Volume 50 2011 Contents Front cover: The Ancient Stones of Penwith – Lanyon Quoit, by Bob Humphries (member of the Cornwall Archaeological Society), Bob Humphries, 2011 This edition of Cornish Archaeology celebrates 50 years of the Cornwall Archaeological Society. Looking at the archaeology of Cornwall from prehistory to the present day, it includes an update on important discoveries and research, 25 years after the last major review in Cornish Archaeology 25 (1986). The last 25 years have seen a huge change in the way archaeology is practised. This is discussed in a substantial section on how the past is recorded, conserved and presented. The volume starts by marking 50 years of the Society with notes from the Newsletters and some members’ recollections. Marking 50 years of the Cornwall Archaeological Society How it all began? A personal viewpoint CHARLES THOMAS Why bother? Some clues from the Newsletters ADRIAN RODDA Members remember JEREMY MILLN, MARGARET HUNT and PAMELA BOUSFIELD Archaeology in Cornwall – recording, conserving and reconstructing the past The changing archaeological scene in Cornwall, 1985-2010 NICHOLAS JOHNSON From Checklists to Historic Environment Record: the archaeological encyclopaedia of Cornwall and Scilly STEVE HARTGROVES The Cornwall (and Scilly) Aerial Survey Project STEVE HARTGROVES NMP - The National Mapping Programme in Cornwall ANDREW YOUNG Field archaeology PETER HERRING, ERIC BERRY, TONY BLACKMAN, ADAM SHARPE, CHERYL STRAFFON and NIGEL THOMAS A short history of geophysical survey in Cornwall PETER ROSE The work of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Cornwall ANNA TYACKE A top ten of excavations, 1986 to 2011 PETER ROSE Archaeological protection - legislation, designation and planning policy NICHOLAS JOHNSON Curating archaeological collections in Cornwall JANE MARLEY Scheduled Monument Management: conserving Cornwall’s past ANN PRESTON-JONES Caring for the historic countryside – agri-environment schemes and the historic environment ANN REYNOLDS Historic landscape characterisation and urban characterisation PETER HERRING Conserving industrial remains 1985-2010 ADAM SHARPE Reconstruction archaeology TONY BLACKMAN The ‘expert’ amateur, professionalism and public engagement: the changing face of archaeology education in Cornwall from 1986 to 2011 HILARY ORANGE and CARADOC PETERS Presenting the past: the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site AINSLEY COCKS ‘The end of a moving staircase’: industrial archaeology of the past and future HILARY ORANGE CAS excavations JAMES GOSSIP, ANDY M JONES and PETER ROSE The Time Team in Cornwall CARL THORPE Presenting the past: Cornish museums and galleries JANE MARLEY 25 years of discovery and research The Cornish landscape PETER HERRING Science and archaeology VANESSA STRAKER Ancient Scilly: the last 25 years CHARLES JOHNS The Neolithic and Bronze Age in Cornwall, c 4000 cal BC to c 1000 cal BC: an overview of recent developments ANDY M JONES and HENRIETTA QUINNELL A summary of Cornish ceramics in the first millennium BC HENRIETTA QUINNELL Appraising the bigger picture – Cornish Iron Age and Romano-British settlement 25 years on JACQUELINE A NOWAKOWSKI Early medieval Cornwall PETER HERRING, ANN PRESTON-JONES, CARL THORPE and IMOGEN WOOD Later medieval Cornwall PETER HERRING, GRAEME KIRKHAM, NICK CAHILL, NIGEL THOMAS, ERIC BERRY, ANN PRESTON-JONES, ANDREW LANGDON, ADAM SHARPE and CARL THORPE Post-medieval Cornwall PETER HERRING, GRAEME KIRKHAM, NICHOLAS JOHNSON, ADAM SHARPE, NICK CAHILL, ERIC BERRY and NIGEL THOMAS