Retrospect and Prospect
2007 marked the fiftieth birthday of the Society for Medieval Archaeology. It was on the afternoon of Tuesday 16th April 1957 at Burlington House, Piccadilly, that Donald Harden, the newly appointed Director of the London Museum , first outlined proposals for a new ‘society for Dark Age and Medieval Studies’. The idea was a simple one; a new society with a new journal, occasional meetings and an annual conference, all to be dedicated to the period ‘from the end of the Roman period until the end of the Middle Ages in Britain. To read more of Christopher Gerrard’s article celebrating 50 years of The Society for Medieval Archaeology click here.
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Medieval Archaeology 68.1 now available
I’m very pleased to announce that issue 68.1 of Medieval Archaeology has now been published online and the print copy should be arriving with members shortly. The content in this issue includes seven original articles focusing on new research from Norway, the Caucasus, Poland, Britain and Ireland covering both the early and late medieval periods. The
Our latest Newsletter has landed!
The Spring 2024 issue of the Medieval Archaeology Newsletter should be hitting members’ doormats shortly. Issue 71 contents include: A tile-making site at Finchingfield, Essex Making the March: Contesting lands in the Early Medieval Frontier Fonmon Castle Landscape Project: Excavations at Llancadle South II Early Medieval cemetery Crystal Magic, Tolkien & The Thief of Baghdad
