Urban Archaeology Session 6: Industrial Archaeology
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Transcript of Urban Archaeology Session 6: Industrial Archaeology
Industrial Archaeology & Architecture
08 November 2012Week 6
TodayWhat is Industrial Archaeology and how can I do it?
• Defining Industrial Archaeology• Trade and Industry in the Archaeological
Record• Techniques for Industrial Archaeology
Classical Definition
• Donald Dudley & Michael Ricks 1955 in The Amateur Historian the 18th and 19th Century, the monuments of the industrial revolution.
• “The discovery, recording and study of the physical remains of yesterday’s industries and communications.” Baker (1963) Industrial Archaeology: An Introduction
Trade and Industry
• A very old story indeed, so what is industrial archaeology?
• In post industrial landscapes it is easy to understand the focus on the modern age but in cities like Southampton this makes less sense.
Techniques for Industrial Archaeology
• Transience is what makes industrial archaeology unique.
• It relies upon understandings of processes which are easily lost.
• Taff Merthyr Colliery• Consequently we require two sets of
techniques• Documentation and Preservation
1. Documentation
• Record what remains and try to interpret it• Commonly known as ‘archaeology’!
• Port of Imperial Rome between the mid-1st century AD and the 6thcentury AD
• established by Claudius in the mid-1st century AD, enlarged by Trajan, and subsequently modified during the 3rd and 4thcenturies AD.
• Civil Architecture on an Astonishing Scale
Recording a Roman Port Complex
Latrines
Images copyright of Portus Project
Questions Remain
• Where are the people?• What were these buildings used for? • Mysterious remains hint at a medival life
about which we know very little…
2. Preservation
• Prevent understandings from being lost• Documents, instruction manuals, recorded
material, oral histories.
How can I do Industrial Archaeology?
Collect material!
Think about the methods we have already covered
• Participation: Association of Industrial ArchaeologyEnglish Heritage – Industrial Heritage at Riskhttp://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/heritage-at-risk/industrial-heritage-at-risk/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/industrialheritageatrisk/
Oral History
• The perfect industrial method. • The original research technique. • Voices not usually heard.
Oral History
Oral History Society http://www.ohs.org.uk
What do you want to know? Who will you talk to? Which questions should you ask?