PASt Explorers: finds recording in the local community

Posted on 26th October 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

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The Portable Antiquities Scheme’s 2015 conference celebrates the launch of PASt Explorers, the Scheme’s five year Heritage Lottery Funded project to recruit and train volunteers from local communities, increasing the capacity of the PAS to record archaeological objects found by members of the public.

This conference aims to illustrate how volunteers have contributed to archaeological knowledge, and asks how we can better demonstrate the impact and celebrate the value of involving volunteers in archaeology on individuals and society as well as understanding our shared past.

Refreshments (tea/coffee) will be provided free of charge. Lunch can be purchased from one of a selection of restaurants and cafés in and around the British Museum. The conference takes place in the BP lecture theatre at the British Museum on Monday 23rd November 2015. Admission to the conference is free but advance booking is essential.

For booking details please click here.

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Photogrammetry a success

Posted on 23rd October 2015 by Ruiha Smalley
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Otto and Magdalena

Otto Bagi (associated with the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) spent the day in the classroom working on photogrammetry of artefacts from Randall Manor.

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A series of photos were taken of each artefact (the lead flask, Islamic glass and the stone label stop) and then fed into software to create a 3D model of the original. Results will be particularly useful for study of the lead flask and Islamic glass as handling of these objects should be kept to a minimum.

For information on how 3D modelling can be used in the heritage sector click here.

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Medieval building materials workshop: 2nd Dec 2015

Posted on 21st October 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

Medieval building materials workshop with Ian Betts from the Museum of London Archaeology.

Wednesday 2nd December 10.30-3.30 at Shorne Woods Country Park Visitor Centre (DA12 3HX).

This session, generously funded by a KAS fieldwork committee grant, will cover all types of medieval ceramic building materials, from peg tiles to decorated floor tiles, plus stone roofing material.

Contact Andrew if you’re interested in attending.

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Urgent call for volunteers to survey England’s disappearing coastal archaeology

Posted on 16th October 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

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Thousands of archaeological sites along England’s coast and tidal estuaries are being destroyed by extreme weather, rising sea levels and tidal scour. CITiZAN, the Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network, is the first national community-led project to tackle the alarming threat to our heritage. Today, CITiZAN is calling for an army of volunteers to help survey and monitor these nationally-important but vulnerable archaeological sites before they disappear.

One of the largest community archaeology projects in the country, taking in 5,600 miles of coastline over 500 miles of tidal foreshore, CITiZAN runs free community-based training, building a network of volunteers with the skills and systems needed to survey and monitor threatened sites. Armed with tape measures, buckets and mobile phones, volunteers create standardised records of exposed archaeological sites.

Hosted by MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), the CITiZAN project has been awarded £1.4m from the Heritage Lottery Fund, enhanced by the National Trust and The Crown Estate’s stewardship programme, together with support from Historic England.

The three-year project operates across England from regional centres. The Council for British Archaeology are proud to be supporting the project in York, with MOLA in London, and the Nautical Archaeology Society in Portsmouth.

For more information about CITiZAN and local training opportunities and events visit the CITiZAN website.

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Anglo-Saxon Kent: old and new discoveries

Posted on 11th October 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

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A day of lectures on the topic of Anglo-Saxon Kent is being held by the Kent Archaeological Society on Sat 31 October 2015, from 10 am to 5 pm. The lectures will be held at:

Rutherford College,

Lecture Theatres 1 and 2,

University of Kent

Canterbury, CT2 7NX.

Talks will cover Anglo-Saxon finds in the Kent Archaeological Society collection; the settlement at Church Whitfield and colonisation of the east Kent downs; thought’s on St Augustine’s landing place; the Meads cemetery, Sittingbourne; discoveries at Lyminge; and St Peter’s cemetery, Thanet.

Tickets £20 (KAS members £15) – includes tea/coffee.

Please make cheques payable to Kent Archaeological Society and send, with a SAE, to:

Mrs Shiela Broomfield,

8 Woodview Crescent,

Hildenborough,

Tonbridge, TN11 9HD

For further enquiries please email:

membership@kentarchaeology.org.uk

Tel: (01732) 838698.

Programme and application form   K.A.S. Anglo-Saxon Conference 2015

 

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