National Archaeology Week is coming

CBA logoTomorrow sees the start of National Archaeology Week (intriguingly it runs for 9 days – 12th July – 20th August) and there is a wide and very varied series of events around the country that anyone can join in with. The Portable Antiquities Scheme is going to be at a huge variety of these, so if you see someone in one of our T-shirts, please come and say hello. If you are on Facebook, then perhaps consider joining their group.

Examples of activities include:

The Old Oswestry Hillfort Festival 2008
Sat 19 July 11.00-16.00
The Recreation Ground, Llwyn Road, Oswestry (next to Old Oswestry hillfort ~ follow signs for hillfort from A5 ~ parking at Gatacre Sports Ground a 5 minute walk from the venue) A celebration of Old Oswestry hillfort and its place in the community with hands-on activities, demonstrations, information and fun for all the family. Old Oswestry is probably the finest hillfort in the Welsh Marches and has recently been provided with both improved physical access and enhanced public information. This festival will take place on the Recreation Ground right next to the hillfort and will include activities for all ages e.g. clay-working, wattle-and-daubing and a chance to sample some recipes from the past. There will be demonstrations of lost skills, Portable Antiquities Scheme Archaeological Finds Identification and guided walks around the hillfort as well as a display telling the story of the site and presenting current and future plans. FREE EVENT!
Contact: Shelagh Lewis, Old Oswestry Local Archaeology Group, .
T: 01743 271706
E: shelagh228@MSN.com

Peter Reavill, our FLO for Herefordshire and Shropshire will be there and he says:

“I will be running one of the standard archaeological identification sessions so people can bring anything with Mud on It to me for ID / recording. The Wrexham Heritage Society will be there with a metal detecting display of finds and also talking about what they do. The guided walks of the hillfort should be fab as this sort of thing hasn’t happened for free before. More information about the hillfort see http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/history/2003/12/old_oswestry.shtml or
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100100101300800200c

Archaeology units are also getting in on the act, for example a young consultancy in the East End of London, LP Archaeology are running an event around their Prescot Street dig. If you haven’t seen their excellent website, then it is definitely one of the best excavation sites I have seen. They have flickr feeds, video, blogs and local stories to vividly retell the tale of the area. Well done. They will be having a series of talks that you need to book into, make sure you do!

The Scheme is provisionally involved in the following events. Call the named person (details found under www.finds.org.uk/involved/contacts.php) to make sure the event is still going ahead. Some events are under threat of being cancelled due to local factors.

