Talks usually take place over the winter/spring months in the Lecture theater at Worthing library and normally start at 7.30 p.m., unless otherwise stated below.
10 January 2012
David Butcher - University of Sussex and CDAS
The Evolution of a Medieval Village: Eartham to AD 1550
14 February 2012
David Rudling - Senior Lecturer in Archaeology - Centre for Community Engagement
Roman settlement and land-use in the Sussex Ouse valley - John Pull Lecture - Glass of wine or cup of coffee afterwards.
13 March 2012
AGM plus Keith Bolton will talk about the work of the field unit in last 12 months.
10 April 2012
Rodney Gunner
A Continuation of the History of the Gumber during WW1 and WW2.
Talks program for 2011/2012
11 October 2011
David McOmish - Senior Archaeological Investigator - English Heritage
'Arundel and the end of Prehistory' - Con Ainsworth Memorial Lecture - Glass of wine or cup of coffee afterward.
8 November 2011
Diccon Hart - Senior Archaeologist - Archaeology South-East
The Archaeology of a chalk downland site: 4000BC to AD100
Please
note that the library will be closed in November, so the November
lecture will take place in the St Pauls Centre, which is just opposite
the Library. It is a large room - holds a hundred or so - and we can
just redirect anybody turning up to the wrong place.
18 November 2011 7.30 p.m. - Gardner's Arms - Sompting Village
Autumn
Social – Sure to be even more successful than last year! Tickets
£10.00, which includes food. Book your place with Margaret Maroney on
01903 851571
10 December 2011 (1.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.) CHANGE OF DATE
Lesley Voice has
kindly agreed to hold a talk on the results of her (and Tony's) work on
Parham, to be held on Saturday 5th November between 1pm and 4 pm in the
small meeting room in the basement of Worthing Library.
The
room holds about 20 people and we will be serving light refreshments.
To cover the costs of room hire etc, there will be a small charge of £3 a
head. The talk is open to members and non-members alike.
As space is limited, please e-mail hutchincheryl@hotmail.com to book a space
13 December 2011
Bob Turner - Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Member of the British Astronomical Association
Where Archaeology meets Astronomy
07 January 2012
The 2012 "New Year" walk will be at Highdown Hill on Saturday 7th
January.
Meet in the Car Park at 10:00, for a 2 hour walk to be led by our very own Keith Bolton.
Location: TQ 093 043. This site is owned by the National Trust and is
easily accessible from the car park near Highdown Hotel, 500 metres to
the east.
Please wear appropriate footwear, and ensure you bring
suitable clothing for the wide range of British weather that could be
in place at the start of January!
08 January
Scrub clearance - meet at the Slindon Estate yard from 09.00 for an 09.30 start.
Talks Program for 2010/ 2011 12 October 2010 - Gordon Hayden - Pottery, Social Preferences and the Iron Age to Roman Transition in the Chichester Area: cultural convergence, divergence and emergence - Con Ainsworth Memorial Lecture
09 November 2010 - Mark Taylor - Topic to be confirmed (please note the change of speaker)
19 November 2010 - Autumn Social - Expected to be as successful and popular as usual, so look out for tickets nearer the time.
14 December 2010 - Simon Stevens - Recent rescue archaeology in Sussex and beyond
11 January 2011 - Elizabeth Hughes - "God's Acre" The information available from church yards
08 February 2011 - Matt Pope - Stone Age lessons for modern life. - John Pull Lecture
08 March 2011 - Keith Bolton & Ian Robertson- The work of the filed unit in the last 12 months PLUS AGM
12 April 2011 - Rodney Gunner - The Gumber - WW2 Decoy airfield located at the Gumber Farm
Events
Talks Programme for 2009/ 2010
December 8 - Talk - Jeremy Hodgkinson - The Wealdon Iron Industry
January 2 - Walk - A New Years walk led by John Mills - see 2nd January 2010 - New Year Walk for details.
January 12 - Talk - Elizabeth Hughes - "God's Acre" The information available from churchyards *CANCELED DUE TO BAD WEATHER*
February 06 - Meeting & Walk - A general society meeting at Parham House, followed by a walk around some of the WWII archaeology on the Estate.
February 9 - Talk - Fiona Haughey - Intertidal Archaeology of the Thames river mouth
March 9 - Talk - Keith Bolton - The work of the field unit in last 2 years (plus AGM)
April 13 - Talk - Tony Brooke - The Life of Fred Dixon: Worthing geologist
April 24 - Training - Medieval Pottery Day School with Duncan Brown - FULLY BOOKED
August 14 & 15 - Mini Excavation - Bignor Roman Villa - We will be running a mini kids dig as part of Bignor's Roman Activity Week. We will have a small trench located just outside of the scheduled area. Volunteers needed to help over the weekend.
