Preserving and Presenting the Past in Oxfordshire and Beyond: Essays in Memory of John Rhodes (BAR British)

This volume comprises a collection of essays in memory of the late John Rhodes by some of his many friends and colleagues. They salute a remarkable individual of wide tastes and interests. His achievements in the conservation, study and recording of the past from the Roman period to the present day, both in museums and in the field, were prodigious. The aim of the book is to follow the tradition of English antiquarian scholarship by taking three approaches: the study of individual monuments and objects, the investigation of the manner in which that study is reflected in their present-day care and interpretation, and the study of the wider implications of such approaches. 'Memorial volumes can be a bit hit and miss, but this one is all hits, partly because the papers are all iconoclastic in one way or another, offering an alternative view or a dissenting voice, which one senses is what John did in his own life to very good effect.' The Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter (Salon): Issue 309, 25 November 2013 Cover Title Page Copyright CONTENTS Introduction List of Contributors Part I: Oxfordshire Must ancient industry remain invisible? The example of the Oxfordshire Roman Pottery industry The Endowments and Estates of Dorchester Abbey The visit of artist John Harper to Dorchester on Thames in 1832 Arbery’s of Wantage ‘The first great show’: the English Agricultural Society at Oxford in 1839 The Battles of Fisher Row In the beginning: memories of the first ten years in the field department at Oxford City & County Museum Research, Recording and Creativity: Oxfordshire Museums Service Exhibitions and Publications 1974-1985 Oswald Couldrey, Abingdon Artist, and the Indian Renaissance Part II: Beyond Archaeology, History and Museum display: Roman Britain reconfigured Modelling Calleva in Reading Museum’s Silchester Gallery: combining fact and imagination Drink, women and song: exploring ale-wives and related folklore:Seeing the medieval ale-wife: evidence from household and craft The Potential for Using Miniature Models in Museums Baler twine and old rope Returning home: revitalising a historic house through past occupants’ lives A democratising of heritage service over four decades: the people of ‘Anyplace’ and their visitors Empirical design as as a product of the logic of craftsmanship A Lesson From History: Vladimir Putin and the Revival of‘ Official Nationality’ Crumpets and clocks: how do we respect an object? In Memoriam John Graham Rhodes 1944-2011