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The Yorkshire Philosophical Society continued to house the Y.A.Y.A.S. library until 1963, when it was moved to York Library. In 1974 the society's library was sold with the proceeds going towards the production of future publications. [14] York Historian was first published in 1976 and is an annual volume of York-centred historical research.
The York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited (YAT) is an educational charity, established in 1972 in the city of York, England, and trading under the York Archaeology brand. The charity presents archaeology to the public through visitor attractions and events, and its commercial arm carries out archaeological investigations ...
It is dedicated to the study of the archaeology, history and people of the three Ridings of the historic county of Yorkshire. It publishes an annual journal, the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal; and, particularly through its Record Series, it also functions as a text publication society. Its headquarters are in Leeds.
Internet Archaeology - a fully peer-reviewed electronic journal for archaeology; BioArCh - a specialist centre using scientific and molecular techniques for archaeology; York Experimental Archaeology Research (YEAR) Centre; Centre for Digital Heritage - an interdisciplinary centre studying computer-based approaches to heritage.
The York Minster fire was a blaze that caused severe destruction to the south transept of York Minster, in the city of York, England, on 9 July 1984.Believed to have been started by a lightning strike, the roof burnt for three hours between 1:00 and 4:00 am before it was made to collapse by the fire brigade to stop it spreading to other parts of the minster.
DIG is owned and operated by York Archaeology, a division of York Archaeological Trust, a registered charity. [1] It is based in St Saviour's Church, one of York's medieval churches, which became redundant in the 1950s [2] and was acquired by the Trust in 1975. Between 1990 and 2005, the building was called the Archaeological Resource Centre.
Julian Daryl Richards OBE FSA is a British archaeologist and academic. He works at the University of York where he is Professor of Archaeology, director of its Centre for Digital Heritage, and director of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS). [1]
Addyman and the Trust oversaw the publication of more than 60 volumes about the archaeology of York, and added tens of thousands of items to their collection. [2] The Anglo-Saxon Coppergate helmet was discovered during excavations in 1976–1981 prior to the building of Coppergate Shopping Centre , [ 7 ] inspiring several of Addyman's publications.