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2016<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Wednesday 3rd February 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 20th February 2016 Lecture<\/strong>: Settlement and Monumentality in the Avebury Landscape by Josh Pollard<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 2nd March 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 19th March 2016 Lecture:<\/strong> Winchester – A City in the Making by Ben Ford<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday 2nd April 2016 Annual Conference: <\/strong>Berkshire Archaeological Society’s Annual Conference in Newbury<\/p>\n

Wednesday 6th April 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 16th April 2016 Lecture:<\/strong> One thing leads to another: from Insula IX to Insula III and the recovery of early Roman Calleva by Prof Michael Fulford<\/em><\/p>\n

6th to 9th May 2016 Spring <\/strong>Tour<\/strong>:<\/strong> Cornwall<\/p>\n

Wednesday 1st June 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Tuesday 14th June 2016: Visit to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village<\/p>\n

Wednesday 3rd August 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: No formal meeting this month but instead an informal gathering in the RISC cafe from 14:00 for anyone who would like to join us.<\/p>\n

Saturday 27th August – Visit to Silchester, Insula III<\/p>\n

Wednesday 7th September 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 17th  September 2016 BAS AGM & Lecture:<\/strong> Timber buildings: how earlier buildings may be concealed behind later remodelling by Henry Russell<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 5th October 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: Meeting CANCELLED<\/p>\n

Saturday 15th October 2016 Lecture:<\/strong> Men as Gods: Ancient Maya Kingship by Dr Diane Davies<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday 22nd October 2016  Berkshire Historic Environment Day School<\/strong> – The Barn, Beech Road, Purley on Thames RG8 8DR
10:00 to 16:30<\/p>\n

Wednesday 2nd November 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 19th November 2016 Lecture: <\/strong>A Causewayed Enclosure and later discoveries at Thame, Oxfordshire by Ken Walsh<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 7th December 2016 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 10th December 2016 Lecture: Four talks by BAS members<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Wednesday 5th January 2017 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 21st January 2017  Lecture: <\/strong>How did they make those beautiful things: Archaeological evidence for metal working in Roman Britain by Dr Justine Bayley<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 1st February 2017 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 18th February 2017 Lecture:<\/strong> Putting Berkshire on the map: from Gough to Google by John Leighfield CBE<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 1st March 2017 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 4th March 2017 Day School: <\/strong>Berkshire Archaeological Society’s Annual Conference<\/p>\n

Saturday 18th March 2017 Lecture:<\/strong> The Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Watlington Viking Hoard by David Williams<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday 5th April 2017 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Saturday 8th April 2017 Lecture: <\/strong>Beyond London\u2019s Walls: Recent excavations at the site of the Crossrail Broadgate Ticket Hall by Robert Hartle<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

21st\u201324th <\/span>April  2017 Spring Tour:<\/strong> Norfolk & area<\/p>\n

Wednesday 3rd May 2017 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Wednesday 7th June 2017 Anglo-Saxon Discussion Group<\/strong>: RISC Conference room 3, 14:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n

Wednesday 5th July 2017 – Visit:<\/strong> Stonor Park<\/p>\n

Thursday July 13th 2017 – Visit<\/strong>: Wessex Archaeology & Marden Henge<\/p>\n

Saturday 2nd September 2017- Visit:  <\/strong>Silchester temples and Roman Tilery at Little London<\/p>\n

Saturday 16th September 2017 BAS AGM & Lecture:<\/strong>  Wittenham Clumps and the context of power by Adam McBride<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday 21st October 2017 Lecture: <\/strong>Shakespeare\u2019s London Theatre Land by Julian <\/em>Bowsher<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 1st November 2017 – Anglo-Saxon Study Group<\/strong> 2-4pm RISC<\/p>\n

Saturday 18th November 2017 Lecture: <\/strong>My Work as a Dendrochronologist by Martin Bridge<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 6th December – BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2-4pm RISC<\/p>\n

