Herrick Chapman
Biographic Data
| ID | 696665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Herrick Chapman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Herrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Chapman |
| SIGNATURE | CHAPMAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8677-7950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 57 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 158 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 53 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1929 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Reconstructing prehistoric land cover and landuse in complex ‘blue-green’ landscapes
Environmental context is vital when analysing archaeological sites and interpreting past human activity. Pollen, being widely dispersed and readily preserved in wetland sediments, is frequently used to investigate past land cover, especially in wetland-rich ‘blue-green’ lowland landscapes (landscapes formed in locations where hydrology is an important determinant of natural vegetation, geomorphology and land use, such as river valleys and estuari…
Beyond Coal and Steel: A Social History of Western Europe After the Boom
Pierre Mendès France, Financer la Reconstruction de la France. Problèmes économiques et financiers que pose la politique des investissements et de la reconstruction en France, Cours commun, ENA, promo…
From his early days as a rising star in the Radical Party of the 1930s to the end of his career, Pierre Mendès France made pedagogy central to his practice as a politician. He felt the French public needed a better understanding of economics if, as a democratic Republic, the country was to meet the challenges of economic modernization after World War II. Hence, he pioneered the use in France of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)-style radio chats as…
Republican Citizens, Precarious Subjects: Representations of Work in Post-Fordist France
Denaturalized: How Thousands Lost Their Citizenship and Lives in Vichy France
Novel insights into prehistoric land use at Stonehenge by combining electromagnetic and invasive methods with a semi-automated interpretation scheme
Identifying Elusive Prehistoric Land Use by Integrating Electromagnetic and Invasive Survey Approaches
Electromagnetic induction survey was used to investigate the prehistoric landscape at Stonehenge.– Borehole logs and forward modelling were used to develop a semi-automated interpretation scheme.– Twenty excavations enabled the potential and limitations of the approach to be evaluated
A Massive, Late Neolithic Pit Structure associated with Durrington Walls Henge
A series of massive geophysical anomalies, located south of the Durrington Walls henge monument, were identified during fluxgate gradiometer survey undertaken by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (SHLP). Initially interpreted as dewponds, these data have been re-evaluated, along with information on similar features revealed by archaeological contractors undertaking survey and excavation to the north of the Durrington Walls henge. Analysis …
Using polygons to model maritime movement in antiquity
Bog Bodies in Context: Developing a Best Practice Approach
Bog bodies are among the best-known archaeological finds worldwide. Much of the work on these often extremely well-preserved human remains has focused on forensics, whereas the environmental setting of the finds has been largely overlooked. This applies to both the ‘physical’ and ‘cultural’ landscape and constitutes a significant problem since the vast spatial and temporal scales over which the practice appeared demonstrate that contextual assess…
Towards an Archaeology of Pain? Assessing the Evidence from Later Prehistoric Bog Bodies
This paper highlights the potential for what could be termed an 'archaeology of pain', reflecting on the potential significance and role of the infliction, suffering, endurance and observation of pain by individuals in the past. It presents a case study of 'bog bodies', human remains recovered from wetland which, due to the anoxic, waterlogged conditions, preserves human flesh and associated evidence, including injuries and cause of death. The ce…
Regional Patterns in Bog Body Distribution - A Case Study from the UK
Recent programmes of dating, forensic examination and landscape studies have dramatically increased our understanding of well-preserved bog bodies. However, other examples, often existing only as 'paper bodies', remain less visible within debates about interpretation, but can provide a more comprehensive picture of what bog bodies represent. This paper presents the results of an examination of all known bog bodies found across England, Wales and …
France's Long Reconstruction: In Search of the Modern Republic
Durrington walls and the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project 2010–2016
Since 2010 the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (SHLP) has undertaken extensive archaeological prospection across much of the landscape surrounding Stonehenge. These remote sensing and geophysical surveys have revealed a significant number of new sites and landscape features whilst providing new information on many previously known monuments. The project goal to integrate multimethod mapping over large areas of the landscape has also provided…
Iconoclasm and Later Prehistory
