https://mla.hcommons.org/members/howardmrw/activity/ Activity feed for Howard Williams. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:08:57 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c64257051af3ea918972a8593b520c56 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1940122/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:09:59 -0500 0 e0767c50a1c92a2d88fd720762922c27 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1919377/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:24:39 -0400 0 1b18dd0510467b313a27b667b6a9e051 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816954/ Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:27:28 -0400 Britain’s second-longest early medieval monument – Wat’s Dyke – was a component of an early medieval hydraulic frontier zone rather than primarily serving as a symbol of power, a fixed territorial border or a military stop-line. Wat’s Dyke was not only created to monitor and control mobility over land, but specifically did so through its careful a…[Read more]

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]]> 0 8f2ebaf12d552a48f0d744ba5d848b34 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816951/ Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:26:27 -0400 Often neglected and misunderstood, there are considerable challenges to digital and real-world public engagement with Britain’s third-longest linear monument, Wat’s Dyke (Williams 2020a). To foster public education and understanding regarding of Wat’s Dyke’s relationship to the broader story of Anglo-Welsh borderlands, but also to encoura…[Read more]

]]> 0 46fd23fce0e425905dc3e0b2269078ff https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816950/ Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:26:09 -0400 We hope this comic heritage trail for Wrexham helps introduce you to Britain’s third-longest ancient monument

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]]> 0 29768195ba513df21e69e4ec4f0d7966 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816948/ Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:25:29 -0400 This article introduces the third volume of the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ). As well as reviewing ODJ 3’s contents, I present reviews of the journal received to date, notable new publications on linear monuments, and the Collaboratory’s key activities during 2021. The context and significance of the research network’s ongoing endeavours are present…[Read more]

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]]> 0 37baf96d2b36970980d13627d3e167bd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816946/ Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:24:47 -0400 This chapter presents a survey and critique of the use of ‘treasure(s)’ to describe the burial assemblage from the Mound 1 ship-burial at Sutton Hoo since its discovery in 1939. I argue that referring to the contents of Mound 1 as ‘treasure(s)’ is not merely misrepresenting, commodifying and sensationalising its funerary context and wider signifi…[Read more]

]]> 0 a95bba2cbf68566100fc3bcde168cd03 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816945/ Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:24:26 -0400 Setting the stage for The Public Archaeology of Treasure, this chapter presents the complex intersections of ‘treasure’ in archaeological teaching and research and archaeology’s interactions with a range of different publics on local, regional, national and international scales. The chapter also identifies the global issues in heritage conse…[Read more]

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]]> 0 69d5a3994708117069a778313f35a14b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816920/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:21:25 -0400 We hope this comic heritage trail for Wrexham helps introduce you to Britain’s third-longest ancient monument

]]> 0 5143543085a139d4f4a424301f908a50 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816919/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:14:58 -0400 This article introduces the third volume of the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ). As well as reviewing ODJ 3’s contents, I present reviews of the journal received to date, notable new publications on linear monuments, and the Collaboratory’s key activities during 2021. The context and significance of the research network’s ongoing endeavours are present…[Read more]

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]]> 0 f625a02d0dc0da0c9ca44e42548fa637 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816917/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:02:02 -0400 Setting the stage for The Public Archaeology of Treasure, this chapter presents the complex intersections of ‘treasure’ in archaeological teaching and research and archaeology’s interactions with a range of different publics on local, regional, national and international scales. The chapter also identifies the global issues in heritage conse…[Read more]

]]> 0 80310ae83826c984c959e13672cd1b52 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1816916/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 14:56:31 -0400 Introduction to the collected essays of Professor Dai Morgan Evans

]]> 0 32844dd7eff5454d8bb482e1114e02f0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719733/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 02:24:08 -0500 In response to the challenge set by one of us (Williams this volume), this chapter explores new avenues for a public archaeology of Wat’s Dyke. A host of digital and real-world initiatives for public and community engagement are suggested, but the focus is upon one new initiative: the What’s Wat’s Dyke? Heritage Trail which aims to envision Wat’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 c3d5c8b4b7ac581c3828a4715f7bd556 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719732/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 02:23:38 -0500 In response to the challenge set by one of us (Williams this volume), this chapter explores new avenues for a public archaeology of Wat’s Dyke. A host of digital and real-world initiatives for public and community engagement are suggested, but the focus is upon one new initiative: the What’s Wat’s Dyke? Heritage Trail which aims to envision Wat’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 0262f10c4a920d7044a85026992528d9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719690/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:41:15 -0500 Linear monuments offer special challenges in the context of the public archaeology of frontiers and borderlands. This chapter tackles the interpretive neglect of Britain’s second-longest early medieval earthwork, Wat’s Dyke, showing how its sparse and sporadic archaeological attention is reflected in poor and out-dated public archaeology and her…[Read more]

