Sunday, March 14, 2004
Friday, March 12, 2004
NORTH YORKSHIRE PREHISTORY DAY CONFERENCE
'THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE THORNBOROUGH HENGES COMPLEX'
Saturday, 27th March 2004 at the Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton.
The event is being staged by the Council for British Archaeology Yorkshire Group supported by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, the premier archaeological societies in the county. Membership ranges from professional archaeologists to the interested amateur. The Yorkshire Group are a constituent member of the Council for British Archaeology national body and have an institutional and individual membership of over 500 from across the county. The Yorkshire Archaeological Society have a similar membership profile with a local, national and international membership of over 1200.
Further information
Archaeological Study Tour to Berry - Limousin
29 May - 4 June 2004
Further details, including a detailed itinerary, cost and contact details can be obtained from Archaeology in Europe
Roman treasure found in pond dig
A man unearthed a priceless hoard of 20,000 Roman coins as he dug a new fishpond in his back garden.
BBC News
Colchester: Town's treasures are uncovered
The secrets of the past of Colchester in Roman times have been revealed to the town's 21st century residents.
Archaeologists from Colchester Archaeological Trust have been excavating 12 trenches and two test pits in the Vineyard Street area, just beyond the Roman wall.
This is Essex
Castle inspires skill shortage solution
Imagine trying to renovate a 2,000-year old building and not being able to find a bricklayer.
BBC News
Suffolk's Roman history on TV
WHEN Paul Atkins began digging a hole in his garden to place a fence post little did he realise the historical secrets he was about to reveal.
The hard surface that met the end of his spade was not a large stone but the remains of an entrance to a Roman villa built in the 2nd Century.
EADT
Bubonic plague traced to ancient Egypt
The bubonic plague, or Black Death, may have originated in ancient Egypt, according to a new study.
"This is the first time the plague's origins in Egypt have been backed up by archaeological evidence," said Eva Panagiotakopulu, who made the discovery. Panagiotakopulu is an archaeologist and fossil-insect expert at the University of Sheffield, England.
Mirabilis
Sparks fly over rare axe head
A Fife man who discovered a rare Neolithic axe head while out walking near his home is facing prosecution for refusing to hand it over. Under Scots Law such finds are Crown property but until now it is not thought anyone has faced court action. Michael Kelly discovered the 6,500-year-old axe head, one of only 30 in the UK, in a field last year.
Megalithic Portal
Stepping back in time in Hertfordshire
History is being unearthed – and the public has the chance this weekend to step back in time and see what’s being dug up along the Baldock bypass route. Hertfordshire County Council is holding an open day on Saturday at the site where archaeologists have discovered remains dating back to the Neolithic period.
Megalithic Portal
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Ancient hoard of gold is found
A HOARD of Bronze Age treasure hasbeen unearthed by a trio of Wrexham metal detectors.
Fourteen artefacts of gold, bronze and ancient pottery, thought to date back more than 3,000 years, have been unearthed by the three metal detector enthusiasts in north east Wrexham.
IC North Wales
UK man finds 20,000 Roman coins
A man digging a pond in his garden was surprised to uncover around 20,000 coins more than 1,000 years old.
CBBC News
Man finds 20,000 Roman coins while digging pond
One of the most significant collections of Roman coins to be found in Britain in recent years has been unearthed by a man digging a fishpond.
Independent
Roman treasure found in pond dig
A man unearthed a priceless hoard of 20,000 Roman coins as he dug a new fishpond in his back garden.
BBC News
Send us a SINE
Newcastle University’s Structural Images of the North East (SINE
www.sine.ncl.ac.uk) digitisation team are asking for help from the region’s internet users. The team are hoping to create an on-line exhibition of images from their vast collection chosen by users of the SINE website. The aim is to show people’s favourite images and include their comments about why they chose them.
Further information
WHOSE MAMMOTH SKULL IS IT ANYWAY?
It may be a bag of old bones, but that hasn't stopped an argument over who owns the skull of a woolly mammoth.
