Ian Meadows (archaeologist)

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Ian Meadows
Born
Ian David Meadows

(1959-01-05) January 5, 1959 (age 65)
NationalityBritish
Occupation
Pioneer helmet

Ian David Meadows (born 5 January 1959) is a British archaeologist. He has worked in archaeology for some 40 years, including as a Senior Project Officer at Northamptonshire Archaeology from 1992 to 2014.

Cambridge University, Anglia Ruskin University, the University of Bath, and the Workers' Educational Association.[1][3]

Career

Colour photograph of the Pioneer Helmet
The Pioneer Helmet was discovered by Meadows in 1997.

Ian David Meadows was born on 5 January 1959.[4] He has worked in archaeology for approximately 40 years.[1][3] From 1992 to 2014 he worked with Northamptonshire Archaeology as Senior Project Officer, during which time he directed many projects, particularly the excavations of large landscapes in English and Welsh quarries.[1] Starting in about 1993 Meadows began digging in a gravel pit in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, ultimately leading to both the discovery of the first definitive evidence of viticulture from Roman Britain,[5][6] and the unearthing of the Pioneer Helmet, only the fourth Anglo-Saxon helmet to be found.[2][7]

In 1996, while leading a team with Tony Brown of the University of Exeter's School of Geography and Archaeology, Meadows discovered the first evidence for viticulture from Roman Britain.[5][8][9] The find followed the excavation of a series of farms from the Iron and Roman ages,[10] and was soon followed by the discovery of vineyards in the Nene Valley.[11][12] By 1999 Meadows had found evidence of seven vineyards: four in Northamptonshire, one in Cambridgeshire, one in Lincolnshire and one in Buckinghamshire.[11][12] One site alone had four miles of trenches, enough to produce about 10,000 litres of wine annually.[11][12] The seven vineyards covered a combined 30 acres, suggesting to Meadows that "research may yet reveal that Britain was a major wine producer in ancient times."[11]

The year after discovering the Roman vineyards, in 1997 Meadows discovered the

York,[14] and before two subsequent discoveries from Shorwell and Staffordshire.[15]

As of 2016, Meadows is leading the excavations at Chester Farm, a walled Roman town with 10,000 years of history.[3] It has evidence dating back to the Mesolithic, Iron and Medieval ages, as well as farm buildings from the 17th century.[3] He has 4 children.

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Andrew Josephs Associates.
  2. ^ a b c Read 2006, p. 38.
  3. ^ a b c d Chester Farm.
  4. ^ Registrar of Companies for England and Wales 2014.
  5. ^ a b Meadows 1996, pp. 212, 215.
  6. ^ Brown et al. 2001, p. 745.
  7. ^ a b c Saraceni 1997.
  8. ^ Scott 2011a.
  9. ^ Scott 2011b.
  10. ^ Meadows 1996, pp. 212.
  11. ^ a b c d Keys 1999.
  12. ^ a b c Schuster 2000.
  13. ^ Meadows 1997, p. 391.
  14. ^ Read 2006, p. 39.
  15. ^ Butterworth et al. 2016, p. 41 n.27.

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