Saturday 9th December 2017 Lectures by BAS Members: <\/strong>
European Cave Art by Tim Lloyd<\/em>
RB pipe clay figurines by <\/em>Mathew Fittock<\/em>
Roman corn mill, Provence by <\/em>Andrew Hutt<\/em><\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Wednesday 3rd January 2018 BAS Study Group:<\/strong> Drawing Archaeology<\/p>\n

Saturday 20th January 2018 BAS<\/strong> Lecture: <\/strong>Roman Literacy by Hella Eckardt<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 7th February 2018 BAS Study Group<\/strong>: 12:30-14:30 at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Saturday 17th Febuary 2017 BAS Lecture: <\/strong>Update from Horton Quarry by Alistair Barclay<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 7th March 2018 BAS Study Group<\/strong>: 12:30-14:30 at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Saturday 17th March 2018 BAS Lecture: <\/strong>Travel and Communications in Anglo Saxon England by Stuart Brookes<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 11th April 2018 BAS Study Group<\/strong>: 12:30-14:30 at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Saturday 14th April 2018 BAS Day School<\/strong> – Newbury<\/p>\n

Saturday 21st April 2018 BAS Lecture: <\/strong>The \u2018works of the old men\u2019 in Arabia by David Kennedy<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday 22nd June BAS Visit <\/strong>to Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 21st July BAS Visit <\/strong>to Silchester excavations<\/p>\n

Wednesday 5th September 2018 BAS Study Group<\/strong> – Roman Berkshire 12:00 for 12;30 to 15:00 at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Saturday 15th September BAS AGM & Lecture:<\/strong> The Donkey in Human History: an Archaeological Perspective by Professor Peter Mitchell<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday 3rd October 2018 BAS Study Group – Roman Berkshire <\/strong>12:00 for 12:30 to 15:00 at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Saturday 20 October 2018 BAS Lecture: <\/strong> Anglo-Saxon Wars and Fortifications by Jim Storr<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 7th November 2018 BAS Study Group  – Roman Berkshire <\/strong>12:00 for 12:30 to 15:00 at Brock Keep.<\/p>\n

Saturday 17th November 2018 BAS Lecture: <\/strong> The Staffordshire Hoard by Dr Eleanor Blakelock<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 5th December 2018 BAS Study Group  – Roman Berkshire <\/strong>12:00 for 12:30 to 15:00 at Brock Keep.<\/p>\n

Saturday 15th December 2018 Talks by BAS Members:<\/strong>
Napoleonic munitions factory at Weedon Bec by Catherine Petts<\/em>
Excavations at Highwood by Alan Hall<\/em>
Elite buildings in Silchester by Andrew Hutt<\/em><\/p>\n

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2019<\/h1>\n

BAS Study Group  – Roman Berkshire <\/strong>no meeting in January.<\/p>\n

Saturday 19th January 2019 BAS Lecture<\/strong>: Experimental Archaeology by Jennifer Foster<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 6th February 2019 BAS Study Group  – Berkshire Gazetteer <\/strong>12:00 for 12:30 to 15:00 at Brock Keep.<\/p>\n

Saturday 16th February 2019 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> GraveGoods; objects and death in later British prehistory by Duncan Garrow<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 6th March 2019 BAS Study Group  – Berkshire Gazetteer <\/strong>12:00 for 12:30 to 15:00 at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Saturday 16th March 2019 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Classis Brittannica by Simon Elliot<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday 6th April BAS Day Schoo<\/strong>l at Cornerstone, Wokingham<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Wednesday 10th April 2019 BAS Study Group  – <\/strong>12:00 for 12:30 to 15:00 at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Wednesday 17th April 2019 BAS Training Session<\/strong> – for anyone planning to join the excavation. Venue tba.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 23rd April – Friday 3rd May 2019 BAS Field Project<\/strong> – Sonning Common<\/p>\n

Thursday 2nd May 2019 BAS Site Visit<\/strong> – Sonning Common<\/p>\n

Wednesday 8th May 2019 BAS Study Group  –  <\/strong>NO MEETING THIS MONTH<\/p>\n