The fossil, worth at least £12,000, should have gone on display for the official opening of the Gateway centre near Cirencester on Tuesday. But confusion reigns over who it belongs to. Palaeontologist Dr Neville Hollingworth made the extraordinary discovery in January as he took a stroll around a gravel pit in Cotswold Water Park.
This is Gloucestershire
Baltic Sea Shipwrecks.
Vello Mss leans across a wood-spoked shipswheel and eagerly scans the Baltic Sea horizon as far as the eye can see-where, he says, tens of thousands of historically important ships, from the Danish coast to Russia, lie below the cold-gray waves waiting to be found. "There are hundreds of Viking ships out there, hundreds of old trading ships, hundreds of warships," mused the captain cum researcher, dubbed The Baltic Sea Sherlock Holmes in his native Estonia for finding so many such ships himself. "The Baltic's an archaeological paradise.
Denmark News
Key objector National Trust makes its case
BATTLELINES over the future of Stonehenge were drawn this week, as a key opponent to the scheme, the National Trust, presented its case.
The charity, which owns much of the land surrounding the monuments, argues the Highways Agency's plans for a 2.1km tunnel through the World Heritage site will not be sufficient to restore tranquillity to Stonehenge and protect vital archaeological remains, and it wants the tunnel extended by 800m.
Salisbury Journal
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
'A once-in-a-lifetime discovery'
Exciting objects are emerging from beneath the mud in a Croatian river valley.
Guardian
Cannon corrosion being removed with unusual baking technique
An unusual restoration technique - baking - may be the answer to the expensive and time-consuming process of cleaning chunks of oxidized corrosion from artifacts hauled from the ocean.
Wilmington Star
Inscription could have been carved by Viking settler
A runic inscription found in Dalgety Bay has provided evidence that Vikings could once have settled in Fife.
The inscribed slate, found by a walker 10 years ago, was brought to the attention of experts at last year’s archaeology fair in Dunfermline.
The Courier
Detectors trawl mud to turn up treasures
Metal detector users converged on a Lincolnshire field at the weekend in an effort to unearth the secrets of the past. As part of an ongoing survey, around 20 detector enthusiasts were invited to trawl through mud on farmland at Fiskerton, near Lincoln.
Megalithic Portal
Burial chamber moves back to Dartmoor
Remains of an ancient burial tomb, which have been in a museum for more than 120 years, are being moved back to the Devon moor where they were found. The five stones, which form the Bronze-Age chamber, were discovered near Thornworthy Tor on Dartmoor in 1879.
Megalithic Portal
Bronze Age conservation project celebrates completion
A four-year project to save more than 100 Bronze Age ceramic pots has now been completed. The celebration to mark the end of Wiltshire County Council-led project will be held at Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum's lecture hall on Wednesday, March 24.
Stone Pages
British Museum pays for Lady of the Night
A 4,000-year-old relief of a goddess of the underworld - that may once have been seen in an ancient Iraqi brothel - has been bought by the British Museum.
Phluzein
1200-year-old Viking graffiti
A walker has discovered a mysterious stone inscribed with 1200-year-old Viking graffiti which could provide the first tangible evidence that the fearsome Norse raiders gave up raping and pillaging to live alongside native Scots.
Mirabilis
Historic tower wrapped in jacket
A innovative fabric jacket is preserving a 14th Century Brecon tower which has been reburied in a road project.
BBC News
Roman remains found at site of new hospital
PEOPLE were living a Roman lifestyle on land between Newbury and Thatcham before the arrival of the Romans in AD 43, a recent meeting heard.
More than 65 people gathered at Kennet School to listen to Andy Simmonds from Oxford Archaeology describe excavations on the site of the new Newbury Hospital. He was speaking at the monthly meeting of Thatcham Historical Society.
IC Berkshire
Hoard adds weight to museum bid
Calls for a national museum for north east Wales have intensified following the find of an "exceptional" hoard of Bronze Age treasure in Wrexham.
