Lecture Diary
Meetings, Day Schools & Weekend Courses
Sat 23rd March - KAS Roman Pottery Workshop, Canterbury. See earlier page for details.
Sat 23rd March - Ancient Woodlands: Lullingstone Deer Park at The University Centre, Avebury Ave.
Tonbridge, Fee: £8.50.
Lullingstone Park lies in the Darent Valley of North West Kent. Two thousand years of continuous settlement and use can be traced on its landscape. The story of Lullingstone's medieval deer park provides clues to the evolution of hundreds of other deer parks which once flourished in England, many fine examples of which were to be found in Kent.
29th-31st March - Romney Marsh, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Sat 13th April - Industrial Archaeology - Natural Energy, University of Kent at Canterbury, see leaflet for details.
Sat 18th May - K.A.S. A.G.M. in morning, plus lecture in afternoon on the Weald and Downland Museum and the North Cray Hall House, at Maidstone Boys' Grammar School.
Sat 1st June - Maritime Archaeology: Post Excavation Work, at University of Kent at Canterbury.
5th-7th July - Archaeology for the Blind, at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
Oxford University, Dept. External Studies 26th-28th April - The English Parish Church in the 11th and 12th Centuries.
3rd-5th May - The Economies of Romano-British Villas Further details from the Archaeology Course Secretary, Dept. for External Studies, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA.
Field courses at Butser
The Butser Ancient Farm Project Trust has announced an ambitious programme of field courses for 1985:-
I General course 8-14 April
II Surveying 27 May-2 June
III Seeds, crops and weeds 22-28 July
IV Pollens - Advanced Course 29 July-4 August
V Seeds, crops, and weeds 5-11 August
VI Fire, clay, and metal 26 August-1 Sept.
VII Construction 2-8 September
The courses are all based on the wide range of research projects in progress at what has come to be recognized internationally as one of the most significant research centres for experimental archaeology in the world. No specific academic qualifications are needed to attend the courses, only a dedication to British archaeology and practical research into its development.
For more details please apply to Dr P.J. Reynolds, Director, Butser Ancient Farm Project Trust.