University of York

MA in Archaeology of Buildings

Recording and analysis

  • The Field Archaeologist No 15 (1991) `Archaeology in Britain `91: conference review of the IFA'. [Includes the analysis and interpretation of standing buildings, and research designs]
  • The Field Archaeologist No 16 (Jan 1992) `Building on Recording, The Analysis and Interpretation of Buildings'. [Various papers which describe some of the problems and achievements of buildings recording recently]
  • Addyman P V and Morris R K (1976) The Archaeological Study of Churches CBA Res Rep 13 [see especially Ch 1] JBM
  • Addyman P V (1979) `Vernacular architecture below the ground' Archaeol. J. 136: 69-75.
  • Armstrong J R (1970) `Concealed evidence' Vernac. Archit. 2: 22-24
  • Bonta J P (1979) Architecture and its Interpretation. (JCG)
  • Brinklow D (1979) `Ignore them at your peril!' Interim 6: 39-42.
  • Brunskill R W (1989) `Vernacular architecture and its study' Historian 22: 12-15
  • Butler L A S & Morris R K (eds) (1986) The Anglo-Saxon Church. Papers on history architecture and archaeology in honour of Dr H M Taylor. CBA Res Rep 60 JBM
  • Carver M O H (ed) (1983) Two Town Houses in Medieval Shrewsbury. being Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society 61JBM A good example of hard core archaeological recording of buildings.
  • Carver M O H (1990) Digging for Data: Archaeological Approaches to Data Acquisition, Definition and analysis. JBM
  • CBA (1955) `The investigation of smaller domestic buildings'. Archaeol. Cambrensis CIV.
  • Courts P (1977) `Old builings tell tales' World Archaeol. 9.2: 200
  • Currie C R J (1984) `Future work in vernacular architecture: an historian's view' Vernac. Archit. 15: 6-8. [Review of research, suggesting the need for more concentration on historical context and synthesis].
  • Fernie E C (1988) `Contrasts in methodology and interpretation of medieval ecclesiastical architecture' Archaeol. J. 145: 344-364
  • Gregson M S (1982) Young Archaeologist. [Chapter 1: see introduction] JBM
  • Hall L (1984) `Future activities of the V.A.G.' Vernac. Archit. 15: 8-9 [Plea for vernacular architecture studies to reach and appeal to a wider public]
  • Hodder I (1991) `To interpret is to act: the need for interpretive archaeology' Scott. Archaeol. Review 8: 8-13
  • Hutton B (1976) `Standing buildings and archaeology' Interim 3: 7-10
  • Hutton B (1984) `The interpretation of vernacular architecture' Vernac. Archit.15: 12-13. [Response to Lawrence R J (Vernac. Archit. 14), stressing the importance of intensive regional surveys]
  • Jackson T G (1906) Reason in Architecture. (Chapter 1!! ) JBM
  • Lawrence R J (1983) `The interpretation of vernacular architecture' Vernac. Archit. 14: 19-28. [ Critical assessment of various approaches to the subject. A `redefinition of method' is suggested]
  • Mercer E & Hutton B (1984) `The interpretation of vernacular architecture' Vernac. Archit. 15: 12. [Comments on Lawrence R J (1983)]
  • Munby J (1987) `Medieval domestic buildings' in Schofield J & Leech R (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain. CBA Research Report 61. JBM. [Evidence from standing and excavated buildings, pictoral & written sources]
  • Noel Hume I (1969) Historical Archaeology. JBM
  • Noel Hume I (1990) Archaeology and Wetherburn's Tavern. JBM
  • Rahtz P (1982) `Architectural reconstruction of timber buildings from archaeological evidence' Vernac. Architect. 13: 13.39
  • Rahtz P (1984) `Archaeologists and architects: areas of communication, collaboration and conflict' in Addyman P V and Black (eds) Archaeology in York: An Assessment. JBM
  • Reece R (1984) `Sequence is all: or, archaeology in an historical period' Scott. Archaeol. Review 3.2: 113-115
  • Reid E (1984) Understanding Buildings. A Multidisciplinary Approach. IAAS
  • Rodwell W J (1989) The Archaeology of the English Church. 2nd edn [see especially Chapters 1,3,4,5] JBM
  • Sheppard J A (1966) `Vernacular buildings in England and Wales: a survey of recent work by architects, archaeologists and social historians' Trans. Inst. British Geog. 40: 21-37
  • Smith L (1985) Investigating Old Buildings. JBM/IAAS
  • Steane J (1985) Upstanding Archaeology. JBM
  • Taylor H M (1972) `Structural Criticism' Anglo-Saxon England 1: 259-272
  • Taylor H M (1973) `The archaeolgical investigation of churches in Great Britain' Antiq. J. 130: 141-171

