Staff

Prof Chris Gerrard, BA (Hons), PhD, MIFA, FSA

(email at c.m.gerrard@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

1992-2000 Lecturer (to 1996) then Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at King Alfred’s College, Winchester (now University of Winchester)
1991-92 Senior Archaeological Consultant with Countryside Planning and Management.
1989-91 Field Officer for Cotswold Archaeological Trust.

Research Groups

• Archaeology of Northern England
• Biography of Artefacts
• History of Archaeology
• Landscape

Research Projects

• Archives of European Archaeology Project (AREA)
• Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire
• Durham Medieval Archaeologists (DMA)
• Moncayo Archaeological Survey, NE Spain
• North-East Regional Research Framework
• Shapwick Project, Somerset. A Rural Landscape Explored

Research Interests

• Archaeological methods and techniques
• Archaeological resource management
• Historic earthen architecture
• Landscape archaeology
• Medieval artefacts
• Medieval rural settlement
• Spanish medieval ceramics
• Templars and Hospitallers

Indicators of Esteem

• 2007: Editorial committee, 'Territorio, Sociedad y Poder. Revista de Estudios Medievales':
• 2007: Invited discussant, 'Perceptions of Medieval and Later Settlement' (University of Leicester):
• 2007: Invited speaker, 'Medieval Archaeology: From Dark Age to Renaissance' (Rewley House, Oxford):
• 2007: Invited Speaker, Society for Medieval Archaeology 50th anniversary conference (Society of Antiquaries, London):
• 2007: Steering Group, Historic Landscape Characterisation for Durham County Council:
• 2006: External examiner, Archaeology, University of Exeter (2006-2008):
• 2006: Invited speaker, 'Constructing post-medieval archaeology in Italy: a new agenda' (Venice):
• 2006: Invited speaker, 'Medieval Archaeology in Aragon' (Teruel, Spain):
• 2005: Chair, Steering Group, North-east Regional Research Frameworks for the Historic Environment:
• 2005: External examiner, Education, University of Nottingham (2005-2008):
• 2005: Keynote speaker, 'International Military Orders conference' (St John’s Gate, London):
• 2005: Steering Group, Historic Landscape Characterisation for Northumberland County Council:
• 2004: Co-opted member of the Ad Gefrin Trust (Yeavering):
• 2004: Invited speaker, 'Perception, People and Places: Approaches to European Landscapes' (University of Bristol):
• 2003: Archaeology Working Group, World Heritage bid for the early medieval structures at Jarrow and Monkwearmouth:
• 2003: Project manager, National Database of Medieval and Later Pottery Production Centres in England (English Heritage):
• 2002: Series editor for Society for Medieval Archaeology monographs (2002-):
• 2001: Keynote speaker, ‘Living castles’ symposium (Ioannina, Greece):
• 2000: Runner-up for the ICI Award at the British Archaeological Awards:
• 1999: Archaeology Steering Committee for the Bishops Palace at Wells, Somerset (1999-):
• 1999: Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries:
• 1990: Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists:

Publications

Articles: magazine

• Gerrard, C. M. 2007. Retrospect and prospect: 50 years of Medieval Archaeology. Society for Medieval Archaeology website (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Marter, P & Gerrard, C M 2004. Medieval pottery production in England: a new gazetteer. The Archaeologist 51: 16-17. (Additional information) (View publication online)

Books: authored

• Beaumont James, T. & Gerrard, C.M. 2007. Clarendon. Landscape of Kings. Macclesfield: Windgather Press. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Gerrard, C.M. & Aston, M.A. 2007. The Shapwick Project, Somerset. A Rural Landscape Explored. Leeds: Society for Medieval Archaeology. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Gerrard, C.M. 2003. Medieval Archaeology. Understanding traditions and contemporary approaches. London: Routledge. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Gerrard, C.M. 2003. Paisaje y señorío. La casa conventual de Ambel (Zaragoza): arqueología, arquitectura e historia de las Órdenes militares del Temple y del Hospital. Zaragoza: Institución Fernando el Católico. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Gerrard, C.M. & Darvill, T.C. 1996. Cirencester: Town and Landscape. Stroud: Cotswold Archaeological Trust.