Wednesday 5th June 2019 BAS Study Group  –  <\/strong>12:00 for 12:30 to 15:00 at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Saturday 29th June 2019 BAS visit to Silchester<\/strong> 2:30pm – meet in car park at 2pm<\/p>\n

Monday 1st July BAS visit to Highwood<\/strong> 10:30am at The Bottle & Glass<\/p>\n

Wednesday 4th September 2019 BAS Study Group: <\/strong>The Geophysics survey at Ankerwyke by Andrew Hutt<\/em>. 12-3pm at Brock Keep<\/p>\n

Saturday 21st September 2019 BAS AGM & Lecture:<\/strong> The Saxon Period Burials from Guildown Avenue, Guildford by Dr Ceri Falys<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday 19th October 2019 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Mesolithic-Neolithic histories in the Colne Valley: narrating an everyday landscape by Samantha Brummage<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday 16th November 2019 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> The Ottomans in Jordan\u2026\u2026and their link to Berkshire<\/strong> by Alison McQuitty <\/em>(note that this is a change to the previous programme)<\/p>\n

Saturday 14th December 2019 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Members Talks<\/p>\n

2020<\/h1>\n

Wednesday 8th January 2020 BAS Study Group: <\/strong>Roman Berkshire. 1-4pm at RISC<\/p>\n

Saturday 18th January 2020  BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Bluestones and white bones: the origins of the people buried at Stonehenge by Dr Rick Schulting<\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday 21st January 2020 BAS visit: Wittenham Clumps Iron Age Hillfort<\/strong> (book by December 19th!!!!)<\/p>\n

Wednesday 5th February 2020 BAS Study Group: <\/strong>Roman Berkshire. 1-4pm at RISC<\/p>\n

