‘By 1330 … nearly every line was drawn’; New Light on Devon’s Landscape History, 70 years after W. G. Hoskins
ZoomW. G. Hoskin's seminal book Devon was published in 1954. It suggested the pattern of the county's historic landscape was established by the later Middle Ages. Recent research using innovative …
Project Ancient Tin: Did British tin sources and trade make Bronze Age Europe?
ZoomJoint 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 …
The impact of prehistoric agriculture on the climate of Europe
ZoomJoint 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 …
Developments in Geophysical Survey
ZoomSpeaker 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 …