Exploring life for the Anglo-Saxons through a digital archive.
Our story
In 2023, a group of several graduate students from the SSHRC PG Environments of Change Project travelled to North Yorkshire, UK, where they supported Dr. Stephen Sherlock, a career Archaeologist and project collaborator, in collecting 3D scans to digitize a collection of Anglo-Saxon artifacts. These items were unearthed during excavations at Norton-on-Tees from 1984-85, and Street House, Loftus, from 2005-07.
The purpose of this project is to digitize historic artifacts, and make them accessible for all audiences internationally through the use of a web archive. Individuals are invited to gain a greater understanding of Anglo-Saxon history through Dr. Sherlock’s Archaeological finds, and access history beyond methods of traditional imagery and text.
People:
Primary Investigator: Steven Bednarski
Lead Archeologist & Co-Investigator: Stephen Sherlock
3D Scanning Lead: Kian Drew
3D Scanning Team: Shannon Blackmore, Astrid Woerner Kropp,
Katrina Van Der Ahe
Communications: Shannon Blackmore, Erin Kurian
Website Administration: Erin Kurian
Additional Content: John Loudfoot, Gillian Wagenaar
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We are grateful to the following people and organisations for access to finds and materials pertaining to Anglo-Saxons in the Tees Valley.
Joanne Hodgson and Liz Vine at Kirkleatham Museum, in connection with the Street House finds
Janice Adams and Rosie Banens at Tees Archaeology in connection with Norton Finds and Images
David Currie, photographs of the Street House finds.