Day FLO Event Location Times
12-Jul-08 Anna Tyacke (Cornwall) Finds Day & Display of Finds. Also Tour of Archaeological Site Boden, Manaccan, Lizard, Cornwall 11:00 onwards
12-Jul-08 Frances McIntosh (Cheshire, Gt Manchester & Merseyside) Finds Day & Object Handling Warrington Museum, ? no details
12-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) YAC (not public event) Lancaster City Museum, Lancashire 10:00-13:00
12-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day & Object Handling Lancaster City Museum, Lancashire 14:00-17:00
12-Jul-08 Anja Rohde (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) Finds Day & Object Handling Chesterfield Museum, St Mary’s Gate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 10:00-14:00
12-Jul-08 Wendy Scott (Leicestershire & Rutland) Finds Day, Roman coin Display, Children’s Activities Jewry Wall Museums, Leicester, Leicestershire 11:00-16:00
12-Jul-08 Naomi Payne (Somerset) Finds Day Wells Museum, Somerset 11:00-15:00
12-Jul-08 Katie Hinds (Wiltshire) Finds Day Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, Wiltshire 10:00-16:00
12-Jul-08 Kurt Adams (Gloucestershire & Avon) Finds Day Kings Weston Roman Villa, near Bristol 10:30-16:00
12-Jul-08 David Williams (Surrey) Finds Day Guildford Museum, Surrey 11:00-13:00
12-Jul-08 Frank Basford Finds Day Newport Roman Villa, Isle of Wight 10:30-15:30
12-Jul-08 Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen (Dorset) Finds Day Priest’s House Museum and Garden, Wimborne Minster, Dorset 10:00-16:00
12-Jul-08 Julian Watters (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire) Finds Day Luton Museum, Luton no details
12-Jul-08 Lisa Staves (North Lincolnshire) Family Activities North Lincolnshire Museum, Scunthorpe 11:00-15:00
12-Jul-08 Laura Burnett (Sussex) Finds Day Old Town Hall Museum, Hastings, East Sussex 11:00-15:00
12-Jul-08 Liz Andrews-Wilson (N&E Yorkhire) Finds Day & Object Handling Yorkshire Museum, York 11:00-16:00
12-Jul-08 Kate Sutton (London) Finds Day Kingston Museum, London no details
12-Jul-08 Rachel Atherton (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) Finds Day, Object Handling & Children’s Activities Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derbyshire 11:00-16:00
12-Jul-08 Mark Lodwick (Wales) Family Activities National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon 11:00-16:00
12-Jul-08 Mark Lodwick (Wales) Family Activities National History Museum, St Fagans, Vale of Glamorgan no details
13-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day & Talk (PAS) – part of CBA North West event Ravenglass, Cumbria no details
13-Jul-08 Katie Hinds (Wiltshire) Finds Day Lydiard Park, Swindon 13:00-16:00
13-Jul-08 Kurt Adams (Gloucestershire & Avon) Finds Day Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset no details
13-Jul-08 Laura Burnett (Sussex) Finds Day East Grinstead Museum, West Sussex 14:00-17:00
13-Jul-08 Rob Webley (Hampshire) Finds Day Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, Hampshire 10:00-16:30
13-Jul-08 Mark Lodwick (Wales) Family Activities National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon 11:00-16:00
13-Jul-08 Mark Lodwick (Wales) Family Activities National History Museum, St Fagans, Vale of Glamorgan no details
14-Jul-08 Amy Cooper (S&W Yorkshire) Finds Day Doncaster Museum, South Yorkshire 14:00-16:00
14-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Object Handling for Schools (not public event) Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport, Cumbria no details
14-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day & Object Handling Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport, Cumbria 13:00-17:00
15-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Object Handling for Schools (not public event) Beacon, Whitehaven, Cumbria 10:00-12:00
15-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day Beacon, Whitehaven, Cumbria 13:00-16:00
15-Jul-08 Laura Burnett (Sussex) Finds Day, Object Handling & Family Activities Marlipins Museum, Shorham, West Sussex 11:00-14:00
15-Jul-08 Rob Webley (Hampshire) Finds Day Basing House, Basingstoke, Hampshire no details
16-Jul-08 Amy Cooper (S&W Yorkshire) Finds Day Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham, South Yorkshire 14:00-16:00
16-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Object Handling for Schools (not public event) Penrith Museum, Cumbria no details
