Work in progress – Mermaids

Having returned to last year’s summer work, I’m now again working on mermaids. Last year’s crafting on this topics employed …

#PMAC22 FAQs ‘From Ancestors to Phantoms and Fairies: Re-examining Ritual Landscapes’

I’ve scheduled this post to follow my Twitter paper for the Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress (#PMAC22): ‘From Ancestors to Phantoms and Fairies: Re-examining …

#PMAC ‘From Ancestors to Phantoms & Fairies: Re-examining Ritual Landscapes’

This morning, I presented my @SPMA #PMAC22 Twitter paper – though this didn’t quite go to plan (having intended to …

Chaos, Catastrophe and Christian ‘Counter-Witchcraft’?

Distinguishing Marks As I intend to discuss further within a subsequent post, various categories of graffiti are recorded within churches …

Halloween Histories: Local Practices and Origins

Introduction The blog of a project that explores potential material evidence for folk belief surrounding witchcraft and other malevolent forces …

Magic and Meanings: Interpreting the Evidence (A Very Short Introduction…)

Previous posts  introduced my research background (and how this work, and that of others might inform this project); and outlines …