Category Archives: Photography

Photographing Old Books

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

When The Pitt Rivers Museum acquired “Our Ancient Monuments” written by the man (Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers) himself, the School of Archaeology’s Ian Cartwright photographed the book for them to add to their ‘Documenting Pitt-Rivers‘ project. Want to see how … Continue reading →

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Man in the White Hat

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

Over the past two weeks we have enjoyed the company of Alice Jaspars, a second year undergraduate who followed up excavation in Cyprus over the summer with a fieldwork placement in the archive, finding out more about the history of … Continue reading →

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A College Responds to the Spanish ‘Flu Outbreak of 1918-19

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

Archaeologists – at least the ones in our archives – had a knack for using whatever came to hand for their own purposes. This often leads to the preservation of surprising nuggets of social history wedged in between the archaeological research, … Continue reading →

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The Sanger Shepherd Process

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

We’re making a start on cleaning, digitizing and recording a beautiful cabinet of lantern slides which used to form part of the Ashmolean Lantern Slide Lending Library. It’s a big job, and one we couldn’t do without the help of our … Continue reading →

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35mm slide project

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

Like many teaching institutions, we have a huge 35mm teaching slide collection. It was once in constant use, but now 35mm slides are a redundant technology, and questions have to be asked about whether the collection is worth the space … Continue reading →

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