Special Features
Below you will find details of special contributions that have been made to the Society for Medieval Archaeology Website. Please feel free to contact us if you have an article, essay, photography or project that you would like to feature on the site.
A ‘lost’ palace of the bishops of Winchester
Our current special feature is a contribution from Society Member Nicholas Riall who goes in search of the 'lost' palace of the bishops of Winchester. To read more, click here.
Winchester Palace 1828
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.
John Hurst Award
As the Society for Medieval Archaeology is due to award the first John Hurst Award to the undergraduate dissertation that makes the most original contribution to medieval archaeology (from AD400 to 1500), download an interview with one of the Society for Medieval Archaeology’s founding members from the Society of Antiquaries of London website.
The interview with John Hurst is the first in what will be a series of interviews that can be listened to online or downloaded and listened to on a computer or MP3 player, such as an iPod. He will be talking about his childhood interest in archaeology, his Cambridge education, his first excavations and his growing interest in deserted medieval villages at a time when historians were denying that they even existed. Click here to read more and find out more about the award here.
The Medieval Archaeology Gallery
As a special feature, the Society for Medieval Archaeology Website will be exhibiting a gallery of slideshows. Society members were asked to submit a series of images that depicted some of the fascinating work they have carried out in the field of Medieval Archaeology. More details about these members can be found on the projects page.
