been seen as an entity apart from other forms of post-medieval architectural expression. This is symptomatic of the isolation of industrial archaeology, not only from the broader spectrum of archaeological thought but also from other disciplines which strive towards a deeper understandi…
Monasteries of Manufacture
Studies of industrial sites have tended to focus on purely functional understandings of their origins, layout, design and meaning. Industrial buildings have often been seen as an entity apart from other forms of post-medieval architectural expression. This is symptomatic of the isolation of industrial archaeology, not only from the broader spectrum of archaeological thought but also from other disciplines which strive towards a deeper understandi…
Industry and domesticity
In 2001 Ironbridge Archaeology (the archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust) inaugurated the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training (CHART) programme to examine elements of the archaeology of Coalbrookdale that had previously been overlooked. This has now developed into an international programme of field excavation, landscape research, community outreach and university teaching, and is developing different appro…
Sublime Cascades
The Coalbrookdale Watercourses Project took place between 2000 and 2006, and comprised the most extensive renovation of the water-power system in over a century. Ironbridge Archaeology undertook historical and archaeological investigation as part of the project. The archaeological work was closely integrated into the engineering programme, and the results of excavation and research were able to inform conservation. This paper outlines the histori…
English Industrial Landscapes – Divergence, Convergence and Perceptions of Identity
This chapter examines the way in which industrial landscapes have been perceived throughout the post-medieval period, and explores the eff ect on current research and conservation of prevailing attitudes to ‘landscape archaeology’ and ‘industrial archaeology’. Using a variety of examples, it is argued that industrial landscapes should be seen as neither urban nor rural but as entirely separate entities incorporating elements of both. Existing way…
English Industrial Landscapes – Divergence, Convergence and Perceptions of Identity
Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks?
Brings together over thirty of the leading scholars in Post Medieval archaeology and examines how this relatively new discipline has developed and where it is going. The impetus for this volume lies in the expansion of interest in Post Medieval archaeology in university, commercial, and voluntary sectors. The study of Post Medieval archaeology is a relatively new discipline but, within archaeology as a whole, it represents one of the fastest grow…
Crossing paths or sharing tracks
Brings together over thirty of the leading scholars in Post Medieval archaeology and examines how this relatively new discipline has developed and where it is going. The impetus for this volume lies in the expansion of interest in Post Medieval archaeology in university, commercial, and voluntary sectors. The study of Post Medieval archaeology is a relatively new discipline but, within archaeology as a whole, it represents one of the fastest grow…
Heritage, Communities and Archaeology; The Alderley Sandhills Project
(2010). Heritage, Communities and Archaeology; The Alderley Sandhills Project: An Archaeology of Community Life in (Post)-Industrial England. The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 208-210
Five centuries of iron working
Archaeological excavations undertaken between 2005 and 2007 at Wednesbury Forge, Wednesbury, West Midlands encountered extensive remains of timber and masonry structures and other features. Historical and archaeological evidence revealed a sophisticated ironworking complex in existence by c. 1600, which was subsequently continually adapted and redeveloped until the site closed in 2005. Processes included finery and chafery forges, nail-making, sa…
Archaeology, Community, and Identity in an English New Town
It has been widely accepted that elements of the historic environment have been deployed to create an 'authorized heritage discourse' which supports the 'top-down' reinforcement of particular identities. Archaeology can be a vehicle for the expression of alternative identities. This article looks at the ways in which the historic environment has been used in Telford, an English new town created in the 1960s, both to support the creation of this n…
Ships, slaves and slipways
The Bermudian shipbuilding industry was an important part of the local economy, and made a particular international contribution to trade and maritime design during the 18th century. Whilst its importance has long been recognized by historians, little archaeological attention has hitherto been paid to the extant remains. This paper describes archaeological survey of two shipbuilding sites, undertaken in 2004 and 2006. The project found that exten…
Metals and Metalworking
Archaeometallurgy. By English Heritage. Pp. 32. London. 2001. Free (PB). [accessed 22 June 2012]Science for Historic Industries. By English Heritage
Contemporary and Recent Archaeology in Practice
The archaeology of the 20th century has been studied since the 1960s, but it is only more recently that explicit theoretical and methodological issues have been explored by the wider archaeological profession. This paper explores some of those issues in the contexts of developer-funded archaeology and community archaeology. Ways in which the archaeology of the more recent past may both help and hinder the discipline are considered, together with …
Sustainability in community archaeology
This paper considers the rise of community archaeology in England and Wales, its relationships with other branches of archaeology, and its longterm sustainability. Possible meanings of sustainability are discussed from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, before questions of social, intellectual and economic sustainability in community archaeology are considered. It is argued that true sustainability for community archaeology will …
Politics and Heritage
The process of devolution in the U.K. since 1999 has created differences in policy and practice between the different parts of the U.K. This paper considers the historic environment sector in Wales. In practice the Welsh system has always been slightly different from other parts of the U.K, not least because of the role of the four independent Welsh Archaeological Trusts in performing duties that elsewhere are undertaken by public-sector bodies. …
Ensuring Archaeology in the Planning System Delivers Public Benefit
Archaeologists in the UK work in a variety of structures, but all archaeology is for the benefit of the public. Since 1990 the majority of archaeological work has been undertaken as part of the planning process. A complex system has evolved which attempts to deliver wider public benefit. There are differences between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but the underlying principles are broadly the same across the UK.In 2020 radical cha…
Borderlands
Research frameworks for archaeology in the UK have a long history. Since the 1990s research frameworks have been developed in formal programmes initially driven by state heritage bodies. These were intended to facilitate better decision-making in development-driven archaeological projects, and to provide an interface between archaeologists. However the effectiveness of such frameworks is limited by a number of constraints. These include ‘internal…
People, places and performance
This paper explores the transformation of community archaeology and heritage in a particular part of the UK with unique and somewhat conservative sets of structures for delivering public archaeology. The transformation is ongoing and is bounded by a range of theoretical, methodological and institutional constraints. These frameworks provide the context for an account of the successes and failures of projects in north-east Wales. Important strands…
The Story of Alderley
In the early 1950s an Alderley schoolboy — Alan Garner — rescued an old wooden shovel from its unceremonious dumping-place under the stage in the school hall. The shovel had been found a century ea
Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke
In 2018 and 2019, the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust undertook excavations on Offa’s Dyke at Chirk Castle, and on Wat’s Dyke at Erddig. The background, circumstances and stratigraphic narrative of these projects were presented in Volume 1 of this journal, but the scientific dating programme was not complete at the time of publication and the results were further delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes the radiocarbon and OSL …
Time, Space and People
This article provides some personal reflections on a range of issues around urban archaeology, focusing on the contribution that the discipline can make to placemaking for future generations. These reflections are grouped into three thematic areas: time, space and people. It is argued that public engagement is critical for ensuring that archaeology realises its potential to influence future development positively
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