The new antiquarians - Rowan Whimster

In 2008, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Council for
British Archaeologys Wessex group, archaeologists gathered in
Southampton to review what we have learnt from the huge amount of
research carried out in the region during the past 50 years and
to identify the challenges for the next half-century. The
conference was also a chance for those involved to tell the
exciting story of discovery from their own, personal angle. The
contributors to this volume include many of the UKs most
influential archaeologists of the later 20th century, making this
book an overview not only of the history of Wessex, but of the
development of archaeological thinking and techniques during this
period. Interspersed amongst these papers are profiles of the
regions most influential sites and the memories of some of its
leading characters.