Torcs, A-Z

A full list of all my papers and blogs arranged thematically, and A to Z by torc, and roughly within date order, newest upper in each group…

General torcs:

Investigating the manufacturing technology of later Iron Age torus torcs: Historical Metallurgy journal

”Damn clever metal bashers”’: The thoughts and insights of 21st century goldsmiths, silversmiths and jewellers regarding Iron Age gold torus torcs: Art in the Eurasian Iron Age: Context, Connections and Scale book.

Going round in circles: the relief decoration of Iron Age gold torcs: PAST. the newsletter of the Prehistoric Society.

”Cut and shuts”: The reworking of Iron Age gold torus torcs: Later Prehistoric Finds Group newsletter

‘Up Close and Personal’: The later Iron Age Torcs from Newark, Nottinghamshire and Netherurd, Peeblesshire: The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

Rings of truth: New insights into torc technology : British Archaeology magazine.

The Netherurd torc terminal – insights into torc technology: PAST, the newsletter of the Prehistoric Society.

Specific torcs:

Alrewas:

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 12 Alrewas catch-up

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 11 Alrewas up close

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 2 Alrewas

Caistor:

Nicked and ‘nicked’The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England (a shorter, magazine, version of the paper below). YAHS Briefing newsletter.

Nicked and ‘nicked’: The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England.

Clevedon:

”Cut and shuts”: The reworking of Iron Age gold torus torcs

Glascote:

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 4 Glascote

Knaresborough:

Nicked and ‘nicked’The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England (a shorter, magazine, version of the paper below). YAHS Briefing newsletter.

Nicked and ‘nicked’: The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England.

Middleton Hall:

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 5 Middleton Hall

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 13 Middleton Hall up close

Near Pulborough:

Fake or fortunate? The insecure provenance of the ‘Pulborough Area’ torc.

‘All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order’: The riddle of the ‘Pulborough Area’ torc from Sussex.

Near Stowmarket:

A rediscovered Iron Age torus torc terminal fragment from ‘Near Stowmarket’, Suffolk.

Needwood Forest:

Excavated by Victorian foxes: the stunning Needwood Forest torc.

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 6 Needwood Forest

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 14 Needwood Forest up close

Netherurd:

The sheet torus torcs from Britain: an update.

It’s good to torc!

Going round in circles: the relief decoration of Iron Age gold torcs

‘Up Close and Personal’: The later Iron Age Torcs from Newark, Nottinghamshire and Netherurd, Peeblesshire

The Netherurd torc terminal – insights into torc technology

Newark:

Nicked and ‘nicked’The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England (a shorter, magazine, version of the paper below). YAHS Briefing newsletter.

Nicked and ‘nicked’: The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England.

Investigating the manufacturing technology of later Iron Age torus torcs

We were wrong!

‘Up Close and Personal’: The later Iron Age Torcs from Newark, Nottinghamshire and Netherurd, Peeblesshire

Did Vikings ‘nick’ the Newark torc…and the West Lindsey and Towton torcs too?

Did vikings ‘nick’ the Newark torc?

Shenstone:

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey: 3 Shenstone

Snettisham Great torc:

The sheet torus torcs from Britain: an update.

Pattern and purpose: a new story about the creation of the Snettisham Great torc.

”Damn clever metal bashers”’: The thoughts and insights of 21st century goldsmiths, silversmiths and jewellers regarding Iron Age gold torus torcs

Going round in circles: the relief decoration of Iron Age gold torcs

Snettisham Grotesque torc:

The sheet torus torcs from Britain: an update.

Thoughts on the Grotesque torc and the Snettisham (Ken Hill) hoards in the light of new research

Snettisham mini-Grotesque (1991,0501.45) torc:

The sheet torus torcs from Britain: an update.

Investigating the manufacturing technology of later Iron Age torus torcs

Heinz 57: an unusual torc terminal from Snettisham.

Snettisham B52 (1991,0407.15) torc:

Looking at torcs: The B52, first steps.

Snettisham broken torc from Hoard F:

Torc fragment cross-joins AKA how to make a torc jigsaw!

Towton:

Nicked and ‘nicked’The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England (a shorter, magazine, version of the paper below). YAHS Briefing newsletter.

Nicked and ‘nicked’: The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England.

West Tilbury:

The mysterious case of the West Tilbury torc from Essex.

Cushion’ terminal torcs:

Lesser spotted torcs 1: Cushion torcs

The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey (Alrewas, Middleton Hall, Shenstone, Needwood Forest & Glascote torcs):

Papers related to this can be found HERE

Vikings and Iron Age torcs:

Papers related to this can be found HERE

Fakes, forgeries & Harry Price:

Papers related to this can be found HERE

Image rights, artefact ownership, detecting, etc

Papers related to this can be found HERE

Torc related stuff:

Torcing to museums: an appreciation.

‘Where’s it gone? The curious case of the vanishing torcs…’.

It’s good to torc!

Torc fragment cross-joins AKA how to make a torc jigsaw!

A day at the (torc) zoo…

‘Show us your backside!’

No goldfinches were harmed in the making of this blog…

Understanding processes.

Torki

Confounded and bamboozled.

Torcs before the eyes

Torcs and me.

Hello!

Not torcs:

I was supposed to be looking at torcs AKA I knew I’d seen those seven dots somewhere… (The Nebra sky disc)

‘Replicating prehistory’