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1. Theoretical Archaeological Group: TAG has annual conferences, usually in December. It started as a theoretical seminar with a Sheffield-Southampton axis in the early 1980s and quickly became open to the public. <------" (back to text)

2. Institute of Field Archaeologists: a professional association which aims to set standards for the conduct of archaeological field work in Britain. <------" (back to text)

3. Management of Archaeological Projects 2: a publication of English Heritage, a division of the British Department of Environment (1991). <------" (back to text)

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Paul Blinkhorn has been an archaeological analyst of medieval ceramics for the last 16 years, specialising in the pottery of the Midlands and East Anglia, England. He has worked for a number of archaeological units and is now an independent consultant living in Northampton. His e. mail address is <pblink@yahoo.com>.

Dr Chris Cumberpatch has worked as an archaeological consultant, based in Sheffield, since 1991. He specialises in the assessment of archaeological resources, the analysis and publication of medieval and post-medieval pottery assemblages and the management of on-site finds processing. His chief area of interest is the relationships of human beings to the physical world, as mediated through material culture.

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