POSTPONED

**This event is postponed until further notice.

Carrying out research on heritage assets, such as archaeological sites, historic buildings or ruins, can be daunting and knowing what material is available and where to start can be a real challenge. This course aims to introduce you to the research sources available online, in archives, museums and libraries, and help you develop the skills needed to work with these sources. It will also introduce the types of information that you can collect from simple field surveys, and how scientific methods can aid heritage research projects. The course will be cross-cutting and provide a good foundation in research involving both arts and sciences.

The course will be useful to anyone engaged professionally with heritage assets including students engaged in heritage-related research projects. For those with long professional experience it should provide updates on newer research sources, and for those at an earlier career stage it should provide useful new information on both sources and the skills to handle them. The course will also provide some hands-on experience, the opportunity to share experience and skills with other participants, and some advice on how to access further information and training.

Programme

9.00 am              Registration

9.30 am              Welcome and introduction

9.45 am              Getting started with researching a heritage asset

10.45 am            Coffee/tea

11.15 am            Finding and handling maps and spatial data resources

12.15 pm            Finding and exploring archival resources

1.00 pm              Lunch

1.45 pm              Field-based scientific research skills

2.45 pm              Coffee/tea

3.00 pm              Museum resources and site visit

4.30pm               Final discussion and questions

4.45 pm              Course concludes

Course Director:

Heather A Viles, Professor of Biogeomorphology and Heritage Conservation and Leader, Oxford University Heritage Network