BBC News
Museum warning amid funding plea
British museums have joined forces to ask the government for an extra £115m a year at what they say is a "critical time" for their services.
BBC News
Mar 2004: Environmental Archaeology Bibliography
The English Heritage Environmental Archaeology Bibliography is now available through the ADS. This is a compilation of bibliographic references to published reports on environmental archaeology from the whole of the British Isles (including the Channel Islands).
Archaeology Data Service
Mar 2004: Somerset Historic Environment Records
The Historic Environment Service of Somerset County Council and the ADS / AHDS Archaeology are pleased to announce the launch of an online index to the Somerset Historic Environment Record.
Archaeology Data Service
Monday, March 08, 2004
DETECTORS TRAWL MUD TO TURN UP TREASURES
Metal detector users converged on a Lincolnshire field at the weekend in an effort to unearth the secrets of the past.
Lincolnshire Echo
A monumental tragedy unfolds
In the low winter sunlight, a Wiltshire hillside fills with the long shadows of an ancient settlement. Twenty years ago these banks and hollows were prominent landmarks; next year or the year after and the last faint echo of this numinous place will have gone.
FT.Com
Mystery of sacred site shaped by stars
Thornborough is the only triple henge complex in the world and the only one to share the same astronomical alignment as the pyramids at Giza in Egypt.
A recent theory is that the henges' alignment may follow that of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion.
Yorkshire Post
CHANCE TO MEET GAIUS VALERIUS
10:30 - 08 March 2004
History fans will have the chance to meet a Roman standard bearer from the IXth Legion.
Greyfriars Exhibition Centre in Broadgate, Lincoln, is laying on a fun-packed weekend - including the chance to chew the fat with a genuine historical figure.
The event, which starts on Saturday, also offers workshops on mosaic making, clay pottery and sword and shield making for children.
Lincolnshire Echo
NI culture goes online
The rich and diverse culture of Northern Ireland is now available to browse at the click of a mouse.
BBC News
Farm ploughing threatens Thornborough henges
Experts say the immediate threat to archaeology around the 5,500-year-old Thornborough Henges in North Yorkshire (England) is not an expansion of sand and gravel quarrying but the annual ploughing of land by farmers. Now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is working with English Heritage to investigate the possibility of paying them not to plough in an area around the scheduled ancient monuments.
Stone Pages
Castle promotes wrong country
A website which aims to bring overseas visitors to the UK has apologised after it moved a north Wales castle across the sea to promote the attractions of Northern Ireland.
BBC News
Archaeological Research in Progress 2004: North East Scotland
Date: Saturday May 29th 2004, 9.30-5.00
Organised by the Council for Scottish Archaeology, and staged jointly with the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, this day long conference in Aberdeen will focus on the many exciting projects that are currently taking place in the north east of Scotland. Topics include recent excavations of recumbent stone circles (Richard Bradley, University of Reading), 'privies and other filthiness... the Environment of Medieval Aberdeen' (Christopher Croly, Aberdeen City Council) and some archaeological 'tales of the unexpected' (Shannon Fraser, National Trust for Scotland). The conference is aimed at members of the public, amateur and professional archaeologists and will include a mixture of sites and types of research as well as display stalls by local and national groups.
For further information please contact: Council for Scottish Archaeology, c/o National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, telephone 0131 247 4119, e-mail csa@nms.ac.uk or look at our website www.britarch.ac.uk/csa/
Scottish Archaeology Month 2004
September is your opportunity to celebrate Scotland's past by taking part in Scottish Archaeology Month (SAM). SAM aims to encourage increased awareness, understanding, appreciation and, perhaps more importantly, enjoyment of Scotland's fascinating heritage, through a programme of special events for people of all ages. Any interested groups, individuals and societies are warmly invited by CSA to hold an event - the more the merrier! Past activities have included guided tours, excavation open days, talks, workshops, family activity days and much more. Don't miss this free opportunity to explore Scotland's archaeological heritage - come and celebrate! The full programme details will be available from the Council for Scottish Archaeology, c/o National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF. Tel 0131 247 4119, web www.britarch.ac.uk/csa
Viking harbour remains found
A Powerpoint presentation showing photographs and drawings from the excavation of the Viking harbour is available on the Web.
