Fires of Prometheus - Industrial and Historical Archaeology

a celebration of rust and industrial archaeology by Ralph Mills

NEW:

NOTTINGHAM INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM: I have begun volunteering with NIM as a volunteer, working on making the museum's huge collection more accessible to the public and researchers.

DIG WHERE YOU STAND: I have adopted and adapted Sven Lidqvist's concept for my approach to the archaeology of the recent past, and am sharing the results. Here you'll find the beginnings of My Museum, and a collection of Found Photographs.

THE TOPSOIL PROJECT: A new section describing my examination of the historical archaeological potential of a much-neglected context - topsoil.

WATERWAYS: This new section introduces my involvement with canals.

CANADA 2010: I've added a section that describes some historical archaeology-related elements of my sojourn into British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, during the summer of 2010.

Fires of Prometheus reflects my experiences and interests as an historical archaeologist – someone researching the archaeology of the recent past. I am particularly interested in industrial archaeology and nineteenth century material culture, especially mass-produced miniatures.

LATEST NEWS

Updated 21st January 2012.

THEMES:

I am interested in a number of areas of historical archaeology, including the mines of SE Spain, nineteenth century mass-produced miniatures and the streetcar suburbs of Vancouver.