Publications by Beth Asbury
Beyond the Binary Object Trail
Council for British Archaeology Wessex News, 2021
This walking trail starts and ends at Shaw House. It explores the Shaw House and St Mary’s Church... more This walking trail starts and ends at Shaw House. It explores the Shaw House and St Mary’s Church Conservation Area, and Shaw House’s Grade II Registered Park and Garden. It includes an academy called Trinity School.
You may park in the car park at Shaw House (www.what3words.com ///riders.drama.dairy), but please note that the grounds and car park are locked when the House is locked. Please check the website for Shaw House’s opening times first: www.westberkshireheritage.org/shaw-house/plan-your-visit.
Members of the public are welcome to wander around Shaw House’s grounds when the car park is open, but please be aware of any events taking place at the house, such as weddings and wakes. Please be sensitive to the presence of any guests or requests from members of staff.
During school term time, you may want to take into consideration school dropping off and collection times. Trinity School’s term dates are listed on its website: www.trinitynewbury.org. St Mary’s Church and churchyard are also likely to be busy on Sundays, during Christian holidays and on Armistice Day (11 November). For more information, please visit: www.shawchurch.org.uk.
This trail was prepared by West Berkshire Council’s archaeology service. One of the archaeology service’s jobs is to look after West Berkshire’s Historic Environment Record or HER. The HER is a database of buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas and landscapes of archaeological, architectural, artistic and historic interest. More information about it can be found here: https://info.westberks.gov.uk/her. Links to the HER’s records are included in the trail.
You can give feedback on the trail here (please select Archaeology Service from the dropdown list): www.westberkshireheritage.org/feedback-form or contact us at archaeology@westberks.gov.uk.
Council for British Archaeology Wessex News, 2021
Interpretation Journal, 2020
Archaeology: The Newsletter of the Berkshire Archaeological Society
Welcome to Out in Oxford, the University of Oxford’s first cross-collections trail!
This booklet... more Welcome to Out in Oxford, the University of Oxford’s first cross-collections trail!
This booklet is the result of ‘Celebrating Diversity’, a project funded by the Arts Council England via Oxford University Museums Partnership and created with the LGBTQ+ community. Nearly fifty volunteers who identify as LGBTQ+ or are allies have been involved writing the interpretations to be found within these pages and co-curating its launch events. Through these interpretations we strive to celebrate diversity and highlight LGBTQ+ experiences. The items included here have been identified with the help of staff from each collection represented. Through Out in Oxford, we hope to offer alternative insights into our shared, queer heritage.
This project is a response to a lecture given by Professor Richard Parkinson, author of 'A Little Gay History', Professor of Egyptology at the Faculty of Oriental Studies and a Fellow of The Queen’s College, Oxford, during LGBT History Month, February 2016 (https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/great-unrecorded-history-lgbt-heritage-and-world-cultures). The lecture highlighted the demand for more explicit, not implicit, LGBTQ+ representation within museum displays. We are proud to be launching this trail a year later during LGBT History Month 2017. 2017 is an auspicious year as it is the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
Collections are listed in order of a suggested route, giving a round tour of Oxford city centre. Address, website and admission information is listed and a map is provided on the back page. If you have specific requirements or accessibility needs, please check these details before planning your route.
Check the relevant gallery guide inside each building to find out where the items are displayed. The locations of each item are correct at the time of going to press in January 2017, but displays do sometimes change - ask gallery staff for help if you cannot find what you are looking for. For more information and to discover further items from each collection, visit the trail's webpage: www.glam.ox.ac.uk/outinoxford.
The Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum
The Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum
The Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum
Proceedings of the First Birmingham Egyptology Symposium, University of Birmingham, 21st February 2014, 2014
As part of the Rethinking Pitt-Rivers Project, staff at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford were inv... more As part of the Rethinking Pitt-Rivers Project, staff at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford were invited to write object biographies about items in the museum’s founding collection. I was drawn to an Early Dynastic Period ripple-flaked knife published by Pitt-Rivers himself in an article for the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in 1881 after a trip he made to Egypt earlier that year. His paper was significant because it established that there was a Palaeolithic Period of Egyptian history when the existence of a prehistoric phase there had not yet been accepted. In a footnote, Pitt-Rivers wrote that he acquired the knife from “Mr McCallum, the artist” in 1874. Although his name is spelled differently in different places, I am convinced this was Andrew MacCallum (1821-1902), the “Painter” with whom Amelia Edwards famously sailed a thousand miles up the Nile in the same year. MacCallum was a landscape painter who wanted to paint the Ramesses Temple at Abu Simbel and, while there, discovered a shrine or painted chamber, which Edwards dedicated a whole chapter to.
The Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Jun 17, 2013
The Archaeologist
A u t u m n 2 0 0 8 N u m b e r 6 9 C Contents Editorial From the finds tray Publicising the IFA ... more A u t u m n 2 0 0 8 N u m b e r 6 9 C Contents Editorial From the finds tray Publicising the IFA Kathryn Whittington Labouring in Archaeology: Profiling the Profession 2007-08 Kenneth Aitchison Changes to the validation procedure Kathryn Whittington Who should pay for training? Roger White Barriers to entry and accreditation of archaeologists Gerry Wait A u t u m n 2 0 0 8 N u m b e r 6 9
The Archaeologist
A u t u m n 2 0 0 8 N u m b e r 6 9 C Contents Editorial From the finds tray Publicising the IFA ... more A u t u m n 2 0 0 8 N u m b e r 6 9 C Contents Editorial From the finds tray Publicising the IFA Kathryn Whittington Labouring in Archaeology: Profiling the Profession 2007-08 Kenneth Aitchison Changes to the validation procedure Kathryn Whittington Who should pay for training? Roger White Barriers to entry and accreditation of archaeologists Gerry Wait A u t u m n 2 0 0 8 N u m b e r 6 9
The Archaeologist
Improving archaeologists' pay p7 Training: investment in our future p16 The setting of cultural h... more Improving archaeologists' pay p7 Training: investment in our future p16 The setting of cultural heritage features p44 Institute of Field Archaeologists SHES, University of Reading, Whiteknights PO Box 227, Reading RG6 6AB tel 0118 378 6446 fax 0118 378 6448 email admin@archaeologists.net website www.archaeologists.net
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Publications by Beth Asbury
You may park in the car park at Shaw House (www.what3words.com ///riders.drama.dairy), but please note that the grounds and car park are locked when the House is locked. Please check the website for Shaw House’s opening times first: www.westberkshireheritage.org/shaw-house/plan-your-visit.
Members of the public are welcome to wander around Shaw House’s grounds when the car park is open, but please be aware of any events taking place at the house, such as weddings and wakes. Please be sensitive to the presence of any guests or requests from members of staff.
During school term time, you may want to take into consideration school dropping off and collection times. Trinity School’s term dates are listed on its website: www.trinitynewbury.org. St Mary’s Church and churchyard are also likely to be busy on Sundays, during Christian holidays and on Armistice Day (11 November). For more information, please visit: www.shawchurch.org.uk.
This trail was prepared by West Berkshire Council’s archaeology service. One of the archaeology service’s jobs is to look after West Berkshire’s Historic Environment Record or HER. The HER is a database of buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas and landscapes of archaeological, architectural, artistic and historic interest. More information about it can be found here: https://info.westberks.gov.uk/her. Links to the HER’s records are included in the trail.
You can give feedback on the trail here (please select Archaeology Service from the dropdown list): www.westberkshireheritage.org/feedback-form or contact us at archaeology@westberks.gov.uk.
This booklet is the result of ‘Celebrating Diversity’, a project funded by the Arts Council England via Oxford University Museums Partnership and created with the LGBTQ+ community. Nearly fifty volunteers who identify as LGBTQ+ or are allies have been involved writing the interpretations to be found within these pages and co-curating its launch events. Through these interpretations we strive to celebrate diversity and highlight LGBTQ+ experiences. The items included here have been identified with the help of staff from each collection represented. Through Out in Oxford, we hope to offer alternative insights into our shared, queer heritage.
This project is a response to a lecture given by Professor Richard Parkinson, author of 'A Little Gay History', Professor of Egyptology at the Faculty of Oriental Studies and a Fellow of The Queen’s College, Oxford, during LGBT History Month, February 2016 (https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/great-unrecorded-history-lgbt-heritage-and-world-cultures). The lecture highlighted the demand for more explicit, not implicit, LGBTQ+ representation within museum displays. We are proud to be launching this trail a year later during LGBT History Month 2017. 2017 is an auspicious year as it is the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
Collections are listed in order of a suggested route, giving a round tour of Oxford city centre. Address, website and admission information is listed and a map is provided on the back page. If you have specific requirements or accessibility needs, please check these details before planning your route.
