Archaeological Archive

The Archaeological Archive consists of material relating to excavations, archaeological surveys, projects and activities either carried out or participated in by the BSR Archaeology Department over the years since post-WW2. It also includes personal archives formed at and acquired by the BSR, such as the John-Bryan Ward-Perkins papers, the Sheila Gibson collection and the G.D. Barri Jones papers.

It totals over 60 linear meters of textual records, site notebooks, photographic prints, slides and negatives, plans and drawings. An important set of records from the Archaeological Archive is represented by the South Etruria Survey (SES), a project carried out in the mid-1950s and mid-1970s by John Ward-Perkins to document the changing landscape of the countryside north of Rome. The SES includes Survey cards and records, alongside 7300 images to be found in the Photographic Archive.