Kent Archaeological Field School Courses
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Kent Archaeological Field School have announced their autumn series of courses, including Habitats of Prehistoric Kent and a Bronze Axe Pottery Workshop.
Habitats of Prehistoric Kent, Sep 17-18 Over the centuries human influence has shaped and altered our landscape. We will consider these changes in land use, the different types of farming, and see how the pressures of a rising population have affected the natural enviroment of East Kent over the last two thousand years. The course will be led by John Weavers, a specialist in landscape studies and include afternoon field trips.
Bronze Axe and Pottery Workshop,Kent Archaeological Field School,Nov 5th- 6th
Although the bronze and copper axes of the early Bronze Age look simple, they represent a triumph of human ingenuity. The metal smiths 4000 years ago had a very limited range of tools - charcoal, clay, sticks and stones. The need for high temperatures (much higher than for pottery) and the absorption of gases are just two of the problems they had to overcome.
When seen against the background of the early Bronze Age (2500 - 1600 BC), with the intensive building of stone circles and round barrows, there must have been a lot of rituals and magic attached to the processes. Turning a stone into metal, and pouring the molten metal the colour of the sun must have given the metal smiths a very high standing in society, and been the basis for many legends.
On Saturday this workshop will explore many aspects of bronze age metal working, with the smelting of copper and tin ores. Each person will work on their own axes. On Sunday we will fire our own prehistoric ‘beaker’ using bronze age methods and learn how to build a simple kiln to fire your own pot at a later date. Course led by Neil Burridge a specialist in Bronze age crafts.
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