Courses, Events, Teaching Aids
2000 YEARS OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN KENT SATURDAY, 8th APRIL 2000 (11.00 am - 5.30 pm) QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL, FAVERSHAM •An all-day conference to celebrate the Millennium• •Illustrated lectures, bookstalls and displays° Morning session 11.00 am to 1.00 pm Leading archaeologists in Kent in the last two centuries of the Millennium Dr Thomas Blagg. Roman Kent Brian Philp Afternoon session 2.15 pm - 5.30 pm Anglo Saxon Kent AD 449-1066 Tim Tatton-Brown Fortifications in Kent AD 1066-1550 Andrew Saunders Industrial Archaeology in Kent Jim Preston
TICKETS: £6.00 (all day); £3.00 (morning or afternoon sessions) FROM: CKA, 7 Sandy Ridge, Borough Green, Kent, TN15 5HP (sae, please) IFA CONFERENCE 2000 The Institute of Field Archaeologists in association with the CCE will be holding its annual conference at the University of Sussex: 4-6 April. This will be the largest and most important archaeological gathering ever held in Sussex, and attendance is open to all.
Professional session topics include: For Love or money: professionals and amateurs' (session organiser: John Manley, Sussex Archaeological Society); Fashion, form and function: readings in socio-economic archaeology'; 'A theory for archaeological evaluations?' 'Landscapes from the air: a European perspective'; 'Why study buildings?' (session organiser: Richard Harris, Weald and Downland Open Air Museum); 'Archaeologists or artists?'; 'The publication of archaeological reports'; 'Linguistic indicators of archaeological and historical significance' (session organiser: Richard Coates, University of Sussex). There will also be a forum on 'Stratification in archaeology: listening to the profession'; workshops on 'Health and Safety' and 'SMRs', visits to sites in Sussex, and a Conference Dinner at The Old Ship, Brighton.
Contact: IFA - 0118 9316446 At Horsham in partnership with Forest School Bookings: Adult Education, Forest School - 01430 261088 Saturday 29th January, 10 am - 4 pm £15.85 1 The Wealden Iron Industry Jeremy Hodgkinson The Weald was the location for an iron smelting industry which, in two periods within the last 2,000 years (in the early part of the Roman occupation and during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) was the paramount iron producing region in the British Isles. We look at the technology, products, location and people associated with the industry.
Saturday 19th February, 10 am - 4 pm £15.85 2 Archaeological Reconstruction Casper Johnson The history of reconstruction, its use as entertainment and education, and the reconstruction of sites and landscapes. We review studies of gender and race, and the use of computers and virtual reality.
Sussex Archaeology Symposium At the University of Sussex Saturday 11th March This event, which is run in conjunction with the Sussex Archaeological Society, will provide accounts of recent archaeological fieldwork and research in Sussex. Contributions this year will include reports on the Society's research projects at Fishbourne and Oay Hill.
For further details see separate leaflet. Contact: 01273 678040) Mainland Greece Tour Sunday 9 - Sunday 16 April This study tour will explore some of the material remains of Ancient Greece and combine such evidence with historical/mythological sources to reconstruct and explain aspects of this important episode in the development of European culture. The provisional list of sites to be visited on the multi-centre tour includes: Athens, Corinth, Delphi, Epidauros, Mycenae, Olympia, Marathon, Laurion, Sounion, Thorikos and Brauron.
Tour Leaders: Gillian Partington and David Rudling Fee: approximately £500 (Half-Board). Single room supplement: approx. £70, For further details contact.
Southern Cyprus Tour Wednesday 10th - Wednesday 17th May A third (and final!) attempt to run this study tour. Based in Paphos and Limassol the tour will explore the major sites and monuments of Southern Cyprus. The sites range in date from the spectacular Neolithic village of Khirokitia to the medieval castle of Kolossi and the painted churches of the High Troodos. Visits will also be made to the reconstructed prehistoric settlement of Lemba, the newly displayed Late Bronze Age site of Maa, the classical site of Kounon, the monastery of Neofytes and the splendid National Museum in Nicosia. No visit to Cyprus would be complete without seeing both 'old' and 'new' Paphos, the latter incorporating the celebrated mosaics.
Tour Leader: David Rudling. Services of a local guide.
Fee: £649 (B&B) or £688 (half board) with a £15 reduction for Sussex Archaeological Society members. Single room supplement: £40.
For further details contact.
Southern Ireland Tour Provisional dates: 16-23 September CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY· RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION GRANTS The Society has limited funds available with which to support individuals researching the archaeology and early history of the Canterbury district. It is envisaged that grants would not normally exceed £500 each and would be awarded annually. Preference would be given to work resulting in publication.
ALLEN GROVE MEMORIAL FUND Please apply in writing to the Honorary Secretary by 30 June 2000. Your letter should mention your qualifications, the nature and length of your research, the amount you are asking for, any other funding anticipated and the end product (e.g. article, pamphlet). You should name a referee whom the sub-Committee making the grants could consult. If successful you would be expected to account for the money spent and a copy of any article or pamphlet etc. to the Society's Library.
For further details, please contact the Honorary Secretary, Mrs Jean Crane.