Iconoclasm, or the destruction of images and other symbols, is a subject that has significant resonance today. Traditionally focusing on examples such as those from late Antiquity, Byzantium, the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution, iconoclasm implies intentioned attacks that reflect religious or political motivations. However, the evidence highlights considerable variation in intentionality, the types and levels of destruction and t…
Hydrogeological Modelling of Water-Level Changes in an Area of Archaeological Significance: A Case Study from Flag Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK
Concern exists regarding the long-term viability of the internationally important archaeological remains of the Flag Fen site near Peterborough. This paper describes a hydrogeological numerical groundwater model which has been used to understand the groundwater situation with regard to the archaeology, including drainage impacts, and also to explore future scenarios. Observed and modelled groundwater levels have been interpreted using three zones…
Down By The River: Archaeological, Palaeoenvironmental and Geoarchaeological Investigations of The Suffolk River Valleys
Whilst East Anglia has long been known as a key area for the preservation of important Palaeolithic archaeological and palaeoenvironmental deposits, relatively little study of the Holocene record has previously been carried out. This volume presents the results of palaeoenvironmental, archaeological and geoarchaeological investigations focused on the Post-Glacial record preserved in the Suffolk river valleys. The work discussed includes two phase…
The Landscape Archaeology of Bog Bodies
Bog bodies are well known from sites across north-western Europe, particularly from Ireland, Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. The often exceptional organic preservation of these human remains has led to comprehensive forensic studies that have explored a range of factors relating to the individual, from aspects of demography to cause of death and circumstances of deposition. However, there has been surprisingly little analysis of th…
Assessing the changing condition of industrial archaeological remains on Alston Moor, UK, using multisensor remote sensing
Introduction: Flourishing in a Tough Climate
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project
Over the centuries many archaeologists have investigated the site of Stonehenge and we now know a great deal about the phasing and nature of the site. However, the area around the henge, while containing many symbolic and ritual elements, is curiously ‘blank’. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project aims to place the site and its development through time within a landscape context using fast and accurate ground‐based geophysical techniques. The …
A Late Prehistoric Timber Alignment in the Waveney Valley, Suffolk: Excavations at Barsham Marshes
This paper describes the results of excavations and associated palaeoenvironmental analyses at Barsham Marshes, Suffolk, England. The site is a triple post alignment of oak stakes built at the edge of a palaeochannel of the River Waveney. The alignment has been traced for over 30 m but neither terminus of the site has been excavated. Dendrochronological dating of the timbers has produced a range of felling dates between 8 BC and AD 8 indicating a…
Beccles Triple Post Alignment, Beccles Marshes, Suffolk: Excavation and Palaeoenvironmental Analyses of an Iron Age Wetland Site
This paper describes the results of two seasons of excavation and associated palaeoenvironmental analyses of a wetland site on Beccles Marshes, Beccles, Suffolk. The site has been identified as a triple post alignment of oak timbers (0.6–2.0 m long), over 100 m in length, and 3–4 m wide, running north-west to south-east towards the River Waveney. It was constructed in a single phase which has been dated dendrochronologically to 75 BC, although di…
A new approach to recording and monitoring wet-preserved archaeological wood using three-dimensional laser scanning
The Catholme Ceremonial Complex, Staffordshire, UK
During the 1960s and 1970s, aerial reconnaissance on the northern side of the confluence of the Rivers Trent, Tame, and Mease in Staffordshire revealed a cluster of features indicative of prehistoric ceremonial activity. Some of the features within the cluster are morphologically unique, but a lack of previous investigation meant that their dating, phasing, and function were unknown. This paper details the results of a multi-disciplinary approach…
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project
Over the centuries many archaeologists have investigated the site of Stonehenge and we now know a great deal about the phasing and nature of the site. However, the area around the henge, while containing many symbolic and ritual elements, is curiously ‘blank’. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project aims to place the site and its development through time within a landscape context using fast and accurate ground‐based geophysical techniques. The …
Palaeoecology and the perception of prehistoric landscapes: Some comments on visual approaches to phenomenology
Interpretation of archaeological landscapes has developed within two main disciplines. Social theory has provided a foundation for understanding cultural landscapes, and palaeoecology has provided techniques for understanding physical landscapes. Despite their potentially complementary nature, the two approaches remain polarized, and as described here, result in the incomplete studies of past landscapes