16-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day & Object Handling Penrith Museum, Cumbria 13:00-17:00
17-Jul-08 Laura Burnett (Sussex) Finds Day, Object Handling & Family Activities Crawley Museum, Goffs Park House, West Sussex 14:00-17:00
17-Jul-08 Ros Tyrrell (Buckinghamshire) Talk (PAS) Wycombe Museum, Berkshire 12:30
17-Jul-08 Naomi Payne (Somerset) Talk (PAS) Langport Library, Somerset 14:30
17-Jul-08 Liz Andrews-Wilson (N&E Yorkhire) with YAT Finds Day Barley Hall, 2 Coffee Yard, off Stonegate, York 11:00-11.45 & 13.15-14:00
17-Jul-08 Liz Andrews-Wilson (N&E Yorkhire) with YAT Talk (PAS) – pre-book Barley Hall, 2 Coffee Yard, off Stonegate, York 12:00-13:00
17-Jul-08 Mark Lodwick (Wales) Family Activities National History Museum, St Fagans, Vale of Glamorgan no details
18-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day Kendal Museum, Cumbria 13:00-16:00
18-Jul-08 Rob Webley (Hampshire) Finds Day Andover Museum, Hampshire 11:00-16:00
18-Jul-08 Mark Lodwick (Wales) Talk (PAS) National History Museum, St Fagans, Vale of Glamorgan no details
19-Jul-08 Anna Tyacke (Cornwall) Egyptian Extravaganza (Family Activities) Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall 10:00-16:30
19-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day, Object Handling & Family/Children’s Activities Lancaster City Museum, Lancashire 11:00-13:00 & 14:00-17:00
19-Jul-08 Laura Burnett (Sussex) Finds Day Chichester Museum, West Sussex 10:30-13:30
19-Jul-08 Anja Rohde (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) Finds Day & Object Handling Milgate Museum, 48 Milgate, Newark, Nottinghamshire 10:30-12:30
19-Jul-08 Anja Rohde (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) YAC (not public event) Milgate Museum, 48 Milgate, Newark, Nottinghamshire no details
19-Jul-08 Frances McIntosh (Cheshire, Gt Manchester & Merseyside) Finds Day & Object Handling Manchester Museum no details
19-Jul-08 Steve Ashby (Northamptonshire) Object Handling English Heritage Festival of History, Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire 09:30-18:00
19-Jul-08 Ros Tyrrell (Buckinghamshire) Finds Day Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire no details
19-Jul-08 Kurt Adams (Gloucestershire & Avon) Finds Day Bristol City Museum 10:30-16:00
19-Jul-08 Rob Webley (Hampshire) & Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen (Dorset) Finds Day Red House Museum, Christchurch, Dorset 10:00-12:00 & 13:00-15:00
19-Jul-08 Liz Andrews-Wilson (N&E Yorkhire) with YAT Finds Day & Displays DIG, St Saviourgate, York 11:00-15:00
19-Jul-08 Kate Sutton (London) Object Handling Museum of London no details
19-Jul-08 Peter Reavill (Herefordshire & Shropshire) Finds Day Old Oswestry Hillfort (Llwyn Recreation Ground), Oswestry, Shropshire 11:00-16:00
19-Jul-08 Mark Lodwick (Wales) Talk (PAS) National Museum, Cardiff no details
19-Jul-08 Rob Collins (North East) Finds Day & Display Binchester Roman Fort, Co. Durham 10:00-17:00
19-Jul-08 David Williams (Surrey) Finds Identification and other activities Surrey History Centre, Working, Surrey 10:00-16:00
20-Jul-08 Steve Ashby (Northamptonshire) Object Handling English Heritage Festival of History, Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire 09:30-18:00
20-Jul-08 Lizzie Gill (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough) Finds Day & Family Activities Wandlebury Iron Age Fort and Country Park, Cambridgeshire 11:00-16:00
20-Jul-08 Katie Hinds (Wiltshire) Finds Day & Mystery Object Competition Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes, Wilshire 11:00-16:00
20-Jul-08 Kurt Adams (Gloucestershire & Avon) Finds Day Warmley Gardens, South Gloucestershire 10:30-16:00
20-Jul-08 Kate Sutton (London) Object Handling Museum of London no details
28-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day & Family Activities Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, Cumbria 13:00-16:00
29-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day & Object Handling Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria 10:30-12:30 & 13:30-16:30
30-Jul-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Finds Day & Object Handling The Guildhall, Carlisle, Cumbria 13:00-16:00
01-Aug-08 Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) Object Handling Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, Cumbria 13:00-16:00

