stonehenge - English Heritage

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This objective requires the involvement of researchers
working in the field of immersive and integrative computing,
probably a collaborative team working in a university
department. Initiative funding will be required. Medium to
long term.
Objective 25: Create a social history
archive of the twentieth-century excavations
at Stonehenge
The human side to the twentieth-century excavations at
Stonehenge has rarely been approached, but in large part is
still within reach. Key sources will be interviews with living
archaeologists who have excavated at Stonehenge in any
capacity; private and public photographic and cine-film
collections; television and radio archives; testimonies from
friends and colleagues who have worked with previous
excavators of the site, custodians and site staff, and
perhaps visitors and local people who remember the work
taking place.
This objective requires the involvement of researchers
experienced in collecting social history material and with
access to means for copying and storing a variety of sourcetypes.
Ideally, all source material will be transferred to
digital media for ongoing curation and dissemination.
Initiative funding will be required. Short to medium term.
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