Interpreting the Ambiguous: Archaeology and interpretation in early 21st century Britain

This volume presents thirteen papers, from a session of the IFA conference held in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2001, which aim to bring archaeologists and environmentalists closer together. They also explore contacts between archaeologists and the public, and the relationship between the discovery of archaeological data and its interpretation through a number of British case studies, most of which are prehistoric in date. Subjects include: the archaeological landscape; the presentation of the past to the public; interpreting the Palaeolithic archaeology of Creswell Crags; archaeology, interpretation and the National Trust at Avebury; the Maelmin Heritage Trail; the use of theatre groups in public interpretation of prehistory; public access and interpetation on a developer-funded excavation at Braehead, Glasgow; interpreting the Iron Age at Castell Henllys; reconstructing Roman London; interpreting historic narrowboats in the Working Boats Project; the reasons for archaeological interpretation and its future.Frodsham, Paul is the author of 'Interpreting the Ambiguous: Archaeology and interpretation in early 21st century Britain', published 2004 under ISBN 9781841715834 and ISBN 1841715832.