So if you’re interested in Archaeology, then please do support this excellent week and the work of all involved.

National Archaeology Week events

Throughout National Archaeology Week (14 – 22 July) the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) will be running a series of archaeological finds identification and recording sessions at local museums and other venues: often these will include a variety of other activities for adults and children. On the 14 July, in conjunction with experts at the British Museum and local museums, there will be at least one Finds Roadshow in every part of the country.

14 July (national event)

North of England
Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Cheshire – 10.30-16.30 (contact: Frances McIntosh – T. 0151 478 4259).
Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle-upon-Tyne – 10.00-16.00 (contact: Rob Collins – T. 0191 222 5076; robert.collins@ncl.ac.uk).
Museum of Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire – 12.30-15.30 (contact: Dot Bruns – T. 01772 532175; Dot.Bruns@mus.lancscc.gov.uk ) (educational event only).

West Midlands
Roman Alcester Heritage Centre, Alcester, Warwickshire – 11.30-14.30 (contact: Angie Bolton – T. 01905 721130; abolton@cityofworcester.gov.uk).

East Midlands
Chesterfield Museum, Chesterfield, Derbyshire – 11.00-15.00 (contact: Anja Rohde – T. 01332 716665; anja.rohde@derby.gov.uk).
Jewry Wall Museum, Leicester, Leicestershire – 11.30-16.00 (contact: Wendy Scott – T. 0116 265 8325; wscott@leics.gov.uk).
Wooton Hall Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire – 10.00-15.00 (contact: Steven Ashby – T. 01604 237249; sashby@northamptonshire.gov.uk).

East
Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – times tbc (contact: Philippa Walton – T. 01223 717573; philippa.walton@cambridgeshire.gov.uk).
Verulamium Museum, St Albans, Hertfordshire – 11.00-16.30 (contact: Julian Watters – T. 01727 751 826; j.watters@stalbans.gov.uk).

South West
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon – 10.30-16.00 (contact: Danielle Wootton – T. 01392 665858; danielle.wootton@exeter.gov.uk).
Salisbury Museum, Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire – 10.00-16.00 (contact: Katie Hinds – T. 01722 332151; katiehinds@salisburymuseum.org.uk).
Wimborne Minster, Dorset – 10.00-16.00 (contact: Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen – T. 01305 224921; c.h.trevarthen@dorsetcc.gov.uk).

South East
Havant Museum, Havant, Hampshire – 10.30-15.30 (contact: Rob Webley – T. 01962 848269; RWebley@winchester.gov.uk).
Guildford Museum, Guildford, Surrey – 11.00-13.00 (contact: David Williams – T. 01737 247296; david.williams@surreycc.gov.uk).
Maidstone Museum, Maidstone, Kent – 10.00-16.00 (contact: Andrew Richardson – T. 01622 221544; andrew.richardson@kent.gov.uk).
tbc Michael Faraday School, Southwark, London – times tbc (contact: Kate Sutton – T. 020 78145733; ksutton@museumoflondon.org.uk) (educational event only).
Newport Roman Villa, Newport, Isle of Wight – 10.00-16.00 (contact: Frank Basford – T. 01983 529963; frank.basford@iow.gov.uk).
Risborough Festival – Risborough Community Centre, Risborough, Buckinghamshire – 14.00-17.00 (contact: Ros Tyrell – T. 01296 624519; rtyrrell@buckscc.gov.uk).

15 July
Archaeological Excavation, Bigbury-on Sea, Devon – times tbc (contact: Danielle Wootton – as above) (educational event only).
Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Cheshire – 10.30-16.30 (contact: Frances McIntosh – as above).
Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset – 11.00-16.00 (contact: Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen – as above).
Maritime Museum, Lancaster, Lancashire – 14.00-16.00 (contact: Dot Bruns – as above) (educational event only).
Verulamium Museum, St Albans, Hertfordshire – 14.30-16.30 (contact: Julian Watters –as above).

16 July
Burton Family & Local History Centre, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire – 10.00-12.00 & 13.00-15.00 (contact: Caroline Johnson – T. 0121 303 4636; caroline_a_johnson@birmingham.gov.uk) (educational event only).
Gosport Discovery Centre, Gosport, Hampshire – 10.30-15.30 (contact: Rob Webley – as above).
Wakefield Museum, Wakefield, West Yorkshire – 14.00-16.00 (contact: Amy Cooper – T. 01924 305359; acooper@wyjs.org.uk).

17 July
Rickinghall Church, Rickinghall, Suffolk – 14.00-18.00 (contacts: Faye Minter & Jane Carr – T. 01284 352 449; faye.minter@et.suffolkcc.gov.uk).
St Chad’s Church, Stafford, Staffordshire – 10.30-14.30 (contact: Caroline Johnson – as above).

18 July
Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham, South Yorkshire – 14.00-16.00 (contact: Amy Cooper – as above).
Museum of Archaeology, Southampton, Hampshire – 10.00-15.00 (contact: Rob Webley – as above).
Museum of Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire – 14.30-16.30 (contact: Dot Bruns – as above). (educational event only).
Rugby Museum & Art Gallery, Rugby, Warwickshire – 13.00-14.30 (contact: Angie Bolton – as above).
Swindon Museum, Swindon – 10.00-12.30 & 13.30-16.00 (contact: Katie Hinds – as above).
Warrington Museum, Warrington, Cheshire – 13.00-16.30 (contact: Frances McIntosh – as above).

