Saturday 5th October 2024: Archaeology in Berkshire 2024

Berkshire Archaeological Society Day School

10am to 4:15pm

St Nicolas Church Hall, West Mills, Newbury RG14 5HG

All welcome. £15: book online or pay at the door

This day school brings together professional archaeologists, archaeological societies and those interested in archaeology in Berkshire and surrounding counties to hear reports about the latest projects.

PROGRAMME

10:00Welcome 
Andrew Hutt, Chair, Berkshire Archaeological Society
10.05Recent work in West Berkshire
Sarah Orr, Senior Archaeologist, West Berkshire Council
10:35 Recent discoveries in East Berkshire
Fiona McDonald, Berkshire Archaeology
11:05COFFEE – 30 mins
11:35Recently found portable antiquities in Berkshire
Phil Smither, PAS Officer Berkshire
12:05 Making the Pennies Count…How can ’big data’ analysis of material culture be used to enhance the characterisation of function and character of Romano-British settlement across West Berkshire?
Keith Abbott, Berkshire Archaeological Society
12.35LUNCH – 1 hour 
13:35Cursus Publicus 
Peter Clifford, Berkshire Archaeological Society
14:05Old Windsor
Darko Maricevic, University of Reading
14:35TEA – 30 mins
15:05 Royal Observer Post, Arborfield
Bob Clarke, Wessex Archaeology
15:35 -16.00Questions and Conclusion
Andrew Hutt, Chair, Berkshire Archaeological Society
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