South Yorkshire Archaeology Day 2008

Due to the fantastic response this year, tickets for the Archaeology Day have now sold out.  Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Our annual Archaeology Day provides a unique opportunity for you to hear about recent projects from the archaeologists who undertook the work. This year's event will take place on Saturday 15th November at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield.

 

Pre-booking for this event is essential. Tickets will not be available on the door.

 

For enquiries regarding bookings please telephone 0114 2734223.

 

 

10.00 - 10.30 Chris Scurfield, CS Archaeology

Recording at Penistone Grammar School Annexe - The Former Union Workhouse

 

10.30 - 11.00 David Hunter, Under Construction Archaeology

“Tapping” into Rotherham’s Past: recent excavations at Guest and Chrimes

 

11.00 - 11.20 Tea and coffee

 

11.20 - 12.15 Richard O’Neill, ARCUS and Diana Swales, University of Sheffield

Death in South Yorkshire: recent excavations of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Adwick Le Street and post-medieval cemeteries in Sheffield

 

12.15 - 12.20 Questions

 

12.20 - 12.30 Dinah Saich, South Yorkshire Archaeology Service

The South Yorkshire Historic Environment Characterisation (HEC) website – official launch

 

12.30 - 2.00 Lunch

 

2.00 - 2.30 Graham Hague, South Yorkshire Industrial History Society

The Fall of the Tinsley Towers: Electricity Generation in Sheffield

 

2.30 - 3.00 Richard Jackson, ARCUS

A furnace for every day of the week: excavations at Titanic Works and Hoyle Street, Sheffield

 

3.00 - 3.20 Tea and coffee

 

3.20 - 3.50 Jane Richardson, Archaeological Services WYAS

Re-assessing the Roman and Medieval material from excavations at Church Way, Doncaster

 

3.50 - 4.20 Anne Finney, MAP Archaeological Consultancy

“Well, wood you believe it?” A Romano-British Landscape at Finningley

 

4.20 - 4.30 Questions and disperse.

 

To join the Archaeology Day mailing list and receive a booking form through the post please email syorks.archservice@sheffield.gov.uk, or write to us at: South Yorkshire Archaeology Service,  Development Services, Howden House, 1 Union Street, Sheffield, S1 2SH