Seminars

A review of the evidence from the two counties and its differences, including a consideration of the use of tin from Dartmoor.

This continues the joint sessions held with the Implement Petrology Group of the South West Museums Federation. Katharine works for the New Forest National Park and is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University.

John continues his popular and stimulating seminars on Medieval and later ceramics.

Stoneware is one of the major types of ceramics found on archaeological sites worldwide, and a basic knowledge of the subject is valuable in dating medieval and later sites in Devon, as elsewhere. We will look at the development of stoneware in the Middle Ages and later in Germany and the Low Countries, and the …

Postponed because of snow in March. See the January newsletter for full details: topics to be covered include tephra (volcanic glass shards), pollen, insects, macro plant remains and fungal spores.

A series of three linked two hour sessions on dates in late November to be confirmed   These will start at a date in late November, either day or evening. Those interested are asked to let Henrietta know times and days that would be convenient.

This continues the joint sessions held with the Implement Petrology Group of the South West Museums Federation. Mik Markham has researched widely into the sourcing of stone axes, especially those in South West Britain. North Roe is unusual in the good survival of the source sites and evidence for manufacture.

with Tim Harrod, formerly of the Soil Survey of England and Wales.. His recently published Soil Survey of Northeast Dartmoor presents important research into Dartmoor’s past. An opportunity to learn more about soils from an expert