“This sounds a very impressive project with a clear remit and focus.”
– Prof. David Petts (Twitter)
“What a lovely site and I am delighted to follow back as a borderlands person myself, hailing from Ludlow”
– Prof John D Brewer (Twitter)
“…nice project!”
– Dr. Chloe Duckworth (Twitter)
Archaeoduck (YouTube)
Thanks for the video permission’s Chloe!
We are archaeologists…and do more than “just three days” as some popular programs would have you believe. So what is an archaeologist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY5iTiRhJ8c
Dr. Keith Ray – for the book(s) on Offa’s Dyke that are invaluable to the project
“Dykes through time” – Theoretical Archaeology Group. Cardiff, Dec. 2017
Bibliography:
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Howard Williams (2017)
Dykes through Time: Rethinking Early Medieval Linear Earthworks,
TAG 2017 Cardiff. Available at:
http://tag2017cardiff.org/2017/06/01/dykes-through-time-rethinking-early-medieval-linear-earthworks/ (Accessed: 21 December 2017).
Dr. Chloe Duckworth (2017)
Archaeology Explained - YouTube. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY5iTiRhJ8c (Accessed: 23 October 2017).