A huge thank you to all those who helped complete works at Randall Manor this week, bringing to a close our 10th season of work on the site.
Next week is our last week of activities at Shorne Woods for this year. The plan on Wednesday is for an invigorating morning stroll around the woods, identifying sites for possible test pit investigation in 2016…
On Thursday we have our Christmas lunch, 12.30 for 1pm dinner (will finish 3.30-4pm)…(bring your own beer/wine if you wish).
From The Prehistoric Society:
The Land, the Sea and the Sky begins the series of spring day-conferences exploring new directions in the landscapes of prehistory. Our first session is about landscape in its widest sense – both physically and conceptually – and will range from the minutiae of the soil particle to the vastness of the night sky. Presentations will consider the impact of recently developed approaches to environmental history, remote sensing, seabed modelling, largescale survey, cosmology and the synthesis and interpretation of a truly staggering dataset. The emphasis is on connectivity: connectivity in terms of archaeological method and practice and in terms of prehistoric use and perception of the world – the land, the sea and the sky.
Free training workshops: an introduction to practical conservation for archaeological finds with Dana Goodburn-Brown at CSI Sittingbourne in the Forum shopping centre, Sittingbourne town centre. 10.30am-3.30pm.
Two dates: Saturday 30th January 2016 or Wednesday 27th January 2016: funded by a generous grant from the Kent Archaeological Society.
Session will cover the background to practical conservation work, on-site best practice, lifting, cleaning, packaging and mounting of finds.
Please book for either session with Andrew Mayfield andrew.mayfield@kent.gov.uk.
Places limited to 8 people per session! First come, first served!
Please reserve your place by replying to this email, even if you have already expressed interest!
Otto Bagi
In October Otto Bagi came to Shorne to use photogrammerty techniques on a couple of our more fragile artefacts. His preliminary results are now in. Take a look yourself by clicking on the links below…
Today the Ceramic Building Materials workshop was held at Shorne Woods Country Park. It was led by Ian Betts from the Museum of London Archaeology.
The event was well attended, with individuals from SWAG itself, the Kent Archaeological Society, the Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne, Cliffe and Hoo Historical Society, the West Kent Archaeological Society and the Maidstone Area Archaeological Group.
Andrew Mayfield and Ian Betts
Ian gave a run down on the history of CBM focusing on London and the South-East. He covered both the Medieval and Post-Medieval period looking mainly at roof tile, floor tile, wall tile and brick.
Many of the attending groups bought in samples from their digs and Ian took a look at all the pieces, giving comment as he went along. Sites covered included Randall Manor, Bredhurst, Scotgrove and All Saints, Hartley.
Thank-you Ian.
Samples from Hartley
Samples from Bredhurst
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