Conferences and Seminars

Joint Seminar with Kayleigh Fuller ‘The Staffordshire Hoard: Further Discoveries’

Oral Presentation ‘The analysis of the silver from the Staffordshire Hoard.’

Short lecture ‘Short after dinner lecture given on the ‘Secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmith’

Oral Presentation ‘The underlying truth: Analysis of the gold from the Staffordshire Hoard using both XRF and SEM-EDX’ Presented in session SA1

Oral Presentation ‘The secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmiths: The latest results from the analysis of the Staffordshire Hoard’ Presented in session SA13

Oral Presentation ‘The Staffordshire Hoard: Choices of metal composition and the underlying secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmith’

Seminar on the ‘Secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmith’

Seminar on the ‘Secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmith’ at two venues on two days.

Joint presentation with Pieta Greaves on ‘The conservation and research of the Staffordshire Hoard.’

Poster Presentation ‘Underlying secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmiths: Results from the enrichment study of Staffordshire Hoard objects.’

Oral Presentation ‘Underlying secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmiths: Results from the enrichment study of Staffordshire Hoard objects.’

Oral Presentation

Seminar ‘Underlying secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmiths: Results from the pilot study of Staffordshire Hoard objects.’

Oral Presentation ‘Underlying secrets of the Anglo-Saxon goldsmiths: Results from the pilot study of Staffordshire Hoard objects.’

Poster Presentation  ‘Manufacture and Life Cycle of an Iron Knife’

Oral Presentation  ‘Metallographic Analysis of Iron Objects’

Oral Presentation  ‘Iron technology in Anglo-Saxon England, a glimpse at Early Medieval society through the analysis of iron knives’

Seminar ‘Cutting Edge of Technology: Iron knives in Anglo-Saxon Britain.’

Oral Presentation ‘Craft specialisation and the manufacture and use of iron knives in Viking Dublin, Ireland.’ Authors Eleanor Blakelock, Gerry McDonnell, Jennifer Mulrooney and Patrick Wallace)

Poster Presentation ‘Reconstructing the blacksmithing landscape: Results from a comprehensive and integrated analytical program.’ Authors Eleanor Blakelock, Gerry McDonnell, Sam Rubinson, Nic Chabot, Allan Daoust and Ann Clark

Oral Presentation ‘The production of iron knives. A basic introduction for Early Medieval archaeologists.’

Poster Presentation ‘Early Medieval knife manufacture in Britain: a comparison between urban and rural settlements.’

Poster Presentation ‘Reconstructing the blacksmithing landscape: Results from a comprehensive and integrated analytical program.’ Authors Eleanor Blakelock, Gerry McDonnell, Sam Rubinson, Nic Chabot, Allan Daoust and Ann Clark)

Lecture: Introduction to Metallographic Analysis. Provided basic introduction to the techniques of metallographic analysis, the manufacture of iron objects and the results from current PhD research on Early Medieval knives

Demonstrator for Workshop Archaeometallurgical Evidence. Demonstrated for Gill Juleff’s workshop for identifying archaeometallurgical debris and where it fits in to the metallurgical process.

Oral Presentation ‘Iron specialisation in early medieval urban settlements

Oral Presentation  ‘Slag Included: Slag inclusions Research on Iron Age Artefacts from the Near East.’ Joint Authored Harald A. Veldhuijzen & Eleanor Blakelock

Poster Presentation ‘Reconstructing the blacksmithing landscape: Results from a comprehensive and integrated analytical program.’ Authors Eleanor Blakelock, Gerry McDonnell, Sam Rubinson, Nic Chabot, Allan Daoust and Ann Clark

Poster Presentation ‘Slag Inclusions and the Quest for Provenance: Analysis of Slag and Slag Inclusions from Iron Smelting Experiments.’

Oral Presentation  ‘Analysis of iron knives from Early Medieval Period, preliminary results’

Oral Presentation ‘Manufacture and use of iron knives from Viking Dublin, Ireland.’

Oral Presentation ‘Slag Included: Slag inclusions Research on Iron Age Artefacts from the Near East.’ Joint Authored by Harald A. Veldhuijzen & Eleanor Blakelock

Poster Presentation ‘Slag Inclusions and the Quest for Provenance: Analysis of Slag and Slag Inclusions from Iron Smelting Experiments.’

Poster Presentation ‘X-Radiography of Iron Knives.’

Oral Presentation ‘Slag inclusion, smelting site exclusion? The provenancing to different production site origins of early first millenium BC iron artefacts from the Near East through the analysis of slag inclusions.’ Joint paper Harald A. Veldhuijzen & Eleanor Blakelock.

Poster Presentation  ‘Slag Inclusions and the Quest for Provenance: Analysis of Slag and Slag Inclusions from Iron Smelting Experiments.’ Which won the Riccardo Francovich prize for Best PhD Student Poster.