Research Agenda for the Archaeology of Wales - conference

Submitted by PaulM on Tuesday, 24 August 2004 Page Views: 1559

**Pen Dinas (Aberystwyth)** submitted by vicky : The back slopes of Pen Dinas hillfort overlooking the town of Aberystwyth. (Vote or comment on this photo)

On Saturday September 4th a one-day conference on the archaeological research agenda will be held in Aberystwyth. The event will report on the emerging themes for the national research agenda which includes some good prehistory papers before lunch.

The event, to be held at St Paul's Methodist Chapel, Queen's Road, Aberystwyth, costs just £5 and will feature 10 minute presentations on the emerging themes for the national research agenda, followed by 20 minute discussion sessions. You can book in advance at www.cpat.org.uk/research and some of the papers can be downloaded in advance also.

The programme for the day is:

9.30     Coffee/tea

10.00    Welcome and Introduction

10.15    Environmental archaeology in Wales    Astrid Caseldine (University of Wales, Lampeter)

10.45    Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Wales   Elizabeth Walker (National Museums & Galleries of Wales)

11.15 Coffee

11.45    Neolithic and earlier Bronze Age in Wales   Gwilym Hughes (Cambria Archaeology)

12.15    Later Bronze Age and Iron Age of Wales   Fiona Gale (Denbighshire County Council)

12.45   Lunch

1.45      Romano-British in Wales   Emma Plunkett Dillon (National Trust)

2.15      Early medieval in Wales   Ian Baptie (CPAT)

2.45      Later medieval in Wales   Bob Silvester (CPAT)
3.15     Tea

3.45      Post medieval and industrial Wales   Stephen Briggs (RCAHMW)

4.15      Maritime archaeology in Wales   Sian Rees (Cadw)

4.45     Concluding remarks

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