Through Wet and Dry – Essays in Honour of David Hall, (Lincolnshire Archaeology and Heritage Report Series No.5), (WARP Occasional Paper 17), 2003, 150 p., 11 ill. n.b., 46 fig., 9 tables, br. -

This volume celebrates the achievements of an outstanding field archaeologist, David Hall. Included are papers presented at a special conference in David's honour held in May 2000, along with others specially commissioned. All reflect the areas of archaeological interest of this intuitive and indefatigable fieldworker. Fens and Fields given particular prominence. As the first of the Fenland Project Field Officers, D. Hall devised the methods used on the survey. Within this volume David's Fenland interest is reflected in articles by B. Silvester (Some Early Maps of the Fens), C. Evans (Metalwork and 'Cold Claylands'), R. Van de Noort (The English Heritage Wetland Surveys in Retrospect), B. Coles (Fenland Beaver) and R. Palmer (Homes for Peat Diggers?). Some of David's wider landscape interests are addressed by F. Pryor (The Welland Valley as a Cultural Boundary Zone), B. K. Roberts (Woods, Fens and Roads) and T. Lane (Reconstructing Lincolnshire Landscapes). Medieval Fields, the study of which has brought David international recognition, are examined here by S. Rippon (Infield and Outfield) while J. Hutchings (Archaeology and Colour Science) touches on just one of the many other varied interests of this most scholarly and practical of archaeologists. Finally, J. Coles and P. Martin respectively, review the impact that David's work has made on the archaeology of the Fenland and of Northamptonshire.