Durrington walls and the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project 2010–2016
Since 2010 the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (SHLP) has undertaken extensive archaeological prospection across much of the landscape surrounding Stonehenge. These remote sensing and geophysical surveys have revealed a significant number of new sites and landscape features whilst providing new information on many previously known monuments. The project goal to integrate multimethod mapping over large areas of the landscape has also provided…
A new approach to recording and monitoring wet-preserved archaeological wood using three-dimensional laser scanning
Can we characterise ‘openness’ in the Holocene palaeoenvironmental record? Modern analogue studies of insect faunas and pollen spectra from Dunham Massey deer park and Epping Forest, England
This paper examines the degree to which tree-associated Coleoptera (beetles) and pollen could be used to predict the degree of ‘openness’ in woodland. The results from two modern insect and pollen analogue studies from ponds at Dunham Massey, Cheshire and Epping Forest, Greater London are presented. We explore the reliability of modern pollen rain and sub-fossil beetle assemblages to represent varying degrees of canopy cover for up to 1000 m from…
An approach to mapping buried prehistoric palaeosols of the Atlantic seaboard in Northwest Europe using GPR, geoarchaeology and GIS and the implications for heritage management
Monitoring and Modelling Saturation as a Proxy Indicator for Preservation in Wetlands—a GIS-based Approach
The Landscape Archaeology of Bog Bodies
Bog bodies are well known from sites across north-western Europe, particularly from Ireland, Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. The often exceptional organic preservation of these human remains has led to comprehensive forensic studies that have explored a range of factors relating to the individual, from aspects of demography to cause of death and circumstances of deposition. However, there has been surprisingly little analysis of th…
Bog Bodies in Context: Developing a Best Practice Approach
Bog bodies are among the best-known archaeological finds worldwide. Much of the work on these often extremely well-preserved human remains has focused on forensics, whereas the environmental setting of the finds has been largely overlooked. This applies to both the ‘physical’ and ‘cultural’ landscape and constitutes a significant problem since the vast spatial and temporal scales over which the practice appeared demonstrate that contextual assess…
Novel insights into prehistoric land use at Stonehenge by combining electromagnetic and invasive methods with a semi-automated interpretation scheme
Rudston ‘Cursus A’– Engaging with a Neolithic Monument in Its Landscape Setting Using GIS
Cursus monuments are one of the most functionally enigmatic of prehistoric structures. Surrounding Rudston, East Yorkshire, a cluster of at least four cursuses converges on a bend in the Great Wold Valley. Of these monuments, Cursus A, or the ‘Woldgate Cursus’, is particularly unusual, with a curving morphology that forms a ‘dogleg’ plan. The unique shape of this structure provides an opportunity for studying cursus morphology with the aim of int…
High-Resolution Wetland Prospection, using GPS and GIS: Landscape Studies at Sutton Common (South Yorkshire), and Meare Village East (Somerset)
Iconoclasm and Later Prehistory
Iconoclasm, or the destruction of images and other symbols, is a subject that has significant resonance today. Traditionally focusing on examples such as those from late Antiquity, Byzantium, the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution, iconoclasm implies intentioned attacks that reflect religious or political motivations. However, the evidence highlights considerable variation in intentionality, the types and levels of destruction and t…
A Massive, Late Neolithic Pit Structure associated with Durrington Walls Henge
A series of massive geophysical anomalies, located south of the Durrington Walls henge monument, were identified during fluxgate gradiometer survey undertaken by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (SHLP). Initially interpreted as dewponds, these data have been re-evaluated, along with information on similar features revealed by archaeological contractors undertaking survey and excavation to the north of the Durrington Walls henge. Analysis …
Towards an Archaeology of Pain? Assessing the Evidence from Later Prehistoric Bog Bodies
This paper highlights the potential for what could be termed an 'archaeology of pain', reflecting on the potential significance and role of the infliction, suffering, endurance and observation of pain by individuals in the past. It presents a case study of 'bog bodies', human remains recovered from wetland which, due to the anoxic, waterlogged conditions, preserves human flesh and associated evidence, including injuries and cause of death. The ce…
Assessing the changing condition of industrial archaeological remains on Alston Moor, UK, using multisensor remote sensing
The social context of seafaring in the Bronze Age revisited