]]> 0 643e70237b7636ba04df9d28c50cadb3 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719689/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:40:51 -0500 In 2010, the zombie horror genre gained even greater popularity than the huge following it had previously enjoyed when AMC’s The Walking Dead (TWD) first aired. The chapter surveys the archaeology of this fictional post-apocalyptic material world in the show’s seasons 1–9, focusing on its mural practices and environments which draw upon ancie…[Read more]

]]> 0 c23bcb0a91b763dd5f15ce8c0dc608ae https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719688/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:40:21 -0500 In 2010, the zombie horror genre gained even greater popularity than the huge following it had previously enjoyed when AMC’s The Walking Dead (TWD) first aired. The chapter surveys the archaeology of this fictional post-apocalyptic material world in the show’s seasons 1–9, focusing on its mural practices and environments which draw upon ancie…[Read more]

]]> 0 338e357433eea31f173da7ee49c0da94 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719687/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:39:57 -0500 Responding to the recently published edited collection exploring the hillfort and landscape context of Old Oswestry (Shropshire, England) by heritage professionals connected to the Hands off Old Oswestry Hillfort heritage protection campaign (Malim and Nash 2020), this chapter reviews and reflects on the significance of the overall…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0aae765440f3a1ece5f97adf2553413 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719686/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:39:27 -0500 Responding to the recently published edited collection exploring the hillfort and landscape context of Old Oswestry (Shropshire, England) by heritage professionals connected to the Hands off Old Oswestry Hillfort heritage protection campaign (Malim and Nash 2020), this chapter reviews and reflects on the significance of the overall…[Read more]

]]> 0 97a75399e303908aa1a7479da2cd8bab https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719685/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:39:02 -0500 The chapter serves to introduce the first-ever book dedicated to public archaeologies of frontiers and borderlands. We identify the hitherto neglect of this critical field which seeks to explore the heritage, public engagements, popular cultures and politics of frontiers and borderlands past and present. We review the 2019 conference organised by…[Read more]

]]> 0 febfe4ec2c47a4a4d8e14fb5137a578d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719684/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:38:33 -0500 The chapter serves to introduce the first-ever book dedicated to public archaeologies of frontiers and borderlands. We identify the hitherto neglect of this critical field which seeks to explore the heritage, public engagements, popular cultures and politics of frontiers and borderlands past and present. We review the 2019 conference organised by…[Read more]

]]> 0 9277ce5a4ffb4c6c6556b79d73b8f02d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719683/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:38:08 -0500 How are linear monuments perceived in the contemporary landscape and how do they operate as memoryscapes for today’s borderland communities? When considering Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke in today’s world, we must take into account the generations who have long lived in these monuments’ shadows and interacted with them. Even if perhaps only being dim…[Read more]

]]> 0 d17155331a289da8dd38e2ecad19a09a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719682/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:37:39 -0500 How are linear monuments perceived in the contemporary landscape and how do they operate as memoryscapes for today’s borderland communities? When considering Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke in today’s world, we must take into account the generations who have long lived in these monuments’ shadows and interacted with them. Even if perhaps only being dim…[Read more]

]]> 0 973feda4301539630adf8d7311addcd7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719681/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:37:14 -0500 Introducing the second volume of the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ), this five-part article sets the scene by reviewing: (i) key recent research augmenting last year’s Introduction (Williams and Delaney 2019); (ii) the key activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory in 2020; (iii) the political mobilisation of Offa’s Dyke in the context of the COVID-1…[Read more]

]]> 0 d73579788483d264f8f3b518f7a94290 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719680/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:36:43 -0500 Introducing the second volume of the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ), this five-part article sets the scene by reviewing: (i) key recent research augmenting last year’s Introduction (Williams and Delaney 2019); (ii) the key activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory in 2020; (iii) the political mobilisation of Offa’s Dyke in the context of the COVID-1…[Read more]

]]> 0 6f9f303336b8121851d6b67baea1ce88 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719648/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:48:11 -0500 In response to the challenge set by one of us (Williams this volume), this chapter explores new avenues for a public archaeology of Wat’s Dyke. A host of digital and real-world initiatives for public and community engagement are suggested, but the focus is upon one new initiative: the What’s Wat’s Dyke? Heritage Trail which aims to envision Wat’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 76dd52c41028ca0492f4f64cb95f8f60 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719647/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:46:15 -0500 Linear monuments offer special challenges in the context of the public archaeology of frontiers and borderlands. This chapter tackles the interpretive neglect of Britain’s second-longest early medieval earthwork, Wat’s Dyke, showing how its sparse and sporadic archaeological attention is reflected in poor and out-dated public archaeology and her…[Read more]

]]> 0 01f915be095e7d55d094da16e84195be https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719646/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:40:39 -0500 In 2010, the zombie horror genre gained even greater popularity than the huge following it had previously enjoyed when AMC’s The Walking Dead (TWD) first aired. The chapter surveys the archaeology of this fictional post-apocalyptic material world in the show’s seasons 1–9, focusing on its mural practices and environments which draw upon ancie…[Read more]

