Outputs (4)

Researching the archaeological past through imagined narratives: a necessary fiction (2019)
Book
Van Helden, D., & Witcher, R. (Eds.). (2020). Researching the archaeological past through imagined narratives: a necessary fiction. Routledge

Walking in someone else’s shoes: archaeology, empathy and fiction (2019)
Book Chapter
Van Helden, D., & Witcher, R. (2020). Walking in someone else’s shoes: archaeology, empathy and fiction. In D. Van Helden, & R. Witcher (Eds.), Researching the archaeological past through imagined narratives: a necessary fiction. Routledge

Historical fiction and archaeological interpretation: introduction (2019)
Book Chapter
Van Helden, D., & Witcher, R. (2020). Historical fiction and archaeological interpretation: introduction. In D. Van Helden, & R. Witcher (Eds.), Researching the archaeological past through imagined narratives: a necessary fiction. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203730904-1

The transformation of the material traces of the past into archaeological narrative is a fundamentally creative act. But what happens when archaeologists engage with the work and methods of historical novelists and filmmakers? Do they risk transgress... Read More about Historical fiction and archaeological interpretation: introduction.

From the wisdom of old age to a wider debate (2019)
Journal Article
Witcher, R. (2019). From the wisdom of old age to a wider debate. Antiquity, 93(370), 1079-1081. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.113