The
People and Place: Landscape and Identity through Time
conference at Chichester University held sat 13th Sept was a total success and it was an honour to be part of the conference. The key note lecture delivered by Professor Matthew Johnson of the University of Southampton was just fantastic and set a high level for those to follow. His address was designed to make us think about landscape archaeology and what it means to us. It was set in a theoretical framework but grounded in the practical world of field research. I always enjoy his papers and admire him very much. The following speakers also did a fantasic job and the papers ranged from the paleolithic right through to the present and contested landscapes. Those that stuck out for me were Dr Sarah Semple from Durham University and Chichesters own Dr Amanda Richardson. Dr Semple talked about the Anglo Saxon identity in the landscape, with particular attention placed on the re-use of monuments, such as barrows, by the peoples of early medieval England. Dr Richardson talked about Medieval and post-medieval Deer Parks, especially access, past and present, to the former Royal Palace and associated Deer Park at Clarendon near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Around 160 people attended the conference and I am very proud to have been one of them by presenting a poster themed on my research. The poster was well recieved and sat nicely with the overall theme of the conference. The poster also earned me a £50 book token by being voted one of the best by the conference attendees.