]]> 0 2adf1c1dd81e814bc06f1da56a3cc374 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719644/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:30:41 -0500 Responding to the recently published edited collection exploring the hillfort and landscape context of Old Oswestry (Shropshire, England) by heritage professionals connected to the Hands off Old Oswestry Hillfort heritage protection campaign (Malim and Nash 2020), this chapter reviews and reflects on the significance of the overall…[Read more]

]]> 0 a41490ffd870bfdb0f6915e1d50fb405 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719642/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:24:49 -0500 The chapter serves to introduce the first-ever book dedicated to public archaeologies of frontiers and borderlands. We identify the hitherto neglect of this critical field which seeks to explore the heritage, public engagements, popular cultures and politics of frontiers and borderlands past and present. We review the 2019 conference organised by…[Read more]

]]> 0 c3ab9635507641ed481b379715757908 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719641/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:07:48 -0500 0 c836d3fd35bbad0e4c675f51a540eba7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719640/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:01:05 -0500 How are linear monuments perceived in the contemporary landscape and how do they operate as memoryscapes for today’s borderland communities? When considering Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke in today’s world, we must take into account the generations who have long lived in these monuments’ shadows and interacted with them. Even if perhaps only being dim…[Read more]

]]> 0 ce1ec758c3ab66557aa35cb845354197 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719638/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:57:29 -0500 Introducing the second volume of the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ), this five-part article sets the scene by reviewing: (i) key recent research augmenting last year’s Introduction (Williams and Delaney 2019); (ii) the key activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory in 2020; (iii) the political mobilisation of Offa’s Dyke in the context of the COVID-1…[Read more]

]]> 0 b3a14df59472cb1aa8674c0eaa76d91d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679964/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:29:03 -0500 Alfred the Great (1969) was the first, and remains the only, feature-length film portraying the West Saxon king and his conflicts with the Danes. Forty-seven years later, Bernard Cornwell’s novels have been adapted for television as The Last Kingdom (2015–). Despite being fictional adaptions of historical events, and despite the considerable sep…[Read more]

]]> 0 547928e69f22a6b580a282990947e219 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679963/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:28:30 -0500 Alfred the Great (1969) was the first, and remains the only, feature-length film portraying the West Saxon king and his conflicts with the Danes. Forty-seven years later, Bernard Cornwell’s novels have been adapted for television as The Last Kingdom (2015–). Despite being fictional adaptions of historical events, and despite the considerable sep…[Read more]

]]> 0 efd1a8493fa39a7924cb1ece4dd03e8e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679962/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:28:04 -0500 The public archaeology of death has frequently focused on the ethics and practices of excavating, displaying and curating human remains and mortuary contexts. Yet the focus of investigation is often restricted to whole, articulated bodies and tangible, complete monuments. Far fewer discussions have tackled the complex challenges of engaging the…[Read more]

]]> 0 dda2878453df946c0df1cb6651e7a868 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679961/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:27:32 -0500 The public archaeology of death has frequently focused on the ethics and practices of excavating, displaying and curating human remains and mortuary contexts. Yet the focus of investigation is often restricted to whole, articulated bodies and tangible, complete monuments. Far fewer discussions have tackled the complex challenges of engaging the…[Read more]

]]> 0 173a63a9a04edabefd6e320af8de0dbb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679960/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:27:05 -0500 This introductory chapter identifies the principal issues and themes in the public archaeology of the Early Middle Ages, exploring the specific and compelling challenges of investigating and evaluating the early medieval past in contemporary society mediated by archaeology. In doing so, we review and contextualise the contributions to the 3rd…[Read more]

]]> 0 1761287e419260f4a0de3e4c7c3d689c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679959/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:26:32 -0500 This introductory chapter identifies the principal issues and themes in the public archaeology of the Early Middle Ages, exploring the specific and compelling challenges of investigating and evaluating the early medieval past in contemporary society mediated by archaeology. In doing so, we review and contextualise the contributions to the 3rd…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ac6f844b1bdfa8dd7dfc52452b4f7dc https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679958/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:26:03 -0500 How museums and heritage sites in England display the early medieval past is the focus of academic and public interest and debate. Despite ever-pressured budgets and limited resources, the stories told about the early medieval past in these environments are of key importance for the story of this island, and have become increasingly important in…[Read more]

]]> 0 a2f4d3bc821a62fc50149e5755bba97e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679957/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:25:32 -0500 How museums and heritage sites in England display the early medieval past is the focus of academic and public interest and debate. Despite ever-pressured budgets and limited resources, the stories told about the early medieval past in these environments are of key importance for the story of this island, and have become increasingly important in…[Read more]

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