The social archaeology of Bronze Age seafaring was the subject of a recent paper published within World Archaeology (Van de Noort 2004). The landscape contexts of the various boat remains from two sites within the Humber estuary, eastern England, were examined and it was argued that different areas of the landscape provided focuses for ritualized and non-ritualized social activity. In this paper we re-consider this view, arguing for a broader con…
Modernity and National Identity in Postwar France
The Catholme Ceremonial Complex, Staffordshire, UK
During the 1960s and 1970s, aerial reconnaissance on the northern side of the confluence of the Rivers Trent, Tame, and Mease in Staffordshire revealed a cluster of features indicative of prehistoric ceremonial activity. Some of the features within the cluster are morphologically unique, but a lack of previous investigation meant that their dating, phasing, and function were unknown. This paper details the results of a multi-disciplinary approach…
Rethinking the ‘Cursus Problem’ – Investigating the Neolithic Landscape Archaeology of Rudston, East Yorkshire, UK, using GIS
In terms of their interpretation, cursus monuments remain arguably the most enigmatic class of Neolithic landscape monument. This paper reconsiders this ‘cursus problem’ through the study of the complex of cursuses that surrounds the village of Rudston, East Yorkshire. Using a GIS-based analysis, it is argued that two distinct forms of architecture can be recognised. In the earlier phase it is possible to recognise the importance of somatic exper…
In situ preservation as a dynamic process: The example of Sutton Common, UK
In situ preservation is a complex and dynamic process, which requires an understanding of the nature and scale of the material to be preserved, an understanding of the context of the site in terms of managerial needs and a programme of scientific monitoring of changes within the burial environment. The example of a rural archaeological landscape in northeast England, which is undergoing a programme of hydrological management, is considered
Archaeological predictive modelling in raised mires – concerns and approaches for their interpretation and future management
Whilst raised mires retain high potential for exceptional preservation of organic archaeological remains, locating such features is problematic. Within dryland landscapes, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide a range of tools that enable the predictive modelling of site locations on the basis of observed trends in the relationships between environmental conditions and human agency. However, the formation processes of raised mires mean t…
Contextualising Previous Excavation: The Implications of Applying GPS Survey and GIS Modelling Techniques to Watton Priory, East Yorkshire
Current understanding of archaeological sites often relies upon plans compiled before the advent of modern archaeological techniques. Such plans were often created with a specific purpose in mind that might be less helpful for modern study. In this paper, the potential of applying new approaches to prospection, using GPS and GIS technologies, is examined with relation to Watton Priory, East Yorkshire. The results of this study demonstrate how the…
State Capitalism and Working-Class. Radicalism in the French Aircraft Industry
The Chinese Revolution, 1926-27
The Chinese Revolution, 1926-27
The Political Life of the Rank and File: French Aircraft Workers During the Popular Front, 1934–38
Between 1934 and 1938, several million workers took part in the elections, strikes, and protests that made the popular front a pivotal moment in the recent history of France. Giant street demonstrations, the General Strike of November 1938, and above all the massive sit-down strikes of June 1936 made most workers at least momentary actors in the drama of national political life. Yet, for all that has been written about these events, little is kno…
Recent dissertations in American and European labor history
Les ouvriers, le communisme et l'Etat: Les Politiques De Reconstruction d'Apres-Guerre Dans l'Industrie Aeronautique 1944-1950
Herrick Chapman, , Les ouvriers, le communisme et l'État: les politiques de reconstruction d'après-guerre dans l'industrie aéronautique 1944-1950, Le Mouvement social, No. 145, La France et l'Aéronautique (Dec., 1988), pp. 65-96
State Capitalism and Working-Class Radicalism in the French Aircraft Industry
State Capitalism and Working-Class Radicalism in the French Aircraft Industry
State Capitalism and Working-Class. Radicalism in the French Aircraft Industry
State Capitalism and Working-Class Radicalism in the French Aircraft Industry
Nascent Proletarians: Class Formation in Post-Revolutionary France . Michael P. Hanagan , Charles Tilly The Nights of Labor: The Workers' Dream in Nineteenth-Century France . Jacques Rancière , John D…
The Social Construction of Democracy, 1870–1990
Major specialists on Europe, the Americas, and Japan explore why democracies succeeded and failed over the past hundred years. Each essay applies the perspective of the social historian - a focus on m
Introduction: Working on France
In spring 1994 the Institute of Studies at New York University held a conference to explore issues that scholars in American universities confront when they write and teach about France. We had two goals in designing the program. The first was to think about how scholarly work is embedded in a continuing history of French-American relations on several levels-political, cultural, and academic. As specialists on France, we inhabit a complicated pla…