19 July
Lancaster City Museum, Lancaster, Lancashire – 14.30-16.30 (contact: Dot Bruns – as above).
Mansfield Woodhouse Library, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire – 10.30-14.00 (contacts: Rachel Atherton & Anja Rohde – T. 01332 716665 ; rachel.atherton@derby.gov.uk).
tbc St Chad’s Church, Stafford, Staffordshire – times tbc 09.30-11.30 & 12.45-14.45 (contact: Caroline Johnson – as above) (educational event only).

20 July
Alton Museum, Alton, Hampshire – 10.30-15.30 (contact: Rob Webley – as above).
Museum of Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire – 14.30-16.30 (contact: Dot Bruns – as above).
Norton Priory, Halton, Merseyside – 12.00-16.30 (contact: Frances McIntosh – as above).

21 July
Andover Museum, Andover, Hampshire – 10.30-15.30 (contact: Rob Webley – as above).
Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire – 11.00-16.00 (contact: Ros Tyrell – as above).
The Roman Baths Museum, Bath, North East Somerset – 10.00-16.00 (contact: Kurt Adams – T. 0117 9222613; kurt_adams@bristol-city.gov.uk).
Bolton Museum, Bolton, Greater Manchester – 10.00-16.30 (contact: Frances McIntosh – as above).
Donington Manor House, Donington Le Heath, Leicestershire – 11.00-16.00 (contact: Wendy Scott – as above).
Guildhall in Priory Park, Chichester, West Sussex – 10.00-13.00 & 14.00-16.00 (contact: Liz Andrews-Wilson – T. 01273 405731; FLO@sussexpast.co.uk).
Chippenham Museum, Chippenham, Wiltshire – times tbc (contact: Katie Hinds – as above).
Kirton Living History Festival, Kirton, Suffolk – 11.00-17.00 (contact: Faye Minter & Jane Carr – as above).
Lancaster City Museum, Lancaster, Lancashire – 10.30-15.30 (contact: Dot Bruns – as above).
Leatherhead & District Museum, Leatherhead, Surrey – 10.00-16.00 (contact: David Williams – as above).
Museum of London, London – times tbc (contact: Kate Sutton – as above).
Millgate Museum, Newark, Nottinghamshire – 10.30-12.30 (followed by an educational event only from 14.00-16.00) (contacts: Rachel Atherton & Anja Rohde – as above).
North Lincolnshire Museum, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire – 11.00-15.00 (contact: Lisa Staves – T. 01724 843533; lisa.staves@northlincs.gov.uk).
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Cornwall – 10.00-16.00 (contact: Anna Tyacke – T. 01872 272 205, ext 219; anna.tyacke@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk).
Wells Museum, Wells, Somerset – 12.00-16.00 (contact: Naomi Payne – T. 01823 320200; NCPayne@somerset.gov.uk).
Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, Oxfordshire – 10.30-16.30 (contact: Charlotte Burrill – T. 01635 519534; cburrill@westberks.gov.uk).

22 July
Devizes Museum, Devizes, Wiltshire – 11.00-16.00 (contact: Katie Hinds – see above).
Museum in the Docklands, London – times tbc (contact: Kate Sutton – see above).
Sefton Museum, Sefton, Merseyside – 14.00-17.00 (contact: Frances McIntosh – see above).
Woodbury Castle & Common, Woodbury, Devon – times tbc (contact: Danielle Wootton – see above).

More conference papers

Beausejour stadium St LuciaApologies for the slow posting of the conference papers that I have located. I’ve been on leave watching cricket and scuba diving in St Lucia. I know, it is a hard life!

