6.2
Archaeology and classics
Keywords
Artefact analyses, dietary reconstruction, human
remains identification, heritage assessment
Expertise
The University has a well-established reputation for its
science-based archaeological research, particularly in the
analysis of ancient metallurgy and more recently in the
study of prehistoric diets. These areas of expertise form
an important part of our capacity to advise on heritage
management and the conservation and interpretation of
the archaeological record.
We offer analytical services to museums, commercial
archaeology units and to community organisations. As
well as SEM-EDS analysis (scanning electron microscope
equipped with an energy dispersive spectrometer) and
imaging, we can offer more sensitive elemental analysis
of most inorganic archaeological materials by atomic
absorption spectrometry (AAS). We use stable carbon
and nitrogen isotopes extracted from skeletal remains
to reconstruct past diets and can offer full osteological
reports of skeletal samples.
We work in a range of countries in Africa, the Near East
and Europe and have contributed to the development of
heritage management plans at the local and national level.
At international level, our expertise has contributed to the
preparation of an application for World Heritage status in
the case of the site of Kalambo Falls, Zambia.
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APPLICATION AREAS
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Arts and leisure
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Built environment
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Creative industries
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Heritage management
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Society and community
Keywords
City, film, mapping, cultural memory
Expertise
Liverpool is reputed to be the second most filmed city in
the UK. It has ‘doubled’ for London, Paris, New York,
Moscow, Dublin, Venice and Berlin – and is also a
setting for numerous films in its own right. This is not a
new phenomenon: the city has been documented and
represented in film for more than a century, although
much of this early material is fragmented, dispersed and
in private collections.
Working in close collaboration with private individuals,
collectors and organisations such as National Museums
Liverpool, North West Film Archive, Northwest Vision
and Media and the British Film Institute, we have brought
together and documented around 1,700 films made in, or
about the city between 1897 and 1984. This archive has a
publicly accessible, searchable online catalogue.
With this unique resource we have considerable expertise
in the study of the many and various ways in which
moving image materials, including early actualities,
amateur footage, independent productions, television
documentaries and feature films, depict the city’s
architecture and urban landscapes.
Studies using this film archive have also developed new
understanding of the ways in which we experience and
remember place, and the role of moving images in shaping
the design of the contemporary urban environment.
We also explored the relationship between film, memory
and the urban landscape. Amateur and independent
filmmakers on Merseyside have documented and visually
mapped Liverpool’s urban landscapes since the 1920s.
Using geo-spatial geographical information systems (GIS)
software, a digital map of the city’s history has been
created that forms part of a permanent exhibition in the
new Museum of Liverpool.
7.
Film and media
Also see:
Society & Culture –
Mapping Memory on the Liverpool
Waterfront, page 178
For further information
on all our specialist
centres, facilities and
laboratories
go to page
179