    INTRODUCTION TO RECORDING.

  • Alcock N W et al (1996) Recording Timber-Framed Buildings: a glossary. 2nd edn CBA Practical Handbook.
  • Beckman P (1972) `Structural analysis and recording of ancient buildings' IAAS pamph: reprinted from the Arup Journal.
  • Bettess F (1984) Surveying for Archaeologists. JBM
  • Bold J (1990) `The recording of standing buildings' Vernac. Archit. 21: 18
  • Bold J (1991) Recording Historic Buildings: a Symposium. JBM
  • Brunskill R W (1965) `A systematic procedure for recording English vernacular architecture' Trans. Ancient Mons. Soc. 10. IAAS
  • Brunskill R W (1976) `Recording the buildings of the farmstead' Trans. Ancient Mons. Soc. 21: 115
  • Buchanan T (1983) Photographing Historic Buildings. RCHM. IAAS
  • Carver M O H (1987) Underneath English Towns. JBM
  • Carver M O H (1989) `Digging for ideas' Antiquity 63: 669
  • Chitham R (1980) Measured Drawings for Architects. IAAS [Handbook on all aspects of measured drawings; very relevant to archaeological recording of standing buildings]
  • Cooper N (1989) `The recording of threatened buildings: an aspect of the work of the RCHM' Trans. Ancient Mons. Soc.: 28-45
  • CBA (1955) `The recording of architecture and its publication' Archaeol. Cambrensis 104:185-87
  • CBA (1955) `The investigation of smaller domestic buildings' Archaeol. Cambrensis 104:188-91
  • CBA (1985) Hallelujah! Recording Chapels and Meeting Houses. CBA Practical Handbook IAAS
  • CBA (1987) Recording Worked Stones: a practical guide. CBA Practical Handbook 1. JBM
  • Cramer J (1993) Handbuch der Bauaufnahme [Handbook of Building Recording]. [OK, so it's in German, but it's the book you wish was in English and you can understand the pictures] JCG.
  • Davies M (1993) 'The Application of the Harris Matrix to the recording of standing structures' in E Harris (ed) Practices of Archaeological Stratigraphy.
  • Dorrell P G (1989) Photography in Archaeology and Conservation. JBM
  • Ferris I M (1989) `The archaeological investigation of standing buildings' Vernac. Architect. 20: 12 [ Argues for detailed recording of stone and brick buildings]
  • Harris R (1989) Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy. 2nd edition JBM
  • Hulland C (1980) `Some guidelines for recording vernacular houses' Devon Hist. 20: 28-37
  • Hutton B (1986) Recording Standing Buildings. [A guide to Level 2 recording by hand] JBM
  • ICOMOS (1990) Guide to Recording Historic Buildings. [Not what you think - but a good check list of all the sources you should consult before embarking on a recording project]
  • Kalman H (1979) The Evaluation of Historic Buildings. IAAS
  • Meeson B (1989) `In defence of selective recording' Vernac. Archit. 20: 18 [Reply to Ferris 1989]
  • McDowell R W (1980) Recording Old Houses: A Guide. [Out of date, but useful to see earlier approaches] IAAS
  • Roskams S (1990) Review of Harris 1989 in Antiquity, 64:971-2.
  • Smith J T (1989) `The archaeological investigation of standing buildings: a comment' Vernac. Architect. 20: 20. [Reply to Ferris 1989. Recommends selective recording with well-defined aims in mind]
  • Watt D and Swallow P (1996) Surveying Historic Buildings [This is about conditions surveys rather than archaeological surveys, but it may be useful to you to see what the architects and surveyors are up to. Newly (at Dec 1996) acquired by the KM library]
  • Wood J (1994) Buildings Archaeology: Applications in Practice [Collected papers from a conference at Chester in 1993. Examples of extensive and intensive recording with some broader view papers - esp Morris, Thornes, Baker, Grenville]
  • Woolridge K (1987) `49-52 St John's Square, Clerkenwell, London EC1. Excavation and recording of the standing building' Trans. London & Middlesex Archaeol. Soc. 38:131-50.

