Papers by Ian Richardson
Back in the Bag: Essays exploring artefacts in honour of David Wynn Williams. Edited by Dot Boughton and Kayt Hawkins, Mar 2022
The Treasure Act 1996 makes it a legal requirement for finds of gold and silver objects, coin and... more The Treasure Act 1996 makes it a legal requirement for finds of gold and silver objects, coin and prehistoric base-metal hoards to be reported to the Coroner. Its purpose is to enable museums to acquire these finds for public benefit. In practice the administration of cases reported under this law is not possible without the Finds Liaison Officers (FLOs) of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). Using examples from David Williams’ long involvement with the Treasure process, this paper illustrates how integral the FLO is to its operation.
Hackney History, 2013
The story of the deposition and discovery of the Hackney Hoard of $20 gold American Double Eagles... more The story of the deposition and discovery of the Hackney Hoard of $20 gold American Double Eagles. The 80 coins were found in 2007 by residents who were digging in their back garden, and investigative work revealed them to be the savings of a German-Jewish refugee who had come to Britain in 1938, Martin Sulzbacher. Thankfully, the coins were able to be reunited with the Sulzbacher family.
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2010
Review of Archaeology conference, held at the British Museum organised by Current Archaeology
Annual Reports by Ian Richardson
Treasure Act Annual Report 2020, 2023
A report on the finds submitted as potential Treasure during 2020.
Treasure Act Annual Report 2016, 2018
Yearly report on the operation of the Treasure Act
New Publications by Ian Richardson
This article provides a typology for hawking rings and highlights the significance of those repor... more This article provides a typology for hawking rings and highlights the significance of those reported Treasure. Published in Post-Medieval Archaeology 51.1 (2017), 194-200.
Portable Antiquities Scheme by Ian Richardson
This chapter describes the solution adopted in England and Wales to the
universal problem of how ... more This chapter describes the solution adopted in England and Wales to the
universal problem of how to deal with objects of archaeological, historical
or cultural importance found in the soil by members of the public (portable
antiquities): the Treasure Act 1996 and the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Talks by Ian Richardson
This is a talk delivered at the annual Portable Antiquities Scheme conference, held at the Yorks... more This is a talk delivered at the annual Portable Antiquities Scheme conference, held at the Yorkshire Museum, with the theme '20 Years of Treasure'. These are some brief thoughts on the first 20 years of the Treasure Act, and some suggestions for improvements.
Books by Ian Richardson
BAR Publishing British Series, 2019
This book catalogues all of the inscribed hawking rings, or vervels, reported under the Treasure ... more This book catalogues all of the inscribed hawking rings, or vervels, reported under the Treasure Act and recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme over the period 1996-2017. Prior to 1996, only a handful of vervels were to be found in museum collections, mentioned in the archaeological literature, or discussed in historic treatises. The vervels featured here present an exciting new source of data, since their places of discovery have in most cases been precisely noted. These can be looked at in the context of the individuals with whom the vervels are identified, and we can gain increased insight into the practice of falconry in the late Medieval and Post-Medieval periods. These vervels also allow us to ask new questions, such as why is there a seeming lack of female ownership of birds of prey, given that in the Medieval period they are regularly shown to participate in the sport.
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Papers by Ian Richardson
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Portable Antiquities Scheme by Ian Richardson
universal problem of how to deal with objects of archaeological, historical
or cultural importance found in the soil by members of the public (portable
antiquities): the Treasure Act 1996 and the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Talks by Ian Richardson
Books by Ian Richardson
universal problem of how to deal with objects of archaeological, historical
or cultural importance found in the soil by members of the public (portable
antiquities): the Treasure Act 1996 and the Portable Antiquities Scheme.