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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
PMAC2017: Call for Papers
Saturday 17 September 2016
Call for Papers for our annual congress at the University of Hull is open until 1 December
SPMA seeks two new Ordinary Members of Council
Wednesday 27 July 2016
50th Anniversary Issue of ‘Post-Medieval Archaeology’
Monday 25 July 2016
Events
2016 Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture
12 December 2016
Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress 2017
31 March — 2 April 2017
Publications
West Country Households, 1500-1700
Edited by John Allan, Nat Alcock, and David Dawson
South-West England has been the focus of some of the most significant work on the early modern house and household in Britain. This volume of papers, written by many leading specialists, summarises the overall understanding of material culture, standing buildings, and their interiors, alongside case studies which publish some of the most remarkable discoveries.