Latest Past Events

Developments in Geophysical Survey

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Speaker Neil Linford A geophysicist employed by Historic England, Neil uses a range of techniques to investigate sites throughout England. His talk will provide a summary of recent geophysical survey work by the HE Geophysics team covering a range of sites including a Devon priory, a Cornish henge, a lost Norman keep and Tudor water

The impact of prehistoric agriculture on the climate of Europe

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Joint meeting with the Prehistoric Society Speaker: Ralph Fyfe This lecture will tie together three threads. First, it will present the archaeological evidence for the spread of prehistoric farming across the European continent, and the nature of that early agriculture. Second, it will consider the consequences of prehistoric agricultural land use on land cover change

Project Ancient Tin: Did British tin sources and trade make Bronze Age Europe?

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Joint Lecture with Cornwall Archaeological Society In c. 2200 BC, Britain and Ireland were the first regions in Europe to completely switch over from copper to Bronze metal, typically with around 10% tin. This change spread across the rest of Bronze Age Europe and the Mediterranean over the following centuries. There has long been speculation

WINTER MEETINGS

Monthly throughout the winter

LECTURE COURSES

PUBLICATIONS

The Society publishes its Proceedings, a volume of articles about Devon's archaeology, annually as well as three newsletters each year and occasional papers.

These are distributed free to members

FIELD VISITS

To archaeological sites and excavations, in Devon and beyond; general spring to autumn