Books: edited

• Petts, D. & Gerrard, C.M. 2006. Shared Visions: The North-East Regional Research Framework for the Historic Environment. Durham: Durham County Council. (Additional information)
• Gerrard, C.M., Gutierrez, A. & Vince, A.G. 1995. Spanish Medieval Ceramics in Spain and the British Isles. British Archaeological Reports International Series 610. Oxford: Tempus Reparatum. (Additional information) (View publication online)

Books: reviews

• Gerrard, C.M. 2001. Reconstruccion del Coro Petreo del Maestro Mateo. Internet Archaeology 11. (Additional information)

Books: sections

• Gerrard, C.M. 2009. The study of the deserted medieval village: Caldecote in context. In Caldecote. The development and desertion of a Hertfordshire village,. Beresford, G. Leeds: Society for Medieval Archaeology. 1-19.
• Gerrard, C.M. 2005. The medieval and later towns of the Middle Thames Valley. The wider archaeological context. In Reading and Windsor: Old and New. Preston, S. Reading: TVAS. 181-186. (Additional information)
• Gerrard, C.M. 2002. The archaeology of the Knights Templar. In Excavations at the Templar preceptory. South Witham, Lincolnshire 1965-67. Mayes, P Leeds: Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 19. ix-xiii. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• King, R. & Gerrard, C.M. 2001. The Pottery. In Ludgershall Castle. Excavations by Peter Addyman 1964-1972. Wiltshire Archaeological and natural History Society Monograph Series 2. Ellis, P Devizes.

Essays in edited volumes

• Gerrard, C. M. 2008. Adventures in a post-medieval landscape: a rural case study from Shapwick, England. In Constructing post-medieval archaeology in Italy: a new agenda. Gelichi, S & Librenti, M Florence: Edizioni All'Insegna del Giglio. 75-96. (Additional information)
• Gerrard, C.M. & Dauber, R. 2008. Building Biographies: Graffiti, Architecture and People at the Hospitaller Preceptory at Ambel (Zaragoza), Spain. In The Military Orders. Volume 4. On Land and by Sea. Upton-Ward, J. Aldershot: Ashgate. 235-250. (Additional information)
• Gerrard, C. M. & Rippon, S 2007. Artefacts, sites, and landscapes: archaeology and medieval studies. In A century of British Medieval Studies. Deyermond, A Oxford: Oxford University Press. 525-556. (Additional information)
• Gerrard, C.M. 2007. Not all archaeology is rubbish: the elusive life histories of three artefacts from Shapwick, Somerset. In People and Places. Essays in Honour of Mick Aston. Costen, M. Oxford: Oxbow. 166-180. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Jaquin, P.A., Augarde, C.E. & Gerrard, C.M. 2004. Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions: Possibilities of numerical and experimental techniques. In Modena, K London: Taylor and Francis. 2: 1315-1321. (Additional information)
• Gerrard, C.M. 2000. Espacio y vida cotidiana: la casa conventual de las Ordenes Militares de Ambel (Zaragoza). In Las Ordenes Militares en la Peninsula Iberica. Lopez-Salazar Perez, J Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. 1467-1487. (Additional information)
• Gerrard, C.M. 1999. The Shapwick Project. In A Century of Archaeology in Somerset. Papers to mark 150 years of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. Webster, C Taunton: Somerset County Council. 67-93.

Journal papers: academic

• Jaquin, P.A., Augarde, C. & Gerrard, C.M. 2008. Chronological description of the spatial development of rammed earth techniques. International Journal of Architectural Heritage 2(4): 377-400. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Wilkinson, K. Gerrard, C.M., Pope, R. Aguilera, I. & Bailiff, I.K. 2005. Prehistoric and historic landscape change in Aragon, Spain: some results from the Moncayo Archaeological Survey. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 18(1): 31-54. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Gerrard, C.M. 1999. Opposing identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon. Medieval Archaeology XLIII: 143-160. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Gerrard, C.M. & Aston, M.A. 1999. Unique traditional and charming. The Shapwick Project. Antiquaries Journal 79: 1-59.
• Gerrard, C.M. 1997. Misplaced faith? Medieval pottery and fieldwalking. Medieval Ceramics 21: 61-72.
• Darvill, T, Gerrard, C & Startin, B 1993. Identifying and protecting historic landscapes. Antiquity 67: 563-74.
• Gerrard, C M 1985. Ham Hill stone: a medieval distribution pattern from Somerset. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 4(1): 105-115. (Additional information)