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.
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.
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.
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.
Going round in circles: the relief decoration of Iron Age gold torcs
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.
Investigating the manufacturing technology of later Iron Age torus torcs
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.
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.
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…’.
Torc fragment cross-joins AKA how to make a torc jigsaw!
No goldfinches were harmed in the making of this blog…
Not torcs:
I was supposed to be looking at torcs AKA I knew I’d seen those seven dots somewhere… (The Nebra sky disc)


