Archaeology welcome programme

The following list of books is offered as a guide to some reading you should consider as general background reading which you can explore both before you begin the programme and also return to dip in to as the year progresses. We’re not expecting you to read all of these, think about the pathway you are following on the programme and then look at the ones that strike you as of most interest to you or which you think are particularly relevant to the subjects you are going to explore on your programme. 

Approaches to prehistoric and historic landscapes

• Bradley, R. 2000. The Archaeology of Natural Places. London: Routledge.

• Johnson, M. 2007. Ideas of Landscape. Oxford: Blackwell.

• Schama, S. 1995. Landscape and Memory. (Various versions and publishers.)

Collections of essays on landscape archaeology and anthropology

• Ashmore, W and Knapp, A.B. (Eds) 1999. Archaeologies of Landscape. Oxford: Blackwell.

• Bender, B. & Winer, M. (Eds) 2001. Contested landscapes. Movement, exile and place. London: Routledge.

Techniques in landscape archaeology

• Bowden, M. (Ed.) 1999. Unravelling the Landscape: an inquisitive approach to archaeology. Stroud: Tempus.

• Chapman, H. 2006. Landscape Archaeology and GIS. Stroud: Tempus.

• French, C. 2015. A handbook of geoarchaeological approaches to settlement sites and landscapes. Oxford: Oxbow Books 

Conserving and interpreting the historic environment

• Grenville, J. (Ed.) 1999. Managing the Historic Rural Environment. London: Routledge.

• Fowler, P. 2004. Landscapes for the World: Conserving a Global Heritage. Macclesfield: Windgather Press.

• Historic England 2015 Facing the future: foresight and the Historic Environment. Swindon: Historic England

This offers an archaeological perspective on managing the Historic Environment in England…if you further explore the Historic England website there is a huge amount of other material (reports, guidance, policy, etc.) which can be downloaded free of charge.

Sheffield’s ‘local’ landscapes

• Barnatt, J. and Smith, K. 2004. Peak District Landscapes Through Time. Macclesfield: Windgather Press.

• Barnatt, J. 2019. Reading the Peak District landscape. Swindon: Historic England.

A general introduction to archaeological ‘thought’

•  Johnson, M. 2019. Archaeological Theory: an introduction (3rd edition) London: John Wiley & Sons

Broader heritage issues…

• Akagawa, N. and Smith, L. 2019. Safeguarding Intangible Heritage. London: Routledge.

• Convery, I., Corsane, G. and Davis, P. (eds) 2014 Displaced Heritage: Dealing with Disaster and Suffering. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press

• Corsane, G. (ed.) 2005 Heritage, Museums and Galleries: An Introductory Reader. London: Routledge

• Harrison, R. et al. 2020 Heritage Futures: Comparative Approaches to Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices. London: UCL Press.

These are short, selected lists of ebooks and texts that will be of use to you. However, the list is by no means exhaustive and students should not limit themselves to the texts below. The most up-to-date critical scholarship can be found in journals such as those listed below, and students should browse these journals. 

Journal titles: 

• International Journal of Heritage Studies, Heritage and Society, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Journal of Heritage Tourism.

eBooks:

• Avrami, E. et al, 2019. Values in Heritage Management: Emerging Approaches and Research Directions. Los Angeles: Getty.

• Cameron, F. et al, 2007. Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage: a Critical Discourse (Boston: MIT).

• Corsane, G., 2005. Heritage, Museums and Galleries: an introductory reader (London: Taylor and Francis). 

• Di Giovine, M.A. 2009. The Heritage-scape: UNESCO, World Heritage and Tourism (New York: Lexington Books). 

• Hall, S., 1999. Whose heritage? Unsettling ‘the heritage’, re-imagining the post-nation. Third Text 13:49, 3-13. 

• Harrison, R., 2013. Heritage: Critical Approaches (London: Routledge).

• Harrison, R. et al, 2020. Heritage Futures: Comparative Approaches to Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices. UCL Press.

• Harrison, R. and C. Sterling, 2020. Deterritorializing the Future: Heritage in, and of and after the Anthropocene (London: Open Humanities Press). 

• Howard, K., 2012. Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology, and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Tradition (London: Routledge). 

• Lixinski, L., 2013. Intangible Cultural Heritage in International Law (Oxford: Oxford Scholarship). 

• Lowenthal, D., 2015. The Past is a Foreign Country – Revisited (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 

• Macdonald, S., 2008. A Companion to Museum Studies (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell). 

• Muzaini, H. and C. Minca (eds), 2018. After Heritage: Critical Perspectives on Heritage from Below (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar).

• Parry, R., 2010. Museums in a Digital Age (London: Routledge). 

• Sonoda, N., 2016. New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology (Springer). 

• Stig Sørensen, M.L. et al, 2009. Heritage Studies: Methods and Approaches (London: Taylor and Francis). 

• Szczepanowska H.M., 2013. Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Key Principles and Approaches (London: Routledge). 