The ancient harbour complex was found at Faanestangen, near the west coast city of Trondheim and some 400km north of Oslo.
You can download the presentation from http://www.ntfk.no/hovedside/side/faanestangen.htm but beware - the file is 6.64 MB and can take a long time to download if you don't have a broadband connection!
Save French Scientific Research!
(Taken from a Britarch posting by Bernard Clist)
Started weeks ago, the French "save scientific research" movement (web site can be browsed at http://recherche-en-danger.apinc.org/) has issued a deadline on March 9 (this coming Tuesday) : if the french government does not meet its demands for more funds for research and a significant increase in scientific jobs for young scientists (amongst other prerequisites) all the Research directors who signed the online appeal will resign from their administrative positions.
An english version of the text can be read on http://recherche-en-danger.apinc.org/article.php3?id_article=222
Today March 7 more than 61,000 scientists and PhD students have signed the research appeal and 147,749 signatures have been sent in by supporting people.
Archaeological research at Universities, the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research), the IRD (Institut de Recherches pour le Développement) is/will be impacted by the movement.
Quite a few signatures from abroad have been coming in for the last few days. If you agree to the English text, sign in !
ROMAN ROAD EXCAVATIONS
North East Hants Historical & Archaeological Society
Bank Holiday Weekends
9 - 12 April 2004
30 April- 3 May 2004
28 - 31 May 2004
27 - 30 August 2004
The North East Hants Historical & Archaeological Society are holding several long weekend excavations on the Roman Road from Winchester towards London.
For details contact Dr Richard Whaley, Project Director on btl.pcil@ukonline.co.uk or 2 Rotherwick Court, Alexandra Road, Farnborough GU14 6DD (sae appreciated).
Sonderausstellung "Trachten der Römer und Kelten" im Römermuseum Bedaium Seebruck
Noch bis zum 21. März 2004 läuft im Römermuseum Bedaium in Seebruck eine Sonderausstellung mit dem Thema "Trachten der Kelten und Römer", veranstaltet vom Verein "Kelten und Römer - Geschichte zum Anfassen e. V."
Archäologie
Laser scan captures heritage sites' every angle
Imagine a device with spiderlike tripod legs, connected to a large cube that shoots a green laser beam. The beam scans the Orinda Theatre, then boomerangs back to a wired laptop computer.
Contra Costa Times
Anthropologists Hail Romania Fossil Find
BUCHAREST, Romania - Experts analyzing remains of a man, woman and teenage boy unearthed in Romania last year are convinced that the 35,000 year-old fossils are the most complete ever of modern humans of that era, a U.S. scientist said Saturday.
Yahoo News
Toe think again... relic of The Bruce
A bone, said to be the toe of Robert The Bruce, is the centrepiece of a new exhibit.
Scotsman
Fife find could shed light on Viking settlement
A WALKER has discovered a mysterious stone inscribed with 1200-year-old Viking graffiti which could provide the first tangible evidence that the fearsome Norse raiders gave up raping and pillaging to live alongside native Scots.
The Herald
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Newgrange Aerial Photos
Several superb aerial photos of Newgrange have just been published on the Web by Knouth.com.
http://www.knowth.com/newgrange-aerial.htm
Experts work to save Easter Island statues
A TEAM of conservationists is working on a ‘miracle cure’ to save the famous giant heads of Easter Island from crumbling away.
Experts from Germany are investigating the use of a chemical to stabilise the stone monoliths, which have become severely eroded.
