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SPMA 50 in Sheffield
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Rockfleet Castle, County Mayo, Ireland
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Kulturen, Lund, Sweden
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Lead mining landscape at Gunnerside, N Yorkshire (c) John Doe
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Historic Jamestown
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Scotland Street School Museum, Glasgow
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Quarry
The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology is Europe’s leading society for the study and promotion of historical archaeology. The SPMA was founded in 1966 with the aim of promoting the archaeology of late medieval to industrial society in Britain, Europe and those countries influenced by European colonialism. The Society now covers the archaeology of the period up to the present day. To achieve this aim the Society publishes the triannual journal Post-Medieval Archaeology, and a twice yearly newsletter, as well as regular monographs, and holds conferences and meetings.
News
A Study Day in Memory of the late Kenneth James Barton
Wednesday 17 July 2019
The day comprises a series of talks on subjects that interested Ken, and by definition will be of interest to many people. Former friends and colleagues will speak on archaeology in museums, medieval pottery, fortifications and the archaeology of post-medieval England.
AGM papers and Full Accounts available
Thursday 1 November 2018
SPMA seeks new Ordinary Members of Council
Monday 16 July 2018
Events
Conference: One Thousand Years of Ceramic Innovation
5 October 2019
Publications
Facing Otherness in Early Modern Sweden Travel, Migration and Material Transformations, 1500-1800
A new view of Sweden’s relations with the world beyond its borders, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.