Check the relevant gallery guide inside each building to find out where the items are displayed. The locations of each item are correct at the time of going to press in January 2017, but displays do sometimes change - ask gallery staff for help if you cannot find what you are looking for. For more information and to discover further items from each collection, visit the trail's webpage: www.glam.ox.ac.uk/outinoxford.
You may park in the car park at Shaw House (www.what3words.com ///riders.drama.dairy), but please note that the grounds and car park are locked when the House is locked. Please check the website for Shaw House’s opening times first: www.westberkshireheritage.org/shaw-house/plan-your-visit.
Members of the public are welcome to wander around Shaw House’s grounds when the car park is open, but please be aware of any events taking place at the house, such as weddings and wakes. Please be sensitive to the presence of any guests or requests from members of staff.
During school term time, you may want to take into consideration school dropping off and collection times. Trinity School’s term dates are listed on its website: www.trinitynewbury.org. St Mary’s Church and churchyard are also likely to be busy on Sundays, during Christian holidays and on Armistice Day (11 November). For more information, please visit: www.shawchurch.org.uk.
This trail was prepared by West Berkshire Council’s archaeology service. One of the archaeology service’s jobs is to look after West Berkshire’s Historic Environment Record or HER. The HER is a database of buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas and landscapes of archaeological, architectural, artistic and historic interest. More information about it can be found here: https://info.westberks.gov.uk/her. Links to the HER’s records are included in the trail.
You can give feedback on the trail here (please select Archaeology Service from the dropdown list): www.westberkshireheritage.org/feedback-form or contact us at archaeology@westberks.gov.uk.
This booklet is the result of ‘Celebrating Diversity’, a project funded by the Arts Council England via Oxford University Museums Partnership and created with the LGBTQ+ community. Nearly fifty volunteers who identify as LGBTQ+ or are allies have been involved writing the interpretations to be found within these pages and co-curating its launch events. Through these interpretations we strive to celebrate diversity and highlight LGBTQ+ experiences. The items included here have been identified with the help of staff from each collection represented. Through Out in Oxford, we hope to offer alternative insights into our shared, queer heritage.
This project is a response to a lecture given by Professor Richard Parkinson, author of 'A Little Gay History', Professor of Egyptology at the Faculty of Oriental Studies and a Fellow of The Queen’s College, Oxford, during LGBT History Month, February 2016 (https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/great-unrecorded-history-lgbt-heritage-and-world-cultures). The lecture highlighted the demand for more explicit, not implicit, LGBTQ+ representation within museum displays. We are proud to be launching this trail a year later during LGBT History Month 2017. 2017 is an auspicious year as it is the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
Collections are listed in order of a suggested route, giving a round tour of Oxford city centre. Address, website and admission information is listed and a map is provided on the back page. If you have specific requirements or accessibility needs, please check these details before planning your route.
Check the relevant gallery guide inside each building to find out where the items are displayed. The locations of each item are correct at the time of going to press in January 2017, but displays do sometimes change - ask gallery staff for help if you cannot find what you are looking for. For more information and to discover further items from each collection, visit the trail's webpage: www.glam.ox.ac.uk/outinoxford.
This topic was the subject of Beth’s MPhil dissertation at the University of Birmingham.
Join West Berkshire Council’s Assistant Archaeologist Beth Asbury and Berkshire Finds Liaison Officer Philip Smither to find out about what’s known about our district, what to look out for and how you can play a part in helping to collect information about the history of this area.
The Institute is an independent association, which promotes best practice through its Code of conduct and other by-laws, Standards and guidance and professional papers. Members are vetted by peer review for their ethical and technical competence, and its Registered Organisations scheme is the only quality assurance scheme of its kind in the country.
Past discussion on the Egyptologists Electronic Forum of a code of practice and the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ rules to restrict archaeological work to experts shows there is an interest in developing standards of work and competency criteria within Egyptology. The five principles of the IfA’s Code of conduct will be discussed in this light to the backdrop of the, some say ‘pre-Egyptological’, adventures of Belzoni in order to demonstrate their applicability to the professional development of today’s discipline."