Conferences

Cambridge Antiquarian Society

Conferences

CAS Conferences

In accordance with our aim to provide access to local history, architecture and archaeology for local people, the CAS organises two Conferences each year open to all who wish to attend on payment of a small registration fee. The Autumn Conference and Exhibition generally focuses on recent archaeological work in Cambridgeshire and presents an unusual opportunity to discuss local archaeology with the archaeologists. The Spring Conference features speakers on a with interests broadly related to a specific topic; past themes have included Roman Cambridgeshire and 2000 Years of Fen and Upland: the Creation of the Cambridgeshire Landscape.

Summaries of the Spring 2005 conference presentations are available here as a pdf file

We regret that there are as yet no summaries of the Spring 2006 and Spring 2007 Conferences.

Programme for 2007--2008

 

Saturday 24 November 2007: Autumn Conference
Recent Archaeological work in Cambridgeshire


Saturday 8 March 2008: Spring Conference
Not Just Old Bones! -- the archaeology of past lives

Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ (site map here).
£ 10.00 (excluding lunch) for non-members
£ 8.50 (excluding lunch) for CAS members
£ 5.00 pre-booked sandwich lunch

  Programme
10:00-10:30 Coffee & Registration
10:30 Welcome
10:35-11:00 Introduction to Techniques & Termonologies Dr Jen Heathcote, English Heritage Regional Scientific Advisor
11:00-11:45 Archaeology & the Crime Scene Prof John Hunter, University of Birmingham
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-12:45 Diet, Disease & Demography Dr Elizabeth Popescu, Cam Arc Cambridge
12:45-2:15 Lunch
2:15-2:50 Enlivened by Science: The Amesbury Archer & the Men of Stonehenge Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick, Wessex Archaeology
2:50-3:30 Reconstructing an Etruscan Noblewoman Dr Judith Swaddling, British Museum
3:30-4:00 Afternoon Tea
4:00-4:30 The Hidden Faces of Overlord: Analysis of D-Day from Reconnaissance Imagery Chris Going, Geoinformation Historic Ltd, Cambridge
4:30-4:35 Close

Full details of the Conference, and a boooking form, are available here (<http://www.camantsoc.org/spring08.pdf>). If you plan to attend, please print out the booking form and return it before Monday 3rd March 2007. Stop press! Bookings will be accepted until Friday 7th March (pay on the door), though lunches must be booked by Wednesday 5th.


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