Saucepans, Saucer Brooches and Solidi: Recent Metal Detector Finds from Wiltshire
7:30 pm, Tuesday, 08 January, 2008
A lecture by Katie Hinds, Wiltshire Finds Liaison Officer
Prehistoric Times: The Life of Sir John Lubbock – 1st Lord Avebury
7:30 pm, Tuesday, 12 February, 2008
A lecture by Adrian Green, Director, Salisbury Museum.
Archaeologist, anthropologist, author, geologist, MP, zoologist, friend of Charles Darwin and owner of Silbury Hill – but who was Sir John Lubbock, the first Lord Avebury? Find out about this great man of the Victorian era who (among his many achievements!) introduced Bank Holidays!
Mending the Mound: Recent Work at Silbury Hill
7:30 pm, Tuesday, 11 March, 2008
A lecture by Jim Leary, English Heritage.
The 2007 Silbury Hill Conservation Project was perhaps the last opportunity for our generation to take a new look at this enigmatic monument.
Jim will consider how retracing Richard Atkinson’s 1968 tunnel into the heart of the hill and using an intensive programme of recording and sampling has provided detail about the construction and use of Silbury Hill. He will also consider the relationship between the practical logistics of building the mound (where did the builders eat and sleep for example) and the ritual/ceremonial function. The construction of Silbury Hill was an enormous enterprise, consuming vast amounts of resources and labour. And yet Silbury Hill provides little evidence for the builders themselves – the construction appears a ‘clinical’ process.
FREE for Museum members, £2 to non members
http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/events/
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