Saturday 15th February 2020 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> The material culture of English medieval rural households by Dr Ben Jervis<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 4th March 2020 BAS Study Group: <\/strong>Roman Berkshire. 1-4pm at RISC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd September BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 19th September 2020 BAS Lecture<\/strong>: The Osteoarchaeology of Children by Professor Mary Lewis, University of Reading<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 7th October BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 17th October 2020  BAS AGM & Lecture:<\/strong> Ankerwyke Priory by Andrew Hutt<\/em> (a late change to the published programme)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 11th November BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 21st November 2020 BAS Lecture<\/strong>: Beacons of the Past and LiDAR: shining new light on the Iron Age landscapes of the Chilterns by Dr Edward Peveler<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd December BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 12th December 2020 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Members\u2019 talks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My year working for the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt by<\/em> Beth Asbury<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archaeology in schools by Maggie Smith<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grain-Milling in Southern Jordan: Archaeological, Historic and Ethnographic Evidence by Alison McQuitty<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6th January BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 16th January 2021 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> What genomics can and can’t tell us about human history: truths and myths from the big data revolution by Dr Matteo Fumagalli, Imperial College, London<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 3rd February BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 20th February 2021 BAS Lecture: <\/strong>Bisham by Dr Gabor Thomas, University of Reading<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 3rd March BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 20th March 2021 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Roman Mildenhall by Keith Abbott<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 7th April BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 24th April 2021 BAS Lecture<\/strong>: Mills in Berkshire by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive<\/em> – postponed from 17th April<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th May BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 15th May 2021 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Late Iron Age territorial oppida in Southern Britain: a reinterpretation using new data collected from aerial photographs and lidar by Krystyna Truscoe, University of Reading<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd June BAS Study Group<\/strong>: details of Zoom meeting will be sent to participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 13th June 2021 \u2013 The Berkshire Archaeological Society celebrates 150!<\/strong> 3pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 8th September BAS Study Group<\/strong>: TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 18th <\/strong>September 2021 BAS Lecture<\/strong>: Responsible Metal Detecting and Discovering the Watlington Hoard by James Mather<\/em> (at RISC and on Zoom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 2nd October 2021 BAS 150 Day School<\/strong> (at Cornerstone, Wokingham)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6th October2021 BAS Study Group<\/strong> (on Zoom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 16th October 2021  BAS AGM<\/strong> &<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Lecture<\/strong><\/strong> : Reading Abbey by John Painter, FoRA<\/em> (at RISC and on Zoom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 3rd November2021 BAS Study Group<\/strong> (on Zoom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 20th November 2021 BAS Lecture<\/strong>: CHANGE OF PROGRAMME – All roads lead to Wickham by Keith Abbott<\/em> (Zoom & in person Lecture)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 1st December2021 BAS Study Group<\/strong> (on Zoom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 11th December 2021 BAS Lecture<\/strong>:<\/strong> Members\u2019 Talks (on Zoom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th<\/sup> January 2022 BAS Study Group<\/strong> (on Zoom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 15th January 2022 BAS Lecture<\/strong><\/strong>: Sutton Hoo by Dr Jennifer Foster, University of Reading<\/em>. (on Zoom<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd<\/sup> February 2022 BAS Study Group<\/strong> on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 19th February 2022 BAS Lecture<\/strong><\/strong>:Surviving in Lower Palaeolithic Europe: four seasonal perspectives by Dr Robert Hosfield FSA, Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology, University of Reading <\/em>(on Zoom)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd<\/sup> March 2022 BAS Study Group<\/strong> on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 9th<\/sup> March 2022 BAS Study Group Pub Lunch<\/strong> TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 19th March 2022 BAS Lecture<\/strong><\/strong>: Understanding the Early Medieval Pottery Assemblage from Lyminge, Kent, by Lisa Backhouse, University of Reading<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 2nd<\/sup> April 2022 BAS Day School<\/strong>: Archaeology of Roman Berkshire. 10am-4:15pm  St Nicolas Church Hall, Newbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 5th<\/sup> April 202  BAS Outreach Group<\/strong> 7.30 pm on Zoom <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6th April 2022 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 3 pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 20th<\/sup> April 2022 BAS Study Group Pub Lunch<\/strong> – contact Keith at keefandtrace(at)hotmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 23rd April 2022 BAS Lecture<\/strong><\/strong>: Islands of stone; Neolithic Crannogs in the Outer Hebrides by Professor Duncan Garrow, University of Reading <\/em>(on Zoom only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 30th April 2022 BAS Poster competition<\/strong> – Closing date for entries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 4th May 2022 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 3 pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 5th May 2022 BAS Outreach Group<\/strong> 7.30 pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 12th May 2022 BAS Visit:<\/strong> Blounts Court excavations & pub lunch <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 8th June 2022: Study Group Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 12th June 2022 BAS Visit:<\/strong> Piddington Local History walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 30th June 2022 BAS Visit<\/strong>: Medieval Graffiti at Sonning Church <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6th July 2022 – BAS Study Group<\/strong> 3pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 7th July 2022 – BAS Outreach Group<\/strong> 7:30pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 16th<\/sup> July 2022 BAS Visit:<\/strong> Abingdon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 7th September 2022 BAS Study Group <\/strong>3pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 8th September 2022 BAS Outreach Group<\/strong> 7:30pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 14th September 2022 BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong> tbc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 17th September 2022 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Reading Architecture by John Missenden<\/em>.  14:00 for 14:30 at RISC and from 14:15 on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th October 2022 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 3pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 6th October 2022 BAS Outreach Group<\/strong> 7:30pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 12th October 2022 BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong> – TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 15th<\/sup> October 2022 BAS AGM and Lecture:<\/strong> The De La Beche family of Aldworth by Professor John Blair<\/em>. From 14:00 at RISC. AGM at 14:15. Both on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 22nd October 2022 BAS Coffee Morning<\/strong> 10:30 – 12:30am at The Chocolate Cafe, Holme Grange Craft Village, Wokingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd November 2022 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 3pm on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 9th November 2022 BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 19th<\/sup> November 2022 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes<\/em>. 14:15 on Zoom only or on big screen at RISC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10th<\/sup> December 2022 BAS Members talks<\/strong>: Excavations at Ankerwycke and Cookham Paddock. by James Peddle<\/em>; Graffiti of the Palatine Paedagogium in Rome by Keith Abbot<\/em>t 14:00 for 14:30 at RISC and from 14:15 on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