Scotland on Sunday
The 1,000-year-old abbey of S. Nilo in Grottaferrata is unique in Italy for its Catholic monks who follow a Greek-Byzantine rite
On a hill overlooking Rome in the Castelli Romani, 15 ageing monks are about to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the foundation of an unusual abbey.
It is the abbey of S. Nilo, which dominates the tiny village of Grottaferrata, three km downhill from Frascati and 20 km from Rome. The main road swishes by it, which is perhaps why few people have heard of it.
Wanted in Rome
Viking harbour remains found
Archaeologists today said they found the remains of a harbour complex built by the Vikings 1000 years ago, the first of its kind discovered in Norway.
"This is very special," said district archaeologist Lars Forseth. "Archaeologically, it is a sensation."
Mirabilis
Saturday, March 06, 2004
Remains of Viking Harbor Complex Found
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Archaeologists in western Norway found the remains of a harbor complex built by the Vikings 1,000 years ago - the first of its kind discovered in the country.
Guardian
Castle revamp scheme on display
Plans for the conservation of Whittington Castle near Oswestry are on show in the village.
BBC News
Remains of Viking Harbor Complex Found
Archaeologists in western Norway found the remains of a harbor complex built by the Vikings 1,000 years ago - the first of its kind discovered in the country.
The Ledger
Fire guts medieval monastery
The 800-year-old Serbian monastery of Helandari on Mount Athos was ravaged by a fire that broke out early yesterday morning and destroyed a large section of the complex, including 17th and 18th century frescoes.
Kathimerini
Fire hits 12th-Century monastery
A 12th-Century Serbian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in north-eastern Greece has been badly damaged in a fire.
The fire at the Hilandariou monastery is thought to have destroyed parts of the monks' living quarters, which date back to 1188.
BBC News
Fire guts Mt. Athos' Helandariou monastery
The 800-year-old Serbian monastery of Helandari on Mount Athos was ravaged by a fire that broke out early yesterday morning and destroyed a large section of the complex, including 17th and 18th century frescoes.
Cronaca
Archeologists uncover Maritime Spice Route between India and Egypt
Archaeologists from UCLA and the University of Delaware have unearthed the most extensive remains to date from sea trade between India and Egypt during the Roman Empire, adding to mounting evidence that spices and other exotic cargo traveled into Europe over sea as well as land.
TravelVideo.TV
Friday, March 05, 2004
Archaeological Study Tour to Berry - Limousin
29 May - 4 June 2004
Further details, including a detailed itinerary, cost and contact details can be obtained from Archaeology in Europe
St Osyth: TV team to spend a time in village
Historical detectives from television's top archaeology programme are to visit St Osyth.
Time Team plans to film for three days in the spring.
This is Essex
POMPEII: LIST OF VULNERABLE ARTEFACTS DRAWN UP
Dozens of archaeological artefacts in Pompeii have been catalogued by the Naples Heritage Superintendence. The list was compiled based on how much time it would require a team of dedicated thieves to remove the item from the archaeological precinct.
AGI On-Line
Thursday, March 04, 2004
Ancient monastic manuscripts gain digital life
Inside the sixth-century Monastery of St. Catherine, with its small stone church, its rickety buildings covered in centuries' worth of white paint, where bearded monks wear black robes, the modern world seems terabytes away.
But here at St. Catherine's, in the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastic community, a Greek Orthodox monk from Texas is working with some of the world's highest-resolution digital technology to help preserve the monastery's 3,300 priceless and impressively intact ancient manuscripts.
Mirabilis
EXCAVATION: A home fit for an ancient king
A RESIDENT could hardly believe it when she discovered that she lived in a house that was once the stronghold of one of the first kings of England.
Jane Baile, who lives in the 800-year-old, Prebendal Manor House, in Nassington, near Peterborough, invited presenter Tony Robinson and archaeologists from top TV show, Time Team, into the Grade I listed building.
Peterborough Now
Fresh Bronze Age treasure find
An "exceptional" hoard of buried treasure has been found in Wrexham just two years after another major find of Bronze Age treasure there.
