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Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain) (2024)
Journal Article
Forlin, P., Reicherter, K., Gerrard, C. M., Bailiff, I., & García Porras, A. (2024). Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain). PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0300549. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300549

This paper discusses recent archaeological fieldwork conducted at El Castillejo, a medieval Islamic settlement in Los Guájares, Granada, southern Spain. Results from combined archaeological excavation and archaeoseismological assessment of standing s... Read More about Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain).

The Bishop Big Dig : Test pitting in Bishop Auckland 2022 (2023)
Data
Gerrard, C. (2023). The Bishop Big Dig : Test pitting in Bishop Auckland 2022. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.15128/r2rv042t15k

This report presents the results of a programme of test-pitting in Bishop Auckland, a medium sized market town in County Durham. A total of 107 1m2 test pits were dug between January and December 2022. The project was funded by the ESRC and by Durham... Read More about The Bishop Big Dig : Test pitting in Bishop Auckland 2022.

Property and Commons: The tangible and the intangible (2022)
Book Chapter
Jones, H., & Gerrard, C. (2023). Property and Commons: The tangible and the intangible. In N. Graham, M. Davies, & L. Godden (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Property, Law and Society (349-361). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139614

In this chapter we review the commons in law and in practice in a British context, taking the long historical perspective. We set the scene with some modern legal definitions, then explore what ancient common land meant in practice. The commons is a... Read More about Property and Commons: The tangible and the intangible.

Arqueologia y paisajes de los palacios reales ingleses: nuevos resultados y perspectivas (2022)
Book Chapter
Gerrard, C., & Gutierrez, A. (2022). Arqueologia y paisajes de los palacios reales ingleses: nuevos resultados y perspectivas. In C. Laliena Corbera, J. Ortega Ortega, & S. De la Torre Gonzalo (Eds.), Arqueologia y Arte en la representation material del estado en la Corona de Aragon (Siglos XIII-XV) (19-58). Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza

Metals, mines and moorland: the changing lead mining landscapes of the North Pennines, UK, 1700-1948 (2022)
Journal Article
Kincey, M., Gerrard, C., & Warburton, J. (2022). Metals, mines and moorland: the changing lead mining landscapes of the North Pennines, UK, 1700-1948. Post-Medieval Archaeology, 56(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2022.2058221

Intensive metal mining considerably altered many British upland landscapes between the 18th and 20th centuries, modifying both subterranean and surface environments and fundamentally changing the character of local settlements, infrastructure and soc... Read More about Metals, mines and moorland: the changing lead mining landscapes of the North Pennines, UK, 1700-1948.

The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe? (2021)
Journal Article
Gutiérrez, A., Gerrard, C., Zhang, R., & Wang, G. (2021). The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe?. Antiquity, 95(383), 1213-1230. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.95

The importation of Chinese porcelain and celadon into Europe has long been thought to have first begun around the thirteenth century AD. A unique group of Chinese ceramic sherds from archaeological contexts in Spain dated to between the ninth and ele... Read More about The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe?.

The pot, knife and the ring: an archaeology of later medieval material culture (2021)
Book Chapter
Gerrard, C., & O'Donnell, R. (2021). The pot, knife and the ring: an archaeology of later medieval material culture. In M. Müller (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003194866-25

During the Middle Ages most people lived in the countryside. The residents of towns and elite sites and consumers of high-culture and high-art remained a minority, though they grew in numbers throughout the period. The mass of rural people features o... Read More about The pot, knife and the ring: an archaeology of later medieval material culture.

The archaeology of a landslide: Unravelling the Azores earthquake disaster of 1522 and its consequences (2021)
Journal Article
Gerrard, C., Forlin, P., Froude, M., Petley, D., Gutierrez, A., Treasure, E., Milek, K., & Oliveira, N. (2021). The archaeology of a landslide: Unravelling the Azores earthquake disaster of 1522 and its consequences. European Journal of Archaeology, 24(3), 388-411. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2021.4

The multidisciplinary research described here shows how archaeologists can help reconstruct past seismic episodes and understand the subsequent relief operation, rehabilitation, and reconstruction processes. In October 1522, a major earthquake and la... Read More about The archaeology of a landslide: Unravelling the Azores earthquake disaster of 1522 and its consequences.

Catalogue of medieval disasters (2020)
Book Chapter
Forlin, P., Gerrard, C., & Brown, P. (2020). Catalogue of medieval disasters. In Waiting for the end of the world? New perspectives on natural disasters in medieval Europe (361-415). Routledge

Faxton then and now (2020)
Book Chapter
Gerrard, C. (2020). Faxton then and now. In Faxton. Excavations in a deserted Northamptonshire village 1966-68 (251-266). Routledge

Purpose and past (2020)
Book Chapter
Gerrard, C. (2020). Purpose and past. In Faxton. Excavations in a deserted Northamptonshire village 1966-68 (1-15). Routledge