Tag Archives: archaeology

Flag Fen is Back!

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Francis Pryor

Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a blog post Always Look On the Bright Side… about Flag Fen and how it had just been taken under new management, following the demise of Vivacity, the organisation that ran most of … Continue reading →

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Publicity and Benefit

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Francis Pryor

‘Publicity and Benefit’? Gosh. I must admit that’s a bit Delphic, even for me. It’s the sort of title I’d expect in an academic journal: sonorous, a hint of gravitas – and sod-all meaning. But actually this blog post will … Continue reading →

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Crowdfunding: freedom, frustration or fantasy?

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Francis Pryor

Originally posted on Doug's Archaeology:
Crowdfunding in archaeology is something I am interested in and have blogged about a couple of times (see Tracing Finds: A Case Study in Crowdfunding Archaeology, Are Crowdfunding Platforms Worth it?, Fairy Godmothers Do Exist-…

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Truth, Archaeology and Fiction (2)

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Francis Pryor

As time passes I find I am more and more interested in what we mean by the terms Truth and Fiction. Indeed, the more I think about it, the more convinced I have become that analysis won’t help me come … Continue reading →

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The Iniquity of Unpaid Labour

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Francis Pryor

When I began my life in archaeology in the early 1960s, I worked for several groups of amateurs as a volunteer. I had zero experience, even less knowledge, but boundless and ill-directed enthusiasm. Looking back on those times I am … Continue reading →

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My offering for the archaeology blogging festival.

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Francis Pryor

For many years I used to be a member of the Society for American Archaeology, largely because I found its journal, American Antiquity a constant source of ideas and enlightenment. Eventually my groaning bookshelves couldn’t cope any longer, so reluctantly … Continue reading →

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Mind the Gap!

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Francis Pryor

I do apologise for the month-long gap since my last blog post – and also for the terrible title of this one, which will, I’m afraid, be a bit of a catch-up and hotchpotch. But so what, we do hotchpotches … Continue reading →

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Time Team Series 20, My Fourth Episode: Coniston Copper Mines

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Francis Pryor

The film to be shown this coming Sunday (February 3rd) at 4.20 (yes, that’s 1620 hours) was filmed high in the Cumbrian Fells, within the shadow of the Old Man of Coniston. We actually did the filming in the last … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Musings: Hazel Nuts: Britain’s first farmed food?

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Francis Pryor

Prehistory and archaeology are subjects where traditions die hard and where orthodoxies can rule the roost for generations. It must be great to prick balloons, but having said that, I don’t think I’m a great believer in acting the iconoclast: … Continue reading →

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Bonny Scotland

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Francis Pryor

I’ve got a very soft spot for Scotland, and it’s not just that I like the people, the whisky and Rebus. It’s also got nothing to do with Maisie’s impeccable highland credentials. She hails from Moray, not far from John … Continue reading →

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