Social Impact Archaeology: Pontefract Castle and the Gatehouse Project by Brendon Wilkins, Chris Casswell, Maggie Eno, Jodie Hannis, Maiya Pina-Dacier, Harriet Tatton, Johanna Ungemach

“…It introduces a 'Theory of Change' and 'Standards of Evidence' framework to account for the impact of development-led archaeology programmes, illustrating the causal links between activity and change through the case of the Pontefract Castle Gatehouse Project. It is complemented by a short documentary film exploring the spectrum of digital and physical opportunities for participation by the public alongside a team of highly experienced professional field archaeologists, demonstrating how development-led archaeology can be designed to accomplish far more than answer a planning brief.…”
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