Urban Archaeology Session 6: Industrial Archaeology
- 1. Industrial Archaeology & Architecture 08 November 2012 Week 6
- 2. Today What is Industrial Archaeology and how can I do it? • Defining Industrial Archaeology • Trade and Industry in the Archaeological Record • Techniques for Industrial Archaeology
- 3. 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
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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
- 6. 1. Documentation • Record what remains and try to interpret it • Commonly known as ‘archaeology’!
- 7. Recording a Roman Port Complex • 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
- 11. Latrines Images copyright of Portus Project
- 12. 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…
- 13. 2. Preservation • Prevent understandings from being lost • Documents, instruction manuals, recorded material, oral histories.
- 14. How can I do Industrial Archaeology? Collect material! Think about the methods we have already covered • Participation: Association of Industrial Archaeology English Heritage – Industrial Heritage at Risk http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/heritage-at-risk/industrial-heritage-at-risk/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/industrialheritageatrisk/
- 15. Oral History • The perfect industrial method. • The original research technique. • Voices not usually heard.
- 16. 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?