Boundary objects: using grave goods to link communities in the present (as well as the past)

边界物体：使用随葬品连接现在（以及过去）的社区

• 批准号: AH/T012145/1
• 负责人: Duncan Garrow
• 金额: $ 10.15万
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FT012145%2F1
• 关键词: Boundary; objects; using; grave; goods

This project will build on work undertaken from 2016-2020 as part of the AHRC-funded 'Prehistoric Grave Goods' project (PGGP). PGGP brought together diverse information about objects from burials to reveal fascinating details about some of the most alluring and intriguing objects found in prehistoric Britain. One key element of the original project was to build on identified public interest, raising awareness of and providing new, accessible information about prehistoric grave goods in the British Museum and - via information packs - in primary schools across the UK. Another important strand was to ensure that, having used information from existing, publicly accessible digital holdings (HERs) as a starting point for our research, detailed findings from the project were fed directly back into these repositories so that they could provide a sound platform for future investigations of prehistoric burial.The proposed Boundary Objects project (BOP) aims to build on this work, developing it in new directions according to recognised needs. Over the course of PGGP, we became acutely aware of how difficult it can be to access information about grave goods, and the extent to which different parcels of information exist in different, unconnected silos - there is a chronic lack of joined-up thinking across the heritage sector regarding archaeological objects (finds) and their contexts of discovery (sites). We also came to realise that, despite a very clear public interest in prehistoric grave goods and the stories they have to tell, very few opportunities currently exist for volunteers to contribute meaningfully to finds research, whether in national- or regional-level institutions. In order to respond to these parallel gaps/needs, BOP aims to: (1) use grave goods to inspire a new wave of archaeological volunteers in both national and key regional institutions, and (2) enable people to access information about archaeological finds/sites, currently located in diverse and often relatively inaccessible locations, through one coherent, centralised portal: a 'finds hub'. In order to achieve these goals, we will: hold a series of stakeholder workshops in Edinburgh, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides; engage volunteers in new and meaningful finds-related research (populating the 'finds hub', connecting museum finds back up with their sites of origin, co-creating a series of 'grave good stories' which will be published as Canmore 'long reads' and form part of our end-of-project celebration exhibition and creating new 3D digital models of finds); work with leading industry players to develop an effective and sustainable 'finds hub' that will connect disparate archaeological information in one location; and produce two best-practice documents that will concretize the project's legacy and, we hope, ensure uptake of its ideas across the UK heritage sector. Whilst PGGP covered Britain as a whole, Scotland has been selected as the pilot area for BOP because of the coherency and accessibility of its digital repositories (Canmore and NMS) and because of our project partners' enthusiasm to participate.The core project team will include members of the original PGGP together with colleagues at Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and the National Museum of Scotland (NMS). Wider stakeholders include Historic Environment Record and museum professionals from two case study areas - Orkney and the Outer Hebrides - and volunteer groups associated with these organisations. In producing a sustainable 'finds hub' resource that, in principle, can be rolled out across the UK, inviting UK-wide heritage professionals to our end-of-project workshops and producing two widely-available best practice documents, we hope to ensure a nationwide, scalable legacy for the project.

该项目将建立在2016-2020年的工作基础上，作为AHRC资助的“史前墓葬物品”项目（PGGP）的一部分。PGGP汇集了关于墓葬中物品的各种信息，揭示了史前英国发现的一些最具吸引力和最有趣的物品的迷人细节。最初项目的一个关键要素是建立在确定的公共利益基础上，提高人们对大英博物馆史前墓葬的认识，并通过信息包在英国各地的小学提供有关史前墓葬的新的、可访问的信息。另一个重要的环节是确保将现有的、可公开访问的数字馆藏（HER）中的信息作为我们研究的起点，并将项目的详细发现直接反馈到这些数据库中，以便为未来的史前墓葬调查提供一个良好的平台。拟议的边界对象项目（BOP）旨在建立在这项工作的基础上，根据公认的需求，在新的方向上发展。在PGGP的过程中，我们敏锐地意识到获取有关坟墓物品的信息是多么困难，以及不同的信息包存在于不同的，不相连的筒仓中的程度-遗产部门长期缺乏关于考古物品（发现）及其发现背景（地点）的联合思维。我们还意识到，尽管公众对史前墓葬及其所讲述的故事非常感兴趣，但目前志愿者很少有机会为发现研究做出有意义的贡献，无论是在国家级还是区域级机构。为了应对这些并行的差距/需求，BOP的目标是：（1）使用墓葬品激发国家和主要区域机构的新一波考古志愿者，（2）使人们能够通过一个统一的集中门户网站获得有关考古发现/遗址的信息，这些发现/遗址目前位于不同且通常相对难以进入的位置：一个“发现中心”。为了实现这些目标，我们将：在爱丁堡、奥克尼和外赫布里底群岛举办一系列利益攸关方讲习班;让志愿者参与新的和有意义的研究（填充“发现中心”，将博物馆发现与其原产地连接起来，共同创作了一系列“严重的好故事”，将作为坎莫尔“长阅读”出版，并构成我们的结束的一部分，项目庆典展览和创建新的发现物3D数字模型）;与领先的行业参与者合作，开发一个有效和可持续的“发现物中心”，将不同的考古信息连接在一个位置;并产生两个最佳实践文件，将具体化该项目的遗产，我们希望，确保吸收其想法在英国遗产部门。虽然PGGP覆盖了整个英国，但苏格兰已被选为BOP的试点地区，因为其数字存储库（坎莫尔和NMS）的一致性和可访问性，以及我们的项目合作伙伴的参与热情。核心项目团队将包括原始PGGP的成员以及苏格兰历史环境（HES）和苏格兰国家博物馆（NMS）的同事。更广泛的利益相关者包括历史环境记录和两个案例研究领域的博物馆专业人员-奥克尼和外赫布里底群岛-以及与这些组织有关的志愿者团体。在制作一个可持续的“发现中心”资源，原则上，可以在英国各地推出，邀请英国范围内的遗产专业人士参加我们的项目结束研讨会，并制作两个广泛可用的最佳实践文件，我们希望确保该项目的全国性，可扩展的遗产。

项目成果

Boundary Objects Project in the Highlands

高地边界物体项目

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Celebrating archaeology in Scotland
• 作者: Kruse, S.

Just how splendid were grave goods in the Stonehenge landscape?

巨石阵景观中的随葬品到底有多华丽？

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: British Archaeology
• 作者: Cooper, A