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Winter lectures are held on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm in the Devonport Lecture Theatre
of the Portland Square Building, Plymouth University. Non-
Winter Lecture Season 2011-2012
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3rd October 2011
MEGALITHS AND MONUMENTS IN MICRONESIA
Dr Paul Rainbird
Paul Rainbird is a prehistorian who has taught archaeology at universities in the UK, Australia and Sweden. Currently an independent archaeologist, he has published extensively, including the books 'The Archaeology of Islands' and ‘The Archaeology of Micronesia'. Islands such as Guam, Tinian and Truk, in the northwest tropical Pacific, are best known as battle grounds in World War II, but they have a wealth of prehistoric archaeology, including megalithic structures, monumental buildings and sculpted landscapes.
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7th November 2011
NOT JUST HEADLESS BODIES:
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE WEYMOUTH RELIEF ROAD
Steve Wallis
Steve Wallis has worked as an archaeologist for Dorset County Council since 1994. His role includes work on the management of Scheduled Monuments and giving archaeological advice to the planning process, such as for the Weymouth Relief Road scheme. Finds from this included prehistoric burials and an Iron Age settlement, but it was the discovery of more than 50 decapitated bodies during construction work that generated the most interest, both nationally and internationally.
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5th December 2011
CEREMONIAL AND RITUAL ON DARTMOOR -
Jane Marchand
Jane Marchand is the Senior Archaeologist in the Dartmoor National Park Authority, working there for over 18 years. Her particular archaeological interest is in lithic technology. Following lower than usual water levels at Tottiford Reservoir during the summer of 2009, a possible ceremonial site was identified consisting of two stone alignments, a large stone circle, and a number of possible burial cairns. Time Team carried out a 3 day archaeological evaluation during August 2010 and their findings confirmed the prehistoric origins of the site and added some intriguing and unexpected detail.
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6th February 2012
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARTHQUAKES
CAN THE PAST INFORM THE FUTURE?
Prof Iain Stewart
Iain Stewart is Professor of Geoscience Communication at the University of Plymouth. He will be well known to members as the presenter of the BBC TV geology series ‘Journeys from the Centre of the Earth’, ‘Journeys into the ring of Fire’, ‘Earth: Power of the Planet’, ‘How the Earth made Us’ & ‘Men of Rock’. Can signs of earthquakes in antiquity tell us anything useful about future seismic hazards? This talk will explore how a new international geoscience programme is exploring this exciting interdisciplinary research field of archaeoseismology.
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5th March 2012
CATTEWATER WRECK: THE NEXT GENERATION
THE VERY REMOTE EXPLORATION OF A 16TH CENTURY WRECK
Martin Read
Martin Read lectures in Maritime Archaeology in the School of Marine Science and
Engineering at Plymouth University. He trained in archaeological conservation and
gained experience on sites such the Mary Rose in Portsmouth, Coppergate in York and
with the British Institute of Archaeology in Turkey. The Cattewater Wreck was partially
excavated in the 1970s and a project to improve the long term care and management
of the excavation archive was completed in 2010-
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2nd April 2012
FERRY FRYSTON: CHARIOT BURIALS AND STRING THEORY
Dr Sonia O’Connor
Dr Sonia O’Connor trained in archaeological conservation and has worked in the field for over 30 years, including at the National Maritime Museum and the York Archaeological Trust. In 1995 she joined the Department of Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bradford. Through her work, Sonia has helped breakdown the traditional boundaries of archaeological conservation and establish it as an integral part of the continuum of archaeological science. In 2003, an intact chariot burial was discovered at Ferry Fryston, West Yorks. This has provided new insights into the form and construction of these Iron Age chariots and into the funeral process. It all comes down to a very small piece of string .......
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