Public Archaeologies of Frontiers and Borderlands

Kieran Gleave is currently an archaeologist with the University of Salford. He graduated from the University of Chester in 2019 after graduating with a BA (Hons) Archaeology degree. ; Howard Williams is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Chester and researches public archaeology and archaeologies of death and memory. He writes an academic blog: Archaeodeath. ; Pauline Magdalene Clarke is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Chester, having recently completed both her BA (Hons) and MA there.

Foreword – Rebecca H. Jones ;


Public Archaeologies from the Edge – Pauline Clarke, Kieran Gleave and Howard Williams ;


Breaking Down Barriers: The Role of Public Archaeology and Heritage Interpretation in Shaping Perceptions of the Past – Richard Nevell and Michael Nevell ;


Roman Walls, Frontiers and Public Archaeology – An Interview with Rob Collins ;


Hands across the Border? Prehistory, Cairns and Scotland’s 2014 Independence Referendum – Kenneth Brophy ;


Breaking Down the Berlin Wall: Dark Heritage, Pre-Wall Sites and the Public – Kieran Gleave ;


The Political Dimensions of Public Archaeology in Borderlands: Exploring the Contemporary US-México Border – Maikin Holst ;


Cofiwch Dryweryn: The Frontiers of Contemporary Welsh Nationalism, as seen through the Creation of Contested Heritage Murals – David Howell ;


The Discomfort of Frontiers: Public Archaeology and the Politics of Offa’s Dyke – An interview with Keith Ray ;


The Biography of Borderlands: Old Oswestry Hillfort and Modern Heritage Debates – Ruby McMillan-Sloan and Howard Williams ;


Interpreting Wat’s Dyke in the 21st Century – Howard Williams ;


Envisioning Wat’s Dyke – John G. Swogger and Howard Williams ;


Watching Walls: Frontier Archaeology and Game of Thrones – Emma Kate Vernon ;


Frontiers on Film: Evaluating Mulan (1998) and The Great Wall (2016) – Sophie Billingham