BBC News
Treasure hunters give find to experts
A HORDE of 13th-century coins has been handed to the British Museum after their discovery by treasure hunters in Creslow.
Aylesbury Today
BRUNEL'S 'LOST' BRIDGE DISMANTLED TO MAKE WAY FOR ROAD DEVELOPMENT
Work began yesterday in west London on dismantling an iron bridge built by the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but only 'discovered' 10 months ago.
As the first iron plates were lifted away Dr Steven Brindle, the English Heritage Inspector of Ancient Monuments who 'found' it, described his elation at having unearthed an engineering treasure.
24 Hour Museum News
Historians preserve Govan’s 1000-year-old stones
HISTORIANS have taken unprecedented steps to preserve some of Scotland's most important early medieval sculptures which marked a major ceremonial and administrative capital of the kings of Strathclyde.
The Herald
Veni, vidi, veggie...
Roman gladiators were overweight vegetarians who lived on barley and beans, according to a scientific study of the largest gladiator graveyard discovered.
Analysis of the bones of more than 70 gladiators recently found near Ephesus, the Roman capital of Asia Minor, puts paid to traditional Hollywood images of macho carnivores with the physique of boxers.
Telegraph
Study Tour to the Orkney Islands
8 - 14 April 2004
This is your last chance to book for the Study Tour to the Orkney Islands which is run by EMAS the University of London Archaeological Society.
You can find further details here
Excavations at Malloura, Cyprus
June 4 to July 25, 2004. Davidson College Athienou Archaeological Project. The Project involves excavation at the site of Malloura (occupied from the Archaic through Ottoman periods - 7th century B.C. to 19th century A.D.) and field survey of the surrounding valley in south central Cyprus.
Further information from Davidson College
24 HOUR MUSEUM ANNOUNCES CITY HERITAGE GUIDES
The 24 Hour Museum is set to launch a series of web guides to the museums, galleries and heritage of 10 English cities. Scheduled to go live in August 2004, the non-commercial mini websites promise more than traditional tourism sites.
24 Hour Museum
New archaeological website for Somerset
Somerset County Council is launching a website which lists all archaeological sites in the county, from pill boxes to Stone Age sites. The site will be launched at two demonstrations hosted by the Council’s Archaeological Outreach Officer Talya Bagwell, at Burnham Library on Friday 5 March and at Williton Library on Monday 8 March. Both events will run from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Also present will be Elaine Howard Jones from the Somerset and Dorset Finds Liaison Team, who will help identify objects that have been found locally.
Stone Pages
Blueprint to protect Colne Valley's beauty and archaeology
New moves are being unveiled to preserve isolated parts of the Colne Valley which contains archaeological remains from the Stone Age to the Victorian Age. The blueprint aims to protect moorland, hay meadows, woodlands and wildlife.
Megalithic Portal
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
DIG FOR HISTORY
Thousands of years of Derby's heritage lies buried beneath our feet. Broken pots and rusting tools give us insights into the lives of our long-dead ancestors.
This is Derbyshire
Give Stonehenge a new Druid Shrine to the dead
Druid leaders yesterday called for the creation of a sacred site at Stonehenge for the re-burial of human remains unearthed during a unique road project in the area, reports This is Bristol. They want a parcel of land near the "powerful temple of our heritage" to be set aside as a ceremonial shrine for the Pagan and Druid communities.
Megalithic Portal
Dig unearths ancient love affair
A Roman tale of love and romance that took place in Kent in about 200 AD has been unearthed during an excavation.
BBC News
Cadw headquarters moves to Nantgarw
HERITAGE organisation Cadw is establishing a new headquarters at Cefn Coed, part of the Parc Nantgarw office development.
ic Wales
Southend: Legal hurdle for Priory protesters
Protesters hoping to stop the controversial widening of Priory Crescent in Southend through tomorrow's long-awaited public inquiry could be doomed to failure before it even starts.