A Century of Organized Labor in France
Modernity and National Identity in Postwar France
Palaeoecology and the perception of prehistoric landscapes: Some comments on visual approaches to phenomenology
Interpretation of archaeological landscapes has developed within two main disciplines. Social theory has provided a foundation for understanding cultural landscapes, and palaeoecology has provided techniques for understanding physical landscapes. Despite their potentially complementary nature, the two approaches remain polarized, and as described here, result in the incomplete studies of past landscapes
Quantifying the effects of erosion on the archaeology of intertidal environments: A new approach and its implications for their management
While the high archaeological and palaeoecological value of intertidal deposits has become well known, approaches to their management remain extremely restricted. Despite the often high levels of erosion experienced by some sites there has been very little development in methods aimed at understanding or quantifying the threats. This paper presents an approach aimed at monitoring erosion within the Humber estuary, UK, where previous finds includi…
High-Resolution Wetland Prospection, using GPS and GIS: Landscape Studies at Sutton Common (South Yorkshire), and Meare Village East (Somerset)
In situ preservation as a dynamic process: The example of Sutton Common, UK
In situ preservation is a complex and dynamic process, which requires an understanding of the nature and scale of the material to be preserved, an understanding of the context of the site in terms of managerial needs and a programme of scientific monitoring of changes within the burial environment. The example of a rural archaeological landscape in northeast England, which is undergoing a programme of hydrological management, is considered
Global warming The implications for sustainable archaeological resource management
Global warming is recognised as an important environmental, and consequently political, issue. Rising global temperatures have demonstrated the potential for raising sea levels and increasing surface temperatures, with wide-reaching implications for habitats and biodiversity. While this remains high on the priority list for ecological sciences and coastal management, the implications for archaeological resource management remain unexamined. This …
Archaeological predictive modelling in raised mires – concerns and approaches for their interpretation and future management
Whilst raised mires retain high potential for exceptional preservation of organic archaeological remains, locating such features is problematic. Within dryland landscapes, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide a range of tools that enable the predictive modelling of site locations on the basis of observed trends in the relationships between environmental conditions and human agency. However, the formation processes of raised mires mean t…
Monitoring and Modelling Saturation as a Proxy Indicator for Preservation in Wetlands—a GIS-based Approach
Contextualising Previous Excavation: The Implications of Applying GPS Survey and GIS Modelling Techniques to Watton Priory, East Yorkshire
Current understanding of archaeological sites often relies upon plans compiled before the advent of modern archaeological techniques. Such plans were often created with a specific purpose in mind that might be less helpful for modern study. In this paper, the potential of applying new approaches to prospection, using GPS and GIS technologies, is examined with relation to Watton Priory, East Yorkshire. The results of this study demonstrate how the…
Rudston ‘Cursus A’– Engaging with a Neolithic Monument in Its Landscape Setting Using GIS
Cursus monuments are one of the most functionally enigmatic of prehistoric structures. Surrounding Rudston, East Yorkshire, a cluster of at least four cursuses converges on a bend in the Great Wold Valley. Of these monuments, Cursus A, or the ‘Woldgate Cursus’, is particularly unusual, with a curving morphology that forms a ‘dogleg’ plan. The unique shape of this structure provides an opportunity for studying cursus morphology with the aim of int…
Race in France: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Difference
Race in France: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Difference
Scholars across disciplines on both sides of the Atlantic have recently begun to open up, as never before, the scholarly study of race and racism in France. These original essays bring together in one volume new work in history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and legal studies. Each of the eleven articles presents fresh research on the tension between a republican tradition in France that has long denied the legitimacy of acknowledgi…
Towards Realising the Full Archaeoenvironmental Potential of Raised (Ombrotrophic) Mires in the British Isles
Raised mires represent a unique resource for the study of past peoples within their changing landscape context. However, present palaeoecological and archaeological approaches to these landscapes within the British Isles have followed largely separate agendas. Palaeoecological study has generally been focused on themes of climate change, using a range of techniques to derive information relating to changes in surface wetness of raised mires over …
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