CBA South East Annual Conference 2009

DEATH AND REMEMBRANCE

-         an archaeological viewpoint

Redhill Methodist Centre

Redhill

Surrey

RH1 1BP

Saturday 31^st October

10.00 – 17.00

£20      CBA SE Members

£25      Non-members

PROGRAMME

9.30                 Registration                  Coffee available in Aldersyde Room

10.00               Introduction                  Andrew Richardson, Chairman, CBA SE

10.05               David Rudling (University of Sussex)     Roman period burials in Sussex

10.40               Dr Martin Welch (UCL)                       The archaeological evidence for the emergence of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in South East England

11.15               Coffee/Tea                   Aldersyde Room

11.35               Prof. Tom James (University of Winchester)                  The Black Death of 1348-50 in Southern England          

12.10               Maire McQueeney (Author)                 Pets, Pods and Patriots: 21^st Century Trends in Death and Disposal on the South Downs.

12.45               Questions

13.00               Lunch

14.00               AGM

14.30                Paul Garwood (University of Birmingham)                In their flowing cups: memories, myths and person kinds in Beaker funerary ritual

15.05               Tea/Coffee                   Aldersyde Room

15.25               Casper Johnson & Jim Stevenson (East Sussex CC and ASE)

                        Two 1^st Century AD ‘Warrior Burials’ from Ashford in Kent

16.00               Dr Jake Weekes (Canterbury Archaeological Trust)      What do funerals mean?

16.35               Questions

16.45               Close

Tickets and further details are available from Steve and Eva Corbett, 4 Ditchling Close, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN23 8LS

e-mail: cbase@scorbett.co.uk

Tel: 01273 905004