Events and Activities
Lecture
Beyond Symbols of Power: Life in Middle Neolithic grave goods in Eastern Yorkshire
Joint annual lecture with YAHS (in person event)
Dr Jake Rowland, Southampton University
This lecture presents new evidence that challenges many of the previously held assumptions about Neolithic grave assemblages and places them within their broader context in Middle Neolithic Britain.
Lecture
Living amongst and with trees at Star Carr
Annual joint lecture with the Leicester Fieldworkers (in person event)
Dr Barry Taylor (University of Chester)
The excavations at Star Carr have transformed our understanding of the hunter-gatherer communities who inhabited Britain during the opening centuries of the Mesolithic.
Lecture
‘Rewilding’ later prehistory: Archaeological wildlife and its role in contemporary nature recovery
Joint annual lecture with Cambridge Antiquarian Society (in person event)
Dr Anwen Cooper (Oxford Archaeology)
This talk will present initial findings from the UKRI-funded ‘Rewilding’ later prehistory project – a collaboration between Oxford Archaeology, the Universities of Oxford, Exeter and York, Centre for Ancient Genomics, Toulouse, Historic England and Knepp Castle Estate.
Lecture
Reviewing the evidence from Arminghall Timber Circle/ Henge and Warham Camp Iron Age Fort: anchor monuments for the stewardship of prehistoric landscapes.
Joint annual lecture with NNAS (online & in person)
Dr Andy Hutcheson (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures)
The Later Prehistoric Norfolk Project is exploring ancient landscapes, including those around Arminghall Timber Circle and Henge and Warham Camp Iron Age Fort. Both are monuments that provide a point in time for subsequent developments within their nearby landscapes and both seem to have been foci.
News and social media
New Prehistoric Society website launched!
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society collections
The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society is our flagship publication – an international academic journal that has been published since 1935.