    HISTORY OF THE STUDY AND RECORDING OF BUILDINGS - some overviews and some old classics

  • Clapham A W (1930) English Romanesque Architecture Before the Conquest. [An early classic]
  • Cocke T H (1973) `Pre-19th C. attitudes to Romanesque architecture in England' J. British Archaeol. Assoc.: 72-97
  • Corfiato H O (1948) Evolution in Architecture. JBM
  • Jackson T G (1906) Reason in Architecture. JBM
  • Johnson M (1990) `The Englishman's home and its study' in Samson R (ed) The Social Archaeology of Houses JCG
  • Jope E M (ed) (1961) Studies in Building History. JBM
  • Lloyd N (1931) A History of the English House from Primitive to the Victorian Period. [Another early classic on domestic housing]. IAAS
  • Morris R K (1994) 'Buildings archaeology' in J Wood (ed) Buildings Archaeology: Applications in Practice, 13-21. [An excellent short introduction to the history of recording]
  • Parker J H (1893) An Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture. JCG
  • Pevsner N (1943) An Outline of European Architecture.
  • Pevsner N (1951 onwards) `Buildings of England' series.
  • Pevsner N (1976) History of Building Types.
  • Pitt-Rivers A H (1890) King John's House, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire.
  • Pugin A W N (1841) The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture.
  • Rickman T (1819) An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England from the Conquest to the Reformation.
  • Ruskin J (?1988) The Seven Lamps of Architecture YCL
  • Taylor H M (1976) `The foundations of architectural history' in Addyman P & Morris R K (eds) The Archaeological Study of Churches. CBA Res Rep 13. JBM
  • Watkin D (1977) Morality and Architecture. JCG
  • Watkin D (1980) The Rise of Architectural History. JCG
  • Willis R (1848) The Architectural History of York Cathedral.

    PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND RECTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHY.

  • Badekas J (ed) (1975) Photogrammetric Surveys of Monuments & Sites. IAAS
  • Briden C (1980) `Photogrammetry' Rescue News 24: 11
  • Carbonell M (1989) Photogrammetry Applied to Surveys of Monuments and Historic Centres. IAAS
  • Chambers J H (1973) Rectified Photography and Photo Drawings for Historic Preservation. IAAS Pamph.
  • Dallas R W A (1980) 'Surveying with a camera: photogrammetry' Architectural Journal 30 January 1980, 250-255.
  • Dallas R W A (1980) 'Surveying with a camera: rectified photography' Architectural Journal 20 February 1980, 395-399.
  • Dallas R W A (1986) `Photogrammetry: a new dimension in the recording of buildings' in The Conservation, Restoration & Renovation of Old Buildings. Conference Proceedings. IAAS
  • Hurman B and Steiner M (eds) (1995) The Survey and Recording of Historic Buildings, Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors Technical Paper No 12. The most up-to-date overview.
  • McDowell R W (1971) Uses of Photogrammetry in the Study of Buildings. IAAS
  • Thompson E H (1962) `Photogrammetry in the restoration of Castle Howard' The Photogrammetric Record, 9:20
  • Williams J C C (1969) Simple Photogrammetry. JBM