Sound and performance in public archaeology: examining the benefits of outdoor learning with creative engagement at the Neolithic site of Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, Vale of Glamorgan.

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Author
Adams, Dylan
Reynolds, Ffion
Date
2014-02-25Type
Article
Publisher
Routledge
ISSN
1751-696X (Print)
1751-6978 (Online)
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This paper explores a community archaeology project which took
place at Tinkinswood chambered tomb and its surrounding landscape
in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The project formed the school
outreach element of the Tinkinswood Community Archaeology
Project which included the excavation of three particular areas –
two possible fallen burial chambers and the possible quarry for the
40-ton capstone used at Tinkinswood. The schools engaged in the
project were the two closest primary schools to the sites: St Nicholas
and Peterson-Super-Ely, in the Vale of Glamorgan. The children
involved were given the chance to explore different ways of experiencing
and interacting with the past through music and drama and by
working outside of the school environment at Tinkinswood itself. The
collection of interviews gathered reveal how the children perceive
the Neolithic past, and especially about the way they felt more free,
spontaneous, and natural through expressing ideas about the past
at Tinkinswood itself, as opposed to being in the classroom. The
results suggest that community archaeology can be used to ask big philosophical questions about mortality and religion, providing a new
way to approach sensitive topics, without privileging one worldview
over another.
Journal/conference proceeding
Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture
Citation
Reynolds, F. and Adams, D. (2014) 'Sound and performance in public archaeology: examining the benefits of outdoor learning with creative engagement at the Neolithic site of Tinkinswood burial chamber, Vale of Glamorgan', Time and Mind, 7(1), pp.13-31.
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1751696X.2013.874860http://hdl.handle.net/10369/7880
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This article was published in Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture on 25 February 2014 (online), available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1751696X.2013.874860
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