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

‘Es dürfte wohl eine der ersten Publikationen sein, in der reale antike und moderne Grenzsysteme mit fiktiven Darstellungen sowie deren Wechselwirkungen umfangreich untersucht werden. Als Einstieg in den Ansatz von „public archaeology“ ist das Buch daher durchaus geeignet. Ein typisch angelsächsischer’ [translated: It is likely one of the first publications to extensively explore real ancient and modern boundary systems alongside fictional representations and their interactions. As an introduction to the approach of "public archaeology," the book is therefore quite suitable.] – Martina Meyr (2023): GERMANIA 101