Anna Welch (Secretary of the Southampton Museums Archaeology Society and Southampton Archaeology Unit, UK)

Matt Garner (Southampton Archaeology Unit, UK)

Matt Garner has worked on archaeological sites in the middle Saxon town of Hamwic for 29 years, and has been involved in over 50 investigations. This paper will look at how the middle Saxon town was investigated, interpreted, and portrayed to the world since its discovery in the 17th century.

Andy Russel (Southampton Archaeology Unit, UK)

Southampton Council appointed its first archaeologist in 1958, and excavations in the Roman, Saxon and Medieval towns have been conducted ever since. This paper will look at the ups and downs of archaeology in one urban area over that period, following the changing fashions of what got excavated, how it was excavated, who dug it up, and how the City’s past was used and abused.

Duncan H. Brown (Southampton City Council; duncan.brown@southampton.gov.uk)and Andy Russel (Southampton City Council; andy.russel@southampton.gov.uk)