The following lectures on ZOOM, part of the Combined Hertfordshire Archaeological Societies (CHAS) series, need to be booked via Eventbrite. They are free, but we need to set a limit to the number of tickets available to keep the cost of the zoom licence to a reasonable level. If you are not a member of one of the the contributing_societies listed below, please consider giving a voluntary donation towards costs.
Glynn Davis: Gladiators: A Day at The Roman Games
Monday 4th November 2024, 7.45pm.
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This talk will present highlights of Colchester Museums’ recent exhibition Gladiators: A Day at the Roman Games. It will focus on new research of the Colchester Vase, a cremation urn excavated over 170 years ago but which recently has received new ceramic, epigraphic and osteological analysis. This new analysis suggests that the Vase records combat between real gladiators at Colchester, making it the first explicit evidence for an arena spectacle in Roman Britain.
Glynn Davis is the Senior Curator at Colchester Museums and was lead curator for the exhibition Gladiators: A Day at The Roman Games. He is a specialist in Roman archaeology and material culture and has published about Roman magic. He has previously worked at the Museum of London’s Archaeological Archive where he created and delivered award-winning projects that engaged the public with the country’s largest archaeological collection.
Andy Burnham: The Old Stones – the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland
Monday December 2nd 2024, 7.45pm.
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Andy Burnham is lead author of The Old Stones – the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland.’ Along with other contributors he has written for the huge Megalithic Portal web resource, which he founded and has been running continuously since 2001. The Old Stones is the most comprehensive and thought-provoking field guide ever published to the iconic standing stones and prehistoric places of Britain and Ireland and was previously awarded Current Archaeology Book of the Year.
Andy’s talk is highly illustrated and covers many of the fascinating themes, and new discoveries highlighted in the book, along with a look at lesser known but interesting sites.
Becky Haslam: ‘A Tale of Two Fords’
Monday January 6th 2025, 7.45pm
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Archaeologist Becky Haslam will be telling an alternative model of Roman road infrastructure in Southwark and beyond. Recent discoveries at Brandon House and Harper Road have prompted a reappraisal of the route of Stane Street in Southwark. Could there have been a hitherto unknown road extending westwards from Watling Street towards modern Vauxhall?
Geoff Lunn: Observations on Roman roads in East Anglia based on Lidar, geophysics and aerial imagery
Monday February 3rd 2025, 7.45pm
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Geoff Lunn is a trustee of Colchester Archaeological Group, CBA East, and an active member of the Roman Roads Research Association. His talk will focus on the techniques used to rediscover lost roads.
Matt Pope: Thinking about the Ice Age archaeology and environments of the capital.
Monday March 3rd 2025, 7.45pm
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Matthew Pope of UCL Institute of Archaeology will be exploring the rich record of our Ice Age past preserved in London, through certain key sites and the history of their discovery.
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Contributing Societies
There are costs to these societies to put on the lectures. They would appreciate any donations or additional members to help cover these costs.
The Welwyn Archaeological Society
The East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society
The North Hertfordshire Archaeological Society
The Norton Community Archaeology Group
The South-West Hertfordshire Archaeological and Historical Society
The Hertfordshire Association for Local History