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PUBLIC LECTURE Archaeology at Canterbury Cathedral by Nathalie Cohen FSA Canterbury Cathedral is currently the site of a major conservation project, the Canterbury Journey – a five-year long project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.  This project comprises repairs to the exterior fabric of the Nave and West Towers, wide-ranging landscaping and infrastructure works, the […]

ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS LECTURE The Hypogée des Dunes, Poitiers:  Faith and Science in Nineteenth-Century France by Professor Bonnie Effros   The late nineteenth century saw the growth of a sizeable chasm between the faith-based work of clerical scholars and the proponents of professional archaeological circles. The career of the Belgian Jesuit Camille de la Croix […]

ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS LECTURE Anatomy of a Lithic Scatter: The contribution of the Grieve Collection to understanding of the site at Nethermills, Banchory, Aberdeenshire. Lecture by Caroline Wickham-Jones FSA The archaeological site of Nethermills extends for some 2km along the north bank of the River Dee to the east of Banchory in Aberdeenshire. Lithics […]

PUBLIC LECTURE Magnificence: Princely splendour and princely power in the middle ages by Richard Barber FSA Princely magnificence, the physical manifestation of power and wealth, was an essential element of the mystique of the ruler in the middle ages. This paper looks at the medieval concept of magnificence, reinterpreted from Aristotle in the thirteenth century. It […]