Research Conference - Designed Landscapes: Parks and Gardens from 1000 to 1800
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STOP PRESS: AS AT 4TH DECEMBER THERE ARE 12 TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON THE DOOR TOMORROW.
Items Acquired by the Library in January 2015
New Items
January 2015
(Classification in Bold at the end)
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Radiocarbon dating: an archaeological perspective, by R. E. Taylor and Ofer Bar-Yosef, 2nd edition, Left Coast Press, 2014 E5
Wild Things: recent advances in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic research, edited by Frederick W. F.
Surrey in the Age of Magna Carta
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An exciting day of talks exploring the significance of Magna Carta and the history of Surrey in the thirteenth century.
Speakers: Professor Nigel Saul, Rob Poulton, Dr David Stone, Dr Naomi Sykes and Professor David Carpenter.
Organised by Surrey Heritage. Tickets for the day, including tea and coffee, are £15 and available from Surrey History Centre, in person or by phone on 01483 518737 or via the website www.surreycc.gov.uk/heritageevents.
See attached flyer for further details.
Osteoarchaeology Day at Fishbourne
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Details will be appear shortly.
No of participants: A maximum of 16
Visit to Roman Bath
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The programme for the day incorporates a private tour of the Roman Bath and Museum.
Visit to MoLA, finds from excavations at Bloomberg/LondonWalbrook
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This visit will complement and expand on Sadie Watson’s evening talk to RSG members on 3 February. There will be a talk from Sadie, followed by another from one of MOLA’s Roman Registered Finds Specialists with artefacts available to look at. We will also be taken around the processing area to see the washing and processing of finds from different sites. It is hoped that by March there will be human remains from the excavations at Liverpool Street.
University College, Dublin
University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland has launched a Distance Learning Programme in World Heritage Conservation, which may be of interest.
The postgraduate courses in World Heritage Conservation are part-time, online, distance learning courses designed to provide a professional understanding of the working of the World Heritage Convention and equip participants with current thinking on the conservation and sustainable development of natural and cultural heritage properties.
Items Acquired by the Library in Dec 2014
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Experiments Past: histories of experimental archaeology, edited by Jodi Reeves Flores and Roeland Paardekooper, Sidestone Press, 2014 E7
Romano-British round houses to medieval parish: excavations at 10 Gresham Street, City of London, 1999-2002, by Lindy Casson, James Drummond-Murray and Antony Francis, MOLA Monograph 67, Museum of London Archaeology, 2014 F34
Preserved Railways in the USA
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Preserved Railways in the USA, talk by Alan Thomas – SIHG.
Part of the Surrey Industrial History Group Leatherhead lecture series.
Attendance is for the whole series only.
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