Bosses say the inquiry - which is thought will last several days - will not be examing the archaeological find of the Saxon king's burial ground on the site.
Evening Gazette
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
Somerset Libraries Host New Archaelogical Website Launch
Archaelogy is all around us, and to make information on archaeological sites more accessible to residents, Somerset County Council are launching a new website which lists all sites within the County, from pillboxes to Stone Age occupation sites, and from Medieval cemeteries to Roman villages, all periods and monument types in Somerset can be found at the touch of a few buttons.
Managing Information News
11th-century coin stash
A family removed a tree from their garden and found a treasure: 280 silver coins from the early 11th century.
The coins, most of them from Germany, were discovered several weeks ago on the Swedish island of Gotland, archaeologist Leif Zerpe of the Gotland county museum said Monday.
Daily News
Tuscan 'Excalibur' Mystery to be Unearthed
Archaeological digging might soon unveil the mystery surrounding a sword buried in a Gothic abbey in Tuscany, Italian researchers announced.
Discovery Channel
Web pages in honour of Daphne Lorimer
A selection of papers in honour of the retiring chairman of the Orkney Archaeological Trust went online today.
The site, which pays tribute to Daphne Home Lorimer MBE, features a selection of archaeological papers and pictures, including details of a newly discovered Pictish figure incised on a bone found in Burray.
Mrs Lorimer was instrumental in setting up the Trust in 1996 and has been at the organisation's helm since its inception.
The site can be accessed at http://www.orkneydigs.org.uk/dhl/
Saxons & Normans in Eastern England
Saturday, Saturday, 20th March 2004
A one-day field trip run by EMAS (the University of London Extra-Mural Archaeological Society).
You can find further details here
Ein Keltenmuseum auf dem Glauberg
Angesichts der finanziellen Schwierigkeiten von Land und Kommunen ist es ein ehrgeiziger Plan: In den nächsten Jahren soll am Glauberg in der östlichen Wetterau in Zusammenarbeit von Land, Kreis, Gemeinde Glauburg sowie einer für dieses Projekt gegründeten gemeinnützigen GmbH der zweite archäologische Park in Hessen nach der Saalburg entstehen. Hauptattraktion soll ein Museum sein, das sich der mehr als zwei Jahrtausende alten Kultur der Kelten widmet.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
March 2004: Environmental Archaeology Bibliography
English Heritage's Environmental Archaeology Bibliography can now be accessed on the ADS website. This interactive database is searchable both by site and by environmental report.
Archaeology Data Service
Nine Ladies under threat
The Nine Ladies stone circle at Stanton Lees, Derbyshire (England) is threatened by plans to extract 3.2 million tons of millstone grit from just 100m away. The company, Stancliffe Stone, has legally binding development rights to a dormant quarry just below the Nine Ladies site, owned by Lord Edward Manners of nearby Haddon Hall. Stanton Lees, between Matlock and Bakewell, is at the heart of the Peak District National Park, the first National Park to be established in the UK. Attracting some 22 million visitors each year, the ‘Peak’ is a magnet for walkers and rock climbers. A landscape of dales, high moors and millstone and limestone crags, the Peak is rich in Neolithic and Bronze Age sites – cairns, burial mounds, stone circles and hillforts. Now locals and visitors alike are coming together to protect ancient heritage and modern tourism.
Stone Pages
What IS the biggest threat?
The stone circles, burial chambers, cairns, tumuli and standing stones of Britain (and beyond) are being attacked from all sides. This is certainly not a recent phenomenon but the damage done in the early years is being eclipsed by more recent actions.
Megalithic Portal
ANDREW MCINTOSH LOOKS INTO THE FUTURE FOR LISTED PLACES OF WORSHIP
Heritage Minister Andrew McIntosh today asks religious communities,
heritage groups, local authorities, and the general public, is the
current system of protection for places of worship fit for the
twenty-first century?
