
Phil Parkes
Reader in Conservation (Study Leave 2022/3 (Semester 2))
- parkes@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 5628
- 3.14, John Percival Building
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Research interests
- Conservation of Objects
- Archaeological Conservation
- Collections Care
Research projects
Conservation of Objects
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Education and qualifications
1989-1992 BSc (Hons) Archaeological Conservation, Cardiff University.
Career overview
1992 Freelance work making replicas for National Museum of Wales.
1992-1993 MGC Internship with Council of Museums in Wales and Newport Museum & Art Gallery.
1993-present Conservator at Cardiff University (Senior Conservator from 2006).
Cyhoeddiadau
2021
- Henderson, J. and Parkes, P. 2021. Using complexity to deliver standardised educational levels in conservation. Presented at: ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference 2021, Beijing, China, 17-21 May 2021Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation. ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints, Beijing, 17–21 May 2021, Vol. 19. Triennial Conference Preprints ICOM-CC
2017
- Henderson, J. and Parkes, P. 2017. Balancing accountable assessment with holistic professional practice. Presented at: ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4- 8 Sept 2017 Presented at Bridgland, J. ed.ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints, Copenhagen, 4–8 September 2017. Paris: International Council of Museums pp. art. 0305.
2015
- Nicholson, P. T., Parkes, P. J. and Jackson, C. 2015. A tale of two tiles: Preliminary investigation of two faience 'bricks'. In: Oppenheim, A. and Goelet, O. eds. The Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt: Studies in Honor of Dorothea Arnold. Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar Vol. 19. New York, NY: Egyptological Seminar of New York
- Needham, S., Davis, M., Gwilt, A., Lodwick, M., Parkes, P. and Reavill, P. 2015. A hafted halberd excavated at Trecastell, Powys: from undercurrent to uptake – the emergence and contextualisation of halberds in Wales and North-west Europe. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 81, pp. 1-41. (10.1017/ppr.2015.8)
- Lingle, A., Dell'Unto, N., Doyle, S., Killackey, K., Meskell, L., Parkes, P. and Tung, B. 2015. Chapter 28 - Painted plaster head. In: Haddow, S. ed. Çatalhöyük 2015 Archive Report. Turkey: Çatalhöyük Research Project, pp. 275-289.
2014
- Henderson, J. and Parkes, P. J. 2014. Do methods of assessment accurately reflect the priorities of conservation teaching?. Presented at: ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 15-19 September 2014 Presented at Bridgland, J. ed.ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference Preprints, Melbourne, 15–19 September 2014. Paris: International Council of Museums pp. 304.
2013
- Schlee, D. et al. 2013. The excavatiuon of Fan round barrow, near Talsarn, Ceredigion, 2010-11. Archaeologia Cambrensis 162, pp. 67-104.
2010
- Parkes, P. and Watkinson, D. 2010. Computed tomography and X-radiography of a coffin from Dynasty 21/22. Presented at: Decorated Surfaces on Ancient Egyptian Objects: Technology, Deterioration and Conservation, Cambridge, UK, 7-8 September 2007Decorated Surfaces on Ancient Egyptian Objects: Technology, Deterioration and Conservation. London: Archetype Publications Ltd pp. 58-66.
2008
- MacDonald, P. and Parkes, P. 2008. Chapter 7. Later Prehistoric, Roman and early post-Roman activity in Longstones Field - Metalwork. In: Gillings, M. et al. eds. Landscape of the Megaliths: Excavation and fieldwork on the Avebury monuments, 1997-2003. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 232-233.
- MacDonald, P. and Parkes, P. 2008. Chapter 10. Stone breaking - Medieval and post-medieval artefacts from the Beckhampton Avenue and Falkner's Circle - Ironwork from settings L7-L16. In: Gillings, M. et al. eds. Landscape of the Megaliths: Excavation and fieldwork on the Avebury Monuments, 1997-2003. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 316-319.
2007
- Henderson, J. and Parkes, P. 2007. Spotlight on Musueums: CyMAL Baselines 2006. Technical Report.
- Henderson, J. and Parkes, P. 2007. What’s in store? – towards a Welsh strategy for the management of, and access to, archaeological collections. The Museum Archaeologist Volume 30, pp. 1-11.
2004
- Henderson, J. and Parkes, P. 2004. What's in store? Towards a Welsh strategy for the management of, and access to, the archaeological evidence of our past. Cardiff: Council of Museums in Wales.
2003
- Henderson, J. and Parkes, P. 2003. What's in store? Towards a Welsh strategy for the management of,and access to, archaeological collections. Project Report. Cardiff: Council of Museums in Wales.
1999
- Brennan, D. et al. 1999. Iron Age Promontory Fort to Medieval Castle? Excavations at Great Castle Head, Dale, Pembrokeshire 1999. Archaeologia Cambrensis 148, pp. 86-145.
Projects
Conservation of Objects
Phil Parkes runs an established conservation practice providing professional artefact conservation and collections care advice for clients throughout the UK and beyond. Its aim is to provide commercial conservation services to a wide range of organisations and individuals.