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Thesis Abstract
The main focus of this thesis is to establish the usefulness of a timber joint typology, produced by dendrochronology between AD1250 and 1530, in the dating of previously undated buildings, along with the recalibration of Cecil Hewett’s published typologies (Hewett 1980). This contention is addressed, in Hampshire, through the physical surveying of 95 properties, and [...]
Posted: August 24th, 2010 under PhD, research.
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Published!
My MSc is now available as a book on Amazon “Virtual Meccano”: The Creation of Virtual Joints to Explore Vernacular Timber-framed Construction Methods of the Late Medieval Period (c1400-1530) [Paperback] Share on Facebook addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medievalarchitecture.net%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2F2010%2F08%2Fpublished%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Published%21′; addthis_pub = ”;
Posted: August 3rd, 2010 under digital archaeology, research.
Tags: 3D, archaeological computing, black death, buildings archaeology, digital archaeology, dissemination, hampshire, heritage computing, medieval architecture, open hall, timber-frame, timber-framed
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Back to the Ukraine :)
I am off to the Ukraine again for the fourth time next week. I will be working with Alex Turner to conduct a further GPR survey and work on completing the photogrammetry survey that we started last year. This will be added onto the GIS/CAD model of the fortress. You can view the project at [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2010 under Interest, Ukraine, digital archaeology.
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A Prezi about my background
The Prezi is a brief background as to why I undertook my research in the first place.
Posted: July 2nd, 2010 under PhD, digital archaeology.
Tags: background, buildings archaeology, digital archaeology, dissemination, freeware, hampshire, Prezi, research, research tools, timber-framed
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The Tripartite Plan
Social theories
In the late medieval domestic plan, the social structure was articulated by employment of the main structural posts of the timber frame, in order to provide clear divisions of space (Gardiner 2000,159). Although the term ‘feudal’ is often used to describe the social and military structure of the late medieval period – especially in older textbooks – modern thinking tends to “shy away from the term ‘feudalism’”
Posted: April 6th, 2010 under PhD, digital archaeology, research.
Tags: liminal, lower end, open hall, pantry, timber-framed, tripartite
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