202<\/strong>3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 4th January 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 11th January 2023: BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong> \u2013 contact Keith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 21st January 2023 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Neolithic Malta by Tim Lloyd<\/em>. 14:00 for 14:30 at RISC and from 14:15 on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 1st February 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 8th February 2023: BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong> \u2013 email Keith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 18th February 2023 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Test Pitting in North Warnborough by Carenza Lewis<\/em> . 14:00 for 14:30 at RISC and from 14:15 on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 1st March 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 8th March 2023: BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong> \u2013 TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 18th March 2023 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Fractured Britannia – material culture and the end of Roman Britain<\/strong> by Richard Henry MCiFA FSA<\/em>. 14:00 for 14:30 at RISC and from 14:15 on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 1st April 2023: BAS Day School<\/strong> – The Cornerstone, Norreys Avenue, Wokingham, RG40 1UE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th April 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> – CANCELLED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th April 2023: BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong> \u2013 TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 3rd May 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 10th May 2023: BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong> \u2013 TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 7th June 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12th June – 15th July 2023: Geophysics Project<\/strong> – Wickham House<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 14th June 2023: BAS Study Group Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 5th September 2023 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 19:30 to 21:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6th September 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 13th September 2023: BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon \u2013 The Wheelwright\u2019s Arms, Davis Way RG10 0TR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 16th September 2023 BAS Lecture: West Berks Historic Environment Records &The Lost Gardens of Shaw House<\/strong> by Beth Asbury<\/em> 14:00 for 14:30 at RISC and from 14:15 on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 25th September to Friday 13th October 2023:<\/strong> Wickham House: Geophysics survey<\/strong>  If you wish to participate please contact Keith keefandtrace[at]hotmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 3rd October 2023 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 19:30 to 21:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 4th October 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 11th October 2023: BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 14th October 2023 BAS  Lecture: Sex, Gender, biological relatedness and kinship in early Neolithic Britain<\/strong> by Professor Chris Fowler, Newcastle University<\/em> 14:15 for 14:30 on Zoom only<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 31st October 2023 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 19:30 to 21:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 1st November 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 8th November 2023: BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12noon – all welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 18th November 2023 BAS AGM followed by Lecture: Roman finds from rivers, specifically the Tees at Piercebridge<\/strong> by Prof Hella Eckardt – Reading University<\/em> 14:00 for 14:15 at RISC and from 14:15 on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 29th November 2023: BAS Christmas Lunch<\/strong> 12noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 5th December 2023 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 19:30 to 21:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6th December 2023 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 14:30 to 16:30 at the Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Cl, Wokingham RG41 3DA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 9th December 2023 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> How to Build a Castle<\/strong> by Tim Lloyd <\/em>14:00 for 14:30 at RISC and from 14:15 on Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 2nd January 2024 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 3rd January 2024 BAS Study <\/strong>Wednesday 3rd January 2024 \u2013 BAS Study GroupGroup<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 17th January 2024 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 20th January 2024 BAS Lecture: Who we are and where do we come from?<\/strong> by Francis Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 6th February 2024 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 7th February 2024 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 14th February 2024 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 17th February 2024 BAS Lecture: The Silchester Environs Project<\/strong> by Professor Michael Fulford, University of Reading<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 5th March 2024 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6th March 2024 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 13th March 2024 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 16th March 2024 BAS<\/strong> Lecture: Iron-ing it Out, Nail-ing it Down: A new multi-period methodology and typology for recording structural iron nails<\/strong> by Katie Manby, Doctoral Candidate, University of Reading<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 10th April 2024 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 17th April 2024 BAS Visit<\/strong>  A guided tour by Professor Michael Fulford of the exhibition, \u2018Becoming Roman – Silchester a Town of Change\u2019<\/strong> at the Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Market Place, Basingstoke, RG21 7QD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 30th April 2024 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 1st May 2024 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 4th June 2024 