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The writing on the wall: the concealed communities of the East Yorkshire horselads [PDF]

, 2007
This paper examines the graffiti found within late nineteenth and early-twentieth century farm buildings in the Wolds of East Yorkshire. It suggests that the graffiti were created by a group of young men at the bottom of the social hierarchy - the ...
A Antrim, A Harris, A Harris, A Harris, A Howkins, A Howkins, A Young, C Hayfield, C Hayfield, C Hayfield, C Hayfield, C Hayfield, C Hayfield, D Crossley, D Jones-Baker, D Neave, E Abel, E Landy, E Mercer, EEJ Best, EH Whetham, EH Whetham, English Heritage, F Kitchen, G Gonos, G Moses, H Reffold, HE Strickland, HL Day, I Megginson, J Alfrey, J Brown, J Fleming, J Lake, J Mallea-Olaetxe, J Thirsk, JA Perkins, Kate Giles, M Palmer, Melanie Giles, MW Barley, N Harvey, N Harvey, N Harvey, P Barnwell, P Barnwell, P Brassley, P Chekroun, P Dewey, P Edwards, P Howorth, R Beckett, RD Brigden, RG Reisner, RJ Brown, RW Brunskill, RW Brunskill, S Caunce, S Caunce, S Wade Martins, S Wade Martins, S Wade Martins, SW Foster, T Williamson, V Chapman, V Neave, V Plesch, W Marshall, WW Gatenby, Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS)   +69 more
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Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop‐Taylor, David Benson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Newton Hall and the cruck buildings of North West England [PDF]

, 2010
This study is an introduction to the archaeology and history of Newton Hall, Hyde, in Tameside. As a timber-framed cruck building from the late medieval period it is one of the oldest homes in North West England, and was one of the first such buildings ...
Nevell, MD
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The missing woodland story: Implications of 1700 years of stand‐scale change on ‘naturalness’ and managing remnant broadleaved woodlands

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐term perspectives—equivalent to the lifespans of long‐lived trees—are required to fully inform perceptions of ‘naturalness’ used in woodland conservation and management. Stand‐scale dynamics of an old growth temperate woodland are reconstructed using palaeoecological data.
Annabel Everard, J. Edward Schofield, Tim Mighall, Scott Timpany, Gill Plunkett   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of zooarchaeology in the interpretation of socioeconomic status: a discussion with reference to Medieval Europe [PDF]

, 2002
Social inequality is ubiquitous in human society, and the concept of social standing has been of fundamental importance throughout time (Price and Feinman 1995).
Ashby, S.P.
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The Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture 2011. Artefacts, art and artifice: reconsidering iconographic sources for archaeological objects in early modern Europe [PDF]

, 2012
A first systematic analysis of historic domestic material culture depicted in contemporaneous Western painting and prints, c.1400-1800. Drawing on an extensive data set, the paper proposes to methodologies and hermeneutics for historical analysis and ...
Aynsley J, Braudel F, Gaimster D, Hundsbichler H, Hundsbichler H, Jaritz G, Jaritz G, Kunze H, Ruempol APE, Schneider N, Strauss K, Strauss W L, Verhaeghe F, Westermann M   +13 more
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125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello, Mark D. Lewis, Simon A. Parfitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England [PDF]

, 2008
Detailed analysis of the construction of gender identities has transformed our understanding of many aspects of early medieval society, yet the study of the Vikings in Britain has largely remained immune to this branch of scholarship.
Hadley, D.M.
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
wiley   +1 more source