• Trigger, B., 2014. A History of Archaeological Thought, 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP. 

• UNESCO Paper Series, [https://whc.unesco.org/en/series/]

• Waterton, E. and S. Watson (eds), 2015. The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research (Basingstoke: Palgrave). 

Welcome meeting for all new history and archaeology MA students

With MA Programme Leads Sebastian Gehring (History), Katherine Fennelly (Cultural Heritage Management) and Colin Merrony (Archaeology & Heritage).

• Welcome to the school

• Introduction to MA level learning and teaching

• Introduction to our support staff and wellbeing services

• Introduction to the PG Forum

• Opportunity to ask questions

The welcome talk will be followed by time for informal chat and questions.

Part-time students - if you haven’t already had an ID check, please bring ID and see Beky Hasnip at the end of this event.

Location: The Diamond, Workroom 2

Archaeology course introduction session with Katherine Fennelly and Colin Merrony

This session offers an opportunity to meet with the archaeology Programme Leads and find out about how your programme will run.

Location: The Diamond, Workroom 1

Skills introduction: Digital learning with the Arts and Humanities Digital Learning team and an introduction to 301 Academic Skill Centre. 

This is a School-wide session. The digital learning part of this session is particularly useful for non-Sheffield graduates, international students and anyone else unfamiliar with Google products and/or Blackboard. This workshop will be delivered by the Faculty Digital Learning team. Staff from the 301 Academic Skills Centre will then join to give you a short introduction to what this service can offer you to make sure you’re getting the most out of your degree. 

The final 15 minutes of this session includes an introduction to the wellbeing service, this is a repeat of the wellbeing introduction in the history welcome talk so you can choose to leave before this part of the session. 

Location: Richard Roberts Building, Auditorium 

Archaeology health & safety briefing with Yvette Sanderson

An introduction to relevant health and safety information, Yvette will talk through safety in our labs and on off-campus activities. 

Location: Hicks Building, Lecture Theatre 6 

These one-hour workshops are peer-led by the University’s Diversity Champions and aim to equip all students with information on support services available at the University and practical intervention tips as active bystanders. Please note that these workshops contains information and discussion around sexual violence and racial discrimination. 

Consent Conversations

This School-wide session will cover key topics on sexual consent, what the law says, some myths and facts about sexual consent and what an active bystander might look like.  The session will consist of a 20-minute presentation on key concepts and a 40-minute interactive workshop.

Race Conversations

This School-wide session aims to explore race and racism, particularly racial inequality in the UK. The session will include examples of privilege, microaggressions as well as reflective and interactive questions on diversifying the curriculum and tackling difficult conversations. We will also discuss practical intervention tips, equipping our students with skills to safely intervene and protect themselves and or the victim(s).  The session will consist of a 20-minute presentation on key concepts and a 40 minute interactive workshop.

Location: Richard Roberts Building, Auditorium

Management School Ice Breaker 

This is a relaxed ice breaker session run by the School of Management for students taking an MA programme that include a focus on creative and cultural industries. Students on the MA in Cultural Heritage Management programme are very welcome to attend to meet staff and students from the Management School. 

Location: Millennium Galleries (off campus)

Archaeology facilities tour 

Second session available Wednesday 2 October 11am-12pm. Please sign-up to one of these sessions to be shown around the archaeology lab facilities. 

Location: meet outside the Ella Armitage Building entrance

Sheffield history city tour (optional)

Whether you’re new to Sheffield and want to get to know the city or just want to meet other postgraduate students, come take part in our history themed city walking tour (takes 50-60 minutes). 

Location: leaving from Jessop West, ground floor foyer.

Let us know you’re coming so we have an idea of numbers. 

PG welcome drinks (optional)

Come meet other new postgrad students, as well as current students and staff, over drinks and snacks! Followed by a trip to the pub arranged by the PG Forum. 

Location: Mappin Building, Mappin Hall

Let us know you’re coming so we have an idea of numbers. 

Introduction to archaeology PG library facilities

This session run by Kate Grigsby, the library’s archaeology subject liaison, is specifically tailored to archaeology MA students so all students should attend even if you took your BA degree with us.

Location: Hicks Building, Lecture Theatre 6 

Archaeology facilities tour 

Second session available Friday 27 September 2pm-3pm. Please sign-up to one of these sessions to be shown around the archaeology lab facilities. 

Location: Location: meet outside the Ella Armitage Building entrance

Academic tutor meeting

Group welcome meeting where you’ll meet your academic tutor Kat Fennelly

Location: TBC

Academic tutor meeting

Group welcome meeting where you’ll meet your academic tutor Colin Merrony

Location: 38 Mappin Street, Classroom 8

Tea & coffee drop in (optional)

Call in and meet members of the PG support team and the PG Forum in an informal setting - a chance to chat, ask any questions you might have and find out more about the student-led PG Forum group. No need to sign-up. 

Location: The Diamond, Workroom 2