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 7:30pm MOVED FROM WEDNESDAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 10th June 2024 BAS Visit<\/strong> to Villa Ventorum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 4th September 2024 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm Planning for Blounts Court excavation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9th – 27th September (weekdays) BAS Field Project:<\/strong> Excavation at Blounts Court<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 21st September BAS Lecture: <\/strong>Re-investigating Richborough: Correcting the Narrative<\/strong> by Philip Smither, Finds Laison Officer. West Berkshire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 25th September 2024 (note change of date and time) BAS Visit to Blounts Court excavations<\/strong> – pub lunch at 12:30 followed by guided tour at 14:00 details. Email Nigel Spencer (n.spencer327(at)btinternet.com) to book a place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 1st October 2024 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd October 2024 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 5th October 2024 BAS Day School<\/strong> St Nicolas\u2019 Church Hall, Newbury, RG14 5HG, 10.00am to 5.00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 9th October 2024 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 19th October BAS AGM & Lecture: Dr Brian Hope-Taylor and the investigation of timber halls in northern Bernicia \u2013 an evolving story.<\/strong> by Professor Ian Ralston, University of Edinburgh<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 5th November 2024 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 6th November 2024 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 13th November 2024 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 16th November BAS Lecture: Prehistoric Art and its meaning<\/strong> by Mike Pengelly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 3rd December 2024 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 4th December 2024 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 14th December BAS Christmas Buffet and Talks by Members<\/strong> 2-5pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 7th January 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> CANCELLED due to clash with Historic Ridgeway project introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 8th January 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 15th January 2025 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 18th January 2025 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Mapping Roman roads in SW England<\/strong> by Dr Chris Smart. Exeter University<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 4th February 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th February 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 12th February 2025 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon – email tim.lloyd(at) berksarch.co.uk to book a place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 15th February 2025 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Roman Copper Alloy<\/strong>s by Dr Peter Bray<\/em>, University of Reading<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 4th March 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th March 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 12th March 2025 BAS Lunch<\/strong> 12 noon TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 15th March 2025 BAS Lecture:<\/strong> Radiates in context: chemical and archaeological analysis of the \u201cBarbarous Radiates\u201d coinage phenomenon in Roman Britain<\/strong><\/span> by <\/em>Tasha Fullbrook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 1st<\/sup> April 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd<\/sup> April 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middle of April to end of June 2025 <\/em>BAS Field Project: Evaluation Excavations at Wickham House<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 6th<\/sup> May 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 7th<\/sup> May 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2-6pm NOTE this is a special QGIS training session. Contact Andrew to attend. (There will be NO zoom access<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 3rd<\/sup> June 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 4th<\/sup> June 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> CANCELLED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 5th June 2025 Visit to BAS Wickham excavations<\/strong> 6:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 2nd July 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm – BAJ 087<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 14th August 2025 Wickham House Post-Excavation <\/strong>zoom meeting. Booking on TicketSource https:\/\/www.ticketsource.co.uk\/berkshire-archaeological-society\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 2nd<\/sup> September 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 3rd<\/sup> September 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 10th September 2025 BAS Pub Lunch<\/strong> 12:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 20th September 2025 BAS Lecture: Medieval Ritual Landscape Project<\/strong> by Dr Rob Webley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 7th<\/sup> October 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 1st<\/sup> October 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 8th October 2025 BAS Pub Lunch<\/strong> 12:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 11th October 2025 BAS Day School<\/strong> Newbury<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 18th October 2025BAS Lecture: Sailing to Calanais<\/strong> by Prof. Richard Bradley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 4th<\/sup> November 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th<\/sup> November 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 12th November 2025 BAS Pub Lunch<\/strong> 12:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 15th November 2025 AGM & <\/strong>BAS Lecture: Ivan Margery<\/strong> by Dr David Rudling<\/em> (POSTPONED TO 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 2nd<\/sup> December 2025 BAS Finds Group<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 3rd<\/sup> December 2025 BAS Study Group<\/strong> 2:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Wednesday 10th December 2025 NO <\/strong>Pub Lunch this month)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 13th December 2025 Xmas buffet with talks by members<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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