Hi All, I've got a "What's On" with a Sharpie connection for anyone who happens to be in West Norfolk this weekend, so I thought I'd start a place for them to go - hope that's OK. Mine is:
This sunday, 16th Nov, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society are holding a dayschool on 'The Archaeology Of Kings Lynn' at the Guildhall, Kings Lynn 10am - 5pm. Tickets £6/5/-18's free. Programme: 10.00 - 10.30am Registration and coffee 10.30am Welcome and introduction 10.45am Gareth Davies, University of Nottingham Anglo-Saxon rural settlements before Kings Lynn 11.30 am Andy Hutcheson, NAU Archaeology. The Origins of King’s Lynn 12.15-1.30pm Lunch (please make own arrangements) 1.30pm Paul Richards England & the Hanseatic League : Kings Lynn 1271 - 1571 2.15pm Tom Lane, Archaeological Project Services. Fishing, Feasting, Flood and Fire: Some recent archaeology around King's Lynn 3.00 pm Coffee 3.30pm Andrew Rogerson, Norfolk Landscape Archaeology Some recent finds from West Norfolk 4.15pm Questions and Discussion 4.45pm Close
Tickets will be available on the door, or call 01493 661270. For more information on the Society see http://www.nnas.info Hope to see some of you there. (PS: If anyone wants to do a display stand, despite the late notice, I can probably sort it out - let me know.) Soph
Hello, I have a "whats on", no real connection to SHARP but interesting all the same. Dr Stephen Upex is giving an illustrated talk "the romans in the East of England" at Highgate Hall in Elton nr, Peterborough on Thursday November 20th. 19.30 hrs, £5 at the door. His new book is reviewed in this months 'Current Archaeology'. This talk will focus on the Nene valley so perhaps not much for Norfolk but if you are from my part of the country it will be worth a visit. Cheers Phil.
I understand that Sutton Hoo are planning to do a living history type event during the summer. Not anglo-Saxon re-enactors but an interpretation of the 1930's archaeologists at work. Might be interesting. I have no idea of dates yet. phil.
This years NNAS Lecture programme for any Sharpies who might be interested is at http://www.nnas.info/lectures.html Plus, coming up in November a dayschool on the archaology of Great Yarmouth and area, and our usual resources of the archaology library, local experties and cold hard cash... We're your county society - use us! Soph
Slightly further away. The Society for Linclonshire History and Archaeology are holding a conference entitled Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire on 3rd October at the University of Lincoln Riseholme Campus. One of the speakers is Kevin Leahy and he is talking on Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries, there are about 5 other speakers. The conference starts at 9.30 AM and finishes at 4.00 PM and the cost is £ 13 without lunch and £ 22 with lunch