Pamela Jane Smith
Interviews with archaeologists
Here are some of the interviews that I have conducted on the history of archaeology. An RSS feed is also available.
Please see also the Personal Histories web site
Barbara Isaac
![[Photo]](creswell-crags.jpg)
In honour and in memory of
her husband, the great archaeologist Glynn Isaac, Barbara Isaac has
released this transcript of her interview conducted by Pamela Jane Smith in
2007. The picture shows Creswell Crags on `a cold and miserable' Easter in 1960 left to right,
Wilfred Shawcross, Robert Soper, Colin Breese, Warwick Bray, Paul Mellars,
unknown , Glynn Isaac. `The highlight of every day was the trip to the pub
after a meal which I have no memories of. The contrast between the dirty
archaeologists and the spic-and-span miners, who had emerged from the
bowels of the earth to hot showers and hot high teas, made an impression,'
remembers Nic David who was then a Cambridge undergraduate.
Michael Crouch
Former undergraduate Michael Crouch discusses his life with Pamela Jane Smith. Michael was a member of the Department of Archaeology's expedition to Libya under the direction of Dr C.R. McBurney in 1955; he discusses memories of McBurney as well as a long life in service to the British Government.
David Lewis Williams
Prof. David Lewis Williams recounts his experiences of the South African apartheid regime.
Peter Gathercole
Pamela Jane Smith interviews Peter Gathercole.
Tony Legge
Pamela Jane Smith interviews Professor Tony Legge about the analysis of Star Carr after Grahame Clark.