Congress of Independent Archaeology 2009

Programme

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The 12th Congress of Independent Archaeologists will be held at the Dome, in Buxton, on the 28th - 30th August 2009, hosted by the Derbyshire Archaeological society.

The programme is as follows:

Saturday 29th August

09:30 10:30 Reception

10:30 11:00 AGM

11:00 11:15 Andrew Selkirk The future of Independent Archaeology

11:15 11:45 Clive Hart "Introduction to Derbyshire - its geology, geography, history and archaeology"

11:45 12:15 John Barnatt High Rake and Silence Mines; Recent Excavations at Peak District Lead Mines

12:15 12:45 Janet Spavold & Sue Brown The 17th century potteries of Ticknall

12:45 13:45 Lunch

13:45 14:15 Tam Ward Pushing back the Boundaries of the Past in Scotland. The work of a local voluntary group of archaeologists

14:15 14:45 Sue Woore & Mary Wiltshire. The Archaeology of Medieval Deer Parks

14:45 15:05 Tea

15:05 15:35 Don Henson The CBA and current opportunities for archaeology in education

15:35 16:05 Albert Daniels "Update on archaeological dig of Roman Buildings at East Farleigh, Maidstone"

16:05 16:35 Bob Smisson Geophysical Session

16:35 17:05 John Oswin Geophysical Session

17:05 17:35 Bob Randall Recent developments and resistivity Discussion Geophysical Session

20:00 21:00 Dinner

After dinner speaker: Lisa Westcott - Editor of Current Archaeology.

Sunday 30th August


09:30 10:00 Tom Welsh Local History on the ground. An alternative approach to archaeology

10:00 10:30 John Hearle Cooperation not independence in community archaeology

10:30 11:00 Tony Rook Graveyard Tales

11:00 11:20 Coffee

11:20 11:50 Jan Bailey History of the Llangynidr History Society

11:50 12:20 Peter Clayton

12:20 13:00 Ian Clarke Brightwell Baldwin Community History and Archaeology Project

13:00 13:30 Round-up


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