Chercheurs

Archeologie / PALMER, MARILYN

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Position

Emeritus Professor of Industrial Archaeology at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, UK.

Thèmes de recherche

Marilyn Palmer’s initial research, for which she was awarded her PhD, was into methods of teaching history in schools, particularly how children\'s cognitive ability could be advanced by using original archive material in teaching them history.
Then, she undertook research into the history and industrial archaeology of the East Midlands.
She has carried out several field projects for The National Trust, particularly the survey and excavation of the limeyards on the Calke Abbey Estate, which has led to a major research interest in the technological development of great houses and their estates in the 19th century. She is also interested in the development of industrial landscapes, looking at the linkages between structures not just in functional but also in cultural terms. Her concern to establish the academic credentials of industrial archaeology has led to major work on the theory of the discipline, particularly the social context of industrialisation.

Prix et récompenses

She was presented with an Award of Merit by the Society for Historical Archaeology during their first conference in the UK in 2005 for her work in establishing historical and industrial archaeology as part of mainstream archaeology.

Publications

Marilyn Palmer, Archaeology as a Discipline – Industrial Archaeology in The Encyclopedia of Archaeology, ed, Deborah Pearsall, Elsevier, 2007.

Marilyn Palmer and P.S. Barnwell, Landscape History after Hoskins: Post-Medieval Landscapes, Windgather 2007.

Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson, The Textile Industry of south-west England: a Social Archaeology (Tempus, 2005)

Marilyn Palmer and David Gwyn, Understanding the Workplace; a Research Framework for Industrial Archaeology in Britain forming Vol.XXVII of Industrial Archaeology Review May 2005.

Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson, \'Home as workplace in 19th century Wiltshire and Gloucestershire\' (2004) Textile History, 35/1, pp. 27-57

Marilyn Palmer, P.S. Barnwell and Malcolm Airs, The Vernacular Workshop: from craft to industry (CBA Research report 140, 2004)

Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson, \'Handloom weaving in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire in the 19th century: the building evidence\' (2003) Post-Medieval Archaeology, 37/1. pp. 126-158

Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson, Industrial Archaeology: Principles and Practice (Routledge, 1998)

Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson, Industry in the Landscape, 1700-1900 (History of the British Landscape series Routledge, 1996)