Dept for Culture, Media & Sport
Action man
(aka Bone Jones)
Andrew Jones's love of the practical drew him to science, zoology and, eventually, archaeology
Education Guardian
Talks on future of historic site
A new group has been set up to look at the future of one of Britain's most important archaeological areas.
Thornborough Henges near Ripon in North Yorkshire is a concentration of late Neolithic and Bronze Age sites.
BBC News
Monday, March 01, 2004
County's churches get £½m for repairs
Six Warwickshire churches are sharing a payout of more than £500,000 to carry out repairs.
About £1.8 million is being given out across the region from English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund in the Repair Grants for Places of Worship Scheme.
I C Coventry
COASTAL AND MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY
If the management of archaeological sites and resources is your area of interest, then this study day on Saturday 20th March 2004 will be of interest to you.
The transfer of responsibility for underwater archaeology in England to English Heritage has led to an increased awareness of our sub-tidal culture. The day will introduce recent development in coastal underwater archaeology and provide information on current methodological techniques. The impact of seabed development will also be discussed alongside an introduction to marine archaeology and the law.
Fee £30 (£15 concession)
10.00am-5.00pm
For further information, or to enrol contact:
Louise Rayner
Programme manager for Archaeology
Faculty of Continuing Education
Birkbeck College
020 7631 6627/6631
ROMAN SMALL FINDS
Spend a day with specialists from Museum of London Specialist Services at the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre on Saturday 20th March 2004.
This study day is designed to provide an introduction to the study of Roman finds, using the main materials and classes of objects found in London. The day will discuss methods of study from initial site recording to specialist analysis. Various types of publications past and present will be examined and evaluated and a wide variety of objects will be present for you to examine and handle under the guidance of leading specialists.
Fees £40 (£20 concessions)
10.00am-4.30pm
For further information, or to enrol contact:
Louise Rayner
Programme manager for Archaeology
Faculty of Continuing Education
Birkbeck College
020 7631 6627/6631
Sussex archaeology symposium
13.3.04
Organised by the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sussex, in association with the Sussex Archaeological Society. Topics include: Hunter-gatherers in Sussex; a Bronze Age site at Felpham; a consideration of the nature of occupation at Fishbourne Roman Palace in the years immediately before the Conquest of ad 43; a summary of the excavations at Barcombe Roman villa in 2003; a report on the first six months of the new Portable Antiquities Scheme in Sussex; new evidence concerning the dating of the Long Man of Wilmington; and reports on excavations in 2003 of medieval/post-medieval sites at Bishopstone, Ovingdean, Herstmonceux Castle, Winchelsea and Shoreham. There will be various book stalls. For further details contact CCE, tel 01273 877888.
UK Archaeology Opportunities
The UK Archaeology Opportunities is currently updating its website and would like people to submit details of their project. This is free publicity for any sites seeking volunteers and UK Archaeology Opportunities would encourage particularly small societies to consider submitting their projects.
To submit projects please visit http://www.ukarchaeology.org.uk/Submissions/submitall.htm (frames version) or http://www.ukarchaeology.org.uk/Submissions/submissions.htm (non-frames version) and follow the instructions given.
To find out more about UK Archaeology Opportunities, or to browse our current listings please visit http://www.ukarchaeology.org.uk .
If you have any queries please contact UK Archaeology Opportunities at admin@ukarchaeology.org.uk
RESCUE AGM
The Annual General Meeting of RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust will take place at the Museum of London on Saturday 6th March at 12.00 noon and will be followed by the annual Open Meeting at 2.00pm. Admission is free and is open to all, members and non-members alike.
Further details can be found on the RESCUE website, together with details of membership, current campaigns, publications and the responses made by RESCUE to recent government initiatives.
Further details from http://www.rescue-archaeology.freeserve.co.uk/
Prizes awarded for top Megalithic Portal contributors
The winners of our competition for the top contributors to the Megalithic Portal from last September up to January 2004 have been posted in our Site Guides forum, and are as follows. I'll be posting the lists of books in the forum at 9pm tonight (Sunday 29th).
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