Lecture 11th January: Dorstone Hill: A Neolithic Landscape in Herefordshire
This lecture by Professor Julian Thomas, University of Manchester, will be held on 11th January at 2:30pm at the Grosvenor Museum
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University of Liverpool course – Introduction to Archaeological Drawing
This course will begin on 6th February and meet for 10 weeks every Thursday afternoon. It would be ideal for anyone interested in seriously developing this useful and vital skill, and will give you the opportunity to practice with objects from the University’s collection of ancient artefacts.
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Digital version of Journal 89 is now available
CAS members can now download a digital version of Journal vol 89 for 2019 from the Members’ Area of our website.
If you do not have a password to access this page, please e-mail webmaster@chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
Lecture 7th December: London’s Waterfront 1200 – 1666: archaeology and history
This lecture by Dr John Schofield (formerly Museum of London) will be held on 7th December at 2:30pm at the Grosvenor Museum. This presentation will summarise the main findings for the period 1100–1666 from four excavations of 1974–84.
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The Neston Collieries, 1759–1855: An Industrial Revolution in Rural Cheshire
This new book by Anthony Annakin-Smith will be available shortly.
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Ruins, Relics and Monsters: Public History and Place-making in Chester and beyond
This free public lecture by Professor Catherine Clarke will be held on Wednesday 13th November at the University of Chester
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Lecture 6th November: A summer of discovery in Wales!
This lecture by Dr Toby Driver (RCAHMW) will be held on 6th November at 7:30pm at the Grosvenor Museum. The lecture will revisit the intense hot summer of 2018 when aerial archaeological discoveries came thick and fast!
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Dee House and Amphitheatre Drop-in Sessions – postponed
The planned drop-in sessions to share the recommendations of the Working Group with the wider community have been postponed until week commencing 13th January 2020. When available further details will be published here.
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society volume 89 for 2019
Eligible members will be receiving their copies of the latest issue of our journal in the next two weeks.
Click here to see the wide range of articles.
If you are not a member of the Society but would like a copy, they will be available for £10.50 (£7.50 plus £3.00 p&p). Email webmaster@chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
If you enjoy reading it, why not join us for 2020? You can download a membership application form from https://chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk/how-to-join/
2018 TAG Conference – videos of presentations
The 40th Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference took place in the historic city of Chester.
Recordings of the presentations are now available.
Click here to download the link to these presentations