Archaeology without a Grant
The Council for Independent Archaeology sets out to promote amateur archaeology, and the subject of the 2012 conference will be ‘Archaeology without a Grant’.
The conference will be held on Saturday, 15 September 2012 at Hackleton Village Hall, Northampton.
The programme is as follows:
The programme will be as follows:
09:30 Reception Coffee / Tea with biscuits
10:00 AGM of the Council for Independent Arhaeology
10:30 Tom Welsh Techniques to locate possible archaeological features
11:00 Bob Randall Resistivity surveys without a grant.
11:30 Break Coffee / Tea with biscuits
11:50 Albert Daniels East Farleigh -Maidstone Area Archaeological Group
12:20 Will Higgs Marchers -a new group based in the Tyne Gap area.
12:50 Lunch
13:50 Alan D’Henin A novel approach to Community Archaeology in Bilston
14:15 Tony Brookes: The F.O.S.S. Way—Free Open Source Software for graphical presentation in reports.
14:40: Roy Friendship-Taylor: Introduction and history of Piddington dig and Museum
15:05 Break for tea
15:20: Piddington Roman Villa
Split into 2 groups
Either:
Visit to museum followed by Visit to Piddington Archaeological Dig
or
Visit to Piddington Archaeological Dig followed by visit to Museum.
Plus 2 -3 possible poster displays (to be confirmed)
Click here for synopses of papers
The Piddington Roman Villa and Museum
For further information – and offers of papers – please email Keith Foster.