Archaeologies & Antiquaries: Essays by Dai Morgan Evans

By (author) David Morgan Evans Edited by Howard Williams Edited by Kara Critchell Edited by Sheena Evans

Book cover: Archaeologies & Antiquaries: Essays by Dai Morgan Evans

Extent: 306 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Medieval Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2022)

ISBN: 9781803271583

6.85 x 9.65 inches

Price: $68.00

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This book collects and republishes 14 key academic works by Dai Morgan Evans FSA (1944-2017). Spanning early medieval studies, the management and conservation of ancient monuments, histories of antiquarianism, and the Welsh church of Llangar, the chapters have been freshly edited and published together for the first time with new ill


Archaeologies and Antiquaries collects and republishes 14 key academic works by the late Professor Dai Morgan Evans FSA (1944-2017), whose career spanned the civil service, learned societies, charitable organisations and the academy. His research focused on the archaeology of Wales and England. Spanning early medieval archaeology and history, the management and conservation of ancient monuments, histories of antiquarianism, and the Welsh church of Llangar, the chapters have been reformatted, freshly edited and published together for the first time with new illustrations. Together, the studies provide still-pertinent and insightful investigations, here contextualised by a multi-authored introduction surveying Dai’s career and contributions to archaeology and its public understanding.

Dai Morgan Evans: A life in archaeology - Howard Williams, Chris Musson, Christopher Young, Rosemary Cramp, Adrian James and Sheena Evans The origins of Powys - Christian, heretic or pagan? Irish influence in post-Roman mid-Wales An early Christian monument from Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire Legacy hunting and Welsh identities 'King Arthur' and Cadbury Castle, Somerset Eighteenth-century descriptions of the Cerne Abbas Giant Et in Arcadia? The problem with ruins The Society of Antiquaries, 1707-18: Meeting places and origin stories 'Banks is the villain!'? Sir Joseph Banks and the governance of the Society of Antiquaries Octavius Morgan: Journal of a tour through North Wales in 1821 Llangar - Church and community in the early eighteenth century Part I: The fabric of the church Part II: The poor, vermin and other matters Part III: christmas, holy communion, ale and the wardens Part IV: Hierarchy, liturgy, fixtures and fittings, Dai Morgan Evans: A life in archaeology – Howard Williams, Chris Musson, Christopher Young, Rosemary Cramp, Adrian James and Sheena Evans The origins of Powys – Christian, heretic or pagan? ;

Irish influence in post-Roman mid-Wales ;

An early Christian monument from Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire ;

Legacy hunting and Welsh identities ;

‘King Arthur’ and Cadbury Castle, Somerset ;

Eighteenth-century descriptions of the Cerne Abbas Giant ;

Et in Arcadia? The problem with ruins ;

The Society of Antiquaries, 1707–18: Meeting places and origin stories ;

‘Banks is the villain!’? Sir Joseph Banks and the governance of the Society of Antiquaries ;

Octavius Morgan: Journal of a tour through North Wales in 1821 ;

Llangar – Church and community in the early eighteenth century ;

Part I: The fabric of the churchPart II: The poor, vermin and other mattersPart III: christmas, holy communion, ale and the wardensPart IV: Hierarchy, liturgy, fixtures and fittings

  • By (author) David Morgan Evans
  • Edited by Howard Williams
  • Edited by Kara Critchell
  • Edited by Sheena Evans

'This is the third volume of the new journal devoted to dissemination and debate of linear earthworks. The previous two volumes have been reviewed in earlier editions of Archaeologia Cambrensis, and the rapid production of the next volume is testament to the industry of the editors and the success of the series so far. Although this volume appears to be dominated by articles authored by one or other of the editors (four by Howard Williams and one by Liam Delaney) the content of the book has much to recommend it.' – Tim Malim (2023): Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 172