He left school with no qualifications and served in the RAF during the Second World War before he trained as a teacher. He taught Art at the Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury and established a flourishing archaeological society at the school, which conducted a large number of excavations in the area, including a section of the town walls at Roushill in Shrewsbury.[1]
Careeredit
His interest in archaeology led him to become an academic at the University of Birmingham. For many years, he was the archaeologist at Worcester Cathedral, where he organised a regular symposium on church archaeology and history.[2]
He wrote the comprehensive guide to field archaeology, Techniques of Archaeological Excavation, in 1977, and it remains in print.[3]
Barker specialised in castle studies and in 1987 was a founding member of the Castle Studies Group. The excavations at Hen Domen led to the publication of a book about the project and another about timber castles more broadly, jointly written with Robert Higham.[4]
Referencesedit
^Barker, P. A. (1961), "Excavations on the Town Wall, Roushill, Shrewsbury" (PDF), Medieval Archaeology, 5: 181–210, doi:10.1080/00766097.1961.11735653
^Guy, Chris (2023). "From Saxon graves to Gothic towers: 32 years in Cathedral Archaeology". Worcestershire Recorder. 108: 8–10.
^Barker, Philip (1993). Techniques of Archaeological Excavation (3rd ed.). Routledge. ISBN978-0415151528.
^Higham, Bob (2001). "In Memoriam: Philip Arthur Barker" (PDF). Castle Studies Group Newsletter. 15: 108.
Bibliographyedit
Chris Musson and Charles Hill. "Philip Barker 1920–2001." Council for British Archaeology, Wales. . Archived from the original on 7 November 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Spring 2001.
. Archived from the original on 30 November 2001. Retrieved 13 February 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) by Robert Higham.
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