Patterns of Life and Death in the Early Anglo-Saxon Landscape of Norfolk
Mary Chester-Kadwell, University of Cambridge

Early Anglo-Saxon Brooches in Southern England: the Contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme
Andrew Richardson and Laura McLean, Kent Heritage Conservation

Beyond the Tribal Hidage: Using Portable Antiquities Data to Explore Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms in Southern England
Martin Welch/Sue Harrington, Institute of Archaeology, UCL

Winchester and the Anglo-Saxon Settlement of the Itchen Valley: a PAS Perspective
Martin Biddle, University of Oxford

The Changing Face of Saucer-Brooch Distribution, 1912-1977-1997-2007
Tania Dickinson, University of York

The Missing Dimension: the Circulation and Production of Carolingian-Style Metalwork in Anglo-Saxon England
Gabor Thomas, University of Kent

Torksey: Finds from a Viking Winter Camp
Mark Blackburn and Rachel Atherton, Fitzwilliam Museum and Derby Museums & Art Gallery

Widespread Devotion: New Insights from the Portable Antiquities Scheme into Pilgrim Trinkets
Geoff Egan, Museum of London

Personal and Impersonal Impressions: Identity Revealed Through Seals
John Cherry, formerly British Museum

What’s The Point? The Value of Find-Spot Data to Studies of Material Culture
Anne Boyle, Archaeological Project Services, Lincolnshire

“No, No, No, Everything is Reported by Law, There is no Problem”. The Difference a Decade Makes… 10 Years On is There a Better Solution? Tim Schadla-Hall, Institute of Archaeology, UCL

Conference programme

The provisional programme for our conference has been drafted and it is laid out below. I doubt anyone will want to turn up to listen to what I have to say!   I’m personally looking forward to the Schadla-Hall talk as they are always worth listening to.

Conference tickets are available from Claire Costin (ccostin@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk) – £10 for 1 day, £15 for both (concessions available).

Tuesday 17th April

Chair  – Sally Worrell

10.00: Welcome – Roger Bland
10.10: Dan Pett – “The Portable Antiquities Scheme’s database: its development for research since 1998″
10.35: Clive Bond – “The Portable Antiquities Scheme: the contribution of lithics and lithic scatters”
11.00: Coffee
11.30: Richard Bradley – “Bronze Age hoards: their contribution to landscape archaeology”
11.55: Mark Lodwick – “Searching for Context: Cauldrons, Feasting, Axes & Death in Later Prehistoric South Wales”
12.20: Duncan Garrow – “The technology of enchantment and the enchantment of technology? Iron Age Celtic Art, GIS analysis and the PAS
12.45: Discussion
13.00: Lunch

Chair – JD Hill

14.00: Fraser Hunter – “Across the Divide: Iron Age Sty;es in Roman Britain”
14.25: Tom Brindle – “The Portable Antiquities Scheme and Roman Northamptonshire: Some Work in Progress”
14.50: Rob Collins – “Finds from the Roman Northern Frontier: Patterns from PAS Data”
15.20: Discussion
15.30: Tea
16.00: Sam Moorhead – “Extending the frontiers – how the PAS Roman coin database expands our knowledge of Roman coin use in England”
16.25: Jude Plouviez – “Counting Roman brooches”
16.50: Discussion

Wednesday 18th April

Chair – Leslie Webster

10.00: Welcome, fire exits etc
10.00: Mary Chester-Kadwell – “Patterns of Life and Death in the Early Anglo-Saxon Landscape of Norfolk”
10.25: Andrew Richardson and Laura McLean – “Early Anglo-Saxon Brooches in southern England: the contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme”
10.50: Martin Welch/Sue Harrington – “Beyond the Tribal Hidage: using portable antiquities to explore early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in southern England”
11.15: Discussion
11.20 Coffee
11.45: Martin Biddle – tbc
12.10: Tania Dickinson – “The changing face of saucer-brooch distribution, 1912 – 1977 – 1997 – 2007″
12.30: Gabor Thomas – “The Missing Dimension: the circulation and production of Carolingian-style metalwork in Anglo-Saxon England”
12.55: Discussion
13.00: Lunch

Chair – Helen Geake

14.10: Mark Blackburn and Rachel Atherton – “Torksey: finds from a Viking winter camp”
14.35: Geoff Egan – “Widespread Devotion: New Insights from the Portable Aniquities Scheme into Pilgrim Trinkets”
15.00: John Cherry – “tbc”
15.25: Discussion
15.30: Tea
16.00: Anne Boyle – “What’s The Point? The Value of Find-Spot Data to Studies of Material Culture.”
16.25: Tim Schadla-Hall – “tbc”
16.50: Discussion
17.00: Close