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Sub-Programme Name
Sub-Programme Number 11111.510
Corporate Objective
Activity Type and Programme
Sub-Programme Description
Reason for EH Support
Understanding artefacts and material culture
1A: Ensuring that our research addresses the most important and urgent needs of the
historic environment
RESEARCH A1: What’s out There?: Defining, characterising and analysing the historic environment
Projects that research and synthesise our understanding of the development of poorly
understood classes or traditions of portable objects, the technologies used in their
production and their currency and interdependence. Examples might include:
• Regional period artefact type synthesis (eg Saxon pottery)
• Rare production site and technology analysis (eg porcelain kilns)
• Primary national syntheses of associated artefacts (eg textiles and dress accessories)
• National dating of susceptible artefact types (eg antler mace-heads)
Providing commercial and research organisations with the correct tools to ensure efficient
use of resources; supporting synthesis of work undertaken as a result of such individual
investigations. Developing context data to enhance public display facilities in museums
Research categories NABS SETI Primary purpose Frascati Definition Research Areas
Similar Sub-Programmes
11.9 A Oriented-Basic Humanities
Regional reviews of discoveries fall under 11172.110 (resource assessments). Analysis of fixed
objects (rather than portable) appears below in 11111.520
Sub-Programme Name
Sub-Programme Number 11111.520
Corporate Objective
Activity Type and Programme
Sub-Programme Description
Reason for EH Support
Understanding historic fixtures, fittings and decorative elements
1A: Ensuring that our research addresses the most important and urgent needs of the
historic environment
RESEARCH A1: What’s out There?: Defining, characterising and analysing the historic environment
Projects researching and synthesising specific aspects of (usually built) historic assets.
Analogous to 11111.510, but relates to nationally significant decorative schemes, fixtures or
furniture, rather than building fabric or portable items. Subjects will be very diverse, and
might include examples such as:
• Immobile prehistoric rock art
• Synthesis of Victorian church fixtures
• Second World War graffiti survey
Providing commercial and research organisations with the correct tools to ensure efficient
use of resources; Developing context data to enhance valuation (not just monetary) and
conservation of existing collections or groups. Evidence base for suitable protection
Research categories NABS SETI Primary purpose Frascati Definition Research Areas
Similar Sub-Programmes See also 11111.510
11.9 A Oriented-Basic Humanities
a)
a) The accurate understanding of artefact
traditions, styles and industries, such as this
12th-century assemblage of Sandy-Shelly
Wares from the London region, is vital to
interpretation of sites and cultures
b)
© MoLAS
b) 18th-century box pews add much
character to this 14th-century church in
Elmstead, Essex, and at a time of intense
pressure for adaptation, this value must be
made explicit to inform decisions on change
© Patricia Payne, English Heritage
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