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SUMMARY:Stonehenge: exploring the mystery
DESCRIPTION:MITFORD LECTURE\, PROFESSOR MIKE PARKER PEARSON \nIn the last two decades research on Stonehenge has revolutionised our understanding of this iconic stone circle and its builders. Archaeological excavations and a remarkable range of scientific methods have cast light on many new aspects of when\, how and why Stonehenge was built. With some of Stonehenge’s stones now known to have been brought hundreds of miles from west Wales and even northern Scotland\, it is becoming apparent that the monument’s purpose may have been connected with the forging of long-distance links across Britain. \nLecture starts at 6:30pm. \nDoors open for drinks and light refreshments 5:45pm. \nBuy or renew your £10 membership for the whole year. \nOr £5 for the lecture only. \nStudents free.
URL:https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/stonehenge-exploring-the-mystery/
LOCATION:Lower Parliament Hall\, 66 South Street\, St Andrews\, Fife\, KY16 9QW\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Prehistory of Kilmartin Glen
DESCRIPTION:DR SHARON WEBB\, FORMER CURATOR KILMARTIN HOUSE MUSEUM \nFrom a Neolithic cursus monument to hundreds of rock art sites\, a linear cairn cemetery\, and figurative art\, the extraordinary range of archaeological sites and monuments found in and around Kilmartin Glen is recognised as an internationally important archaeological landscape. \nThis talk will focus on the Neolithic\, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age archaeology\, when communities living in and around Kilmartin Glen were developing a ritual and funerary centre.  Sharon will discuss the latest finds and evidence including the Duncraigaig deer carvings and rock art excavations at Carnassarie Farm.
URL:https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/the-prehistory-of-kilmartin-glen/
LOCATION:School 1\, St Salvators Quadrangle\, St Andrews\, Fife\, KY16 9AL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Uncovering Roman Carlisle
DESCRIPTION:ANNA GIECCO and NICK HENDERSON \nDig directors Anna Giecco and Nick Henderson will bring us up to date with the latest findings from Roman Carlisle. Their long-running excavations have already uncovered evidence of a possible mansio – a  substantial and well-equipped building provided by the government for the use of travelling officials\, the most luxurious of which contain bath houses\, painted wall plaster and hypocaust systems. New discoveries this year include a timber temple which was glazed and plastered\, and an intriguing glimpse of possible river frontage activity with finds including large quantities of amphorae and a small stone anchor.
URL:https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/uncovering-roman-carlisle/
LOCATION:School 1\, St Salvators Quadrangle\, St Andrews\, Fife\, KY16 9AL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270211T180000
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SUMMARY:The Assault on Burnswark Hill: a conflict re-imagined
DESCRIPTION:JOHN REID\, THE TRIMONTIUM TRUST \nAdvances in digital technology are opening up ever-more realistic ways to depict archaeological sites and events from the past. This talk describes how landscape archaeology and excavated evidence have been used to create a detailed and dramatic model of a Roman attack on a hillfort in Dumfriesshire. This technique has then been used to create a fully immersive experience at Trimontium Museum in Melrose\, where visitors can encounter something of the ferocity of a Roman assault.
URL:https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/the-assault-on-burnswark-hill-a-conflict-re-imagined/
LOCATION:School 1\, St Salvators Quadrangle\, St Andrews\, Fife\, KY16 9AL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Medieval Mongolian Empires before Genghis Khan:  What did urbanism in the steppe look like?
DESCRIPTION:DR JOSHUA WRIGHT\, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN \nMany superlatives have been heaped on the Mongol Empire (1206-1368 CE)\, built by Genghis Khan and his family.  Its impact can be seen in every corner of Eurasia in the records of warfare\, administration\, production\, demographic impact\, self-identity\, myth making\, and occasionally in archaeology. \nThis empire did not emerge fully formed from the grasslands and forests of Mongolia. The earlier Kitan (Liao) empire (916–1125 CE) provided many foundations for the Mongol state.  The archaeology of the Kitan world includes graves\, nomadic camps and pottery\, but also cities\, great walls\, political landscapes\, long range exchange\, elaborate tombs\, frontiers\, and food revolutions. \nThis talk will introduce you to an unexpected archaeology of Eurasia and the intriguing possibilities it offers\, as well as the challenges of archaeology in the Eurasian steppe. You will be invited to consider what urban experience is\, multiculturalism and identity in the archaeological record\, how archaeologists draw sweeping interpretations from fragmented data.  We will cover sites and landscapes in Northeast China\, Mongolia\, and Siberia.
URL:https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/medieval-mongolian-empires-before-genghis-khan-what-did-urbanism-in-the-steppe-look-like/
LOCATION:Fife
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SUMMARY:Dig Where You Stand - recent excavations at Govan Old
DESCRIPTION:PROFESSOR STEVE DRISCOLL\, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW \nIn this talk\, Professor Steve Driscoll presents the results and rewards of a collaborative project with the local community to explore the early medieval origins of Govan Old and how documenting the gravestones in the churchyard is revealing its post-medieval early industrial history. He will also discuss the wider context of archaeology as a mechanism for urban regeneration.
URL:https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/dig-where-you-stand-recent-excavations-at-govan-old/
LOCATION:School 1\, St Salvators Quadrangle\, St Andrews\, Fife\, KY16 9AL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:New Light on Scotland's Best Preserved City Walls: Stirling
DESCRIPTION:DR MURRAY COOK\, STIRLING COUNCIL ARCHAEOLOGIST \nFamously Stirling has always had Scotland’s best preserved city walls\, but their nature and character has been coloured by the last siege of Stirling in January 1746 against the Jacobites. At this point the walls had collapsed\, and the absence of a northern circuit allowed them to be dismissed as a panicky response to the aftermath of the Battle of Pinkie in 1547. New research by Dr Murray Cook and Dominic Farrugia demonstrates that the walls were built earlier to cutting edge Italian renaissance design and are of international significance.
URL:https://archsoc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/new-light-on-scotlands-best-preserved-city-walls-stirling/
LOCATION:School 1\, St Salvators Quadrangle\, St Andrews\, Fife\, KY16 9AL\, United Kingdom
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