Steiner, M., ed. (2005). Approaches to archaeological illustration. London: English Heritage.

Title:

Approaches to archaeological illustration

Subtitle:

a handbook

Series:

CBA Practical Handbooks in Archaeology

Volume:

Number of Pages:

108

Publication Type:

Monograph Chapter (in Series)

Abstract:

Handbook primarily designed to raise standards and intended for students and those working in archaeological illustration; it serves as a showpiece of the work of several illustrators, working in different ways. Drawings of objects made from different materials are shown at their original drawn size as well as at their subsequent, reduced, published scale, so that the techniques used by the draftsman can be clearly seen. Objects are described and the illustrators then describe their different drawing methods and approaches, giving step-by-step guides to how the illustrations were put together. Contributions include

Author:

Mélanie Steiner

Editor:

Mélanie Steiner

Publisher:

Council for British Archaeology
English Heritage

Year of Publication:

2005

ISBN:

1-902771-49-4

Note:

Is Portmanteau: 1

Source:

BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))

Relations:

URI:	http://www.archaeologyuk.org/books/Steiner2006

Created Date:

30 Mar 2006

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Chapter Title	Author / Editor	Page Start/End
A folding clasp knife from the Roman villa at Eccles, Kent	Roy Friendship-Taylor	1 - 3
A Roman bone toggle from York	Lesley Collett	4 - 5
A bone comb from Tiel-Passewaaij, a Roman native settlement in Holland	Mikko Kriek	6 - 7
Ming porcelain	Ann Searight	8 - 13
A ceramic bird roof finial from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Barbara Hurman Mélanie Steiner	14 - 17
A medieval decorated floor tile from Halesowen Abbey	Beverley S Nenk James Farrant	18 - 21
Roman glass	Denise Allen David H Hill	22 - 27
A medieval grisaille window panel from Bradwell Abbey, Buckinghamshire	June Burbidge	28 - 31
Jet and shale objects	Lindsay Allason-Jones Nick Griffiths	32 - 37
A Roman leather shoe from Ashford, Kent	Anne Dunkley	38 - 39
A leather, wood and iron patten from Oxfordshire	Mélanie Steiner	40 - 43
A medieval macehead from Dryslwyn Castle, Wales	Oliver Jessop	44 - 49
A Roman steelyard from Worcestershire	Laura Templeton	50 - 53
An Early Christian bronze mount from Derrymagowan, County Armagh, Ireland	Deirdre Crone	54 - 57
A hooked-mount from an Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl from Manton Warren, Scunthorpe, Humberside	Mélanie Steiner	58 - 61
A Roman flagon handle from Westhawk Farm, Ashford, Kent	Anne Dunkley	62 - 63
Three 11th-century stirrup-strap mounts	David Williams	64 - 66
Belt-plaque from a Western Han tomb at Shizishan, Jiangsu Province, China	Mélanie Steiner	67 - 69
Gold ornaments from Ireland	Deirdre Crone	70 - 73
Medieval iron billhook from Blenheim Park, Woodstock, Oxfordshire	Mélanie Steiner	74 - 75
Iron rings and latch lifters from Barrington, Cambridgeshire	Joanna Richards	76 - 79
Iron shackle with chain from Castle Rising, Norfolk	Judith Dobie	80 - 83
A medieval lead alloy miniature toy jug from Ryton, near Malton, North Yorkshire	Lesley Collett	84 - 85
Carved stone slabs from Scotland	Ian G Scott	86 - 89
Flints	Hazel Martingell	90 - 97
An Iron Age wooden shovel from Gonalston, Nottinghamshire	Steven J Allen	98 - 100
A wooden firestick from el-Mo'alla, Egypt	Julian Heath	101 - 103