Lecture Programme:

Additional Event

Saturday, 29th October 2011 at 11am: Council Meeting at Claremont (open to all YAS members)
Neil Redfern (Team Leader, National Planning Dept, English Heritage) will speak on Thornborough Prehistoric Complex - an EH Briefing on Tarmac's Gravel Extraction Proposals'.

Tarmac have recently applied to NYCC to extract a further 2 million tons of gravel from a 25ha extension to their Nosterfield quarry over the period 2013-2017/8. Their application is available on the NYCC website using the search facility for application NY/2011/0242/ENV

Knowing Section members' interest in this important prehistoric site (the cover image for the 2003 YAS assessment of "The Archaeology of Yorkshire"), we trust you'll be able to come along to hear EH's response to the application and to discuss its views on how best to develop the landscape around the Thornborough Henge Complex, without jeopardising its remaining integrity.

Saturday, 26th November 2011 at 10.30am: at Claremont:
Quern Survey Group AGM, preceded by a talk by Dave Heslop:-
"Recent Quern Research in England & Turkey - Similarities & Differences"
All PRS members are welcome to attend and hear about past (& future) quern activities

Saturday, 26th November 2011 at 2.00pm: Xmas meeting at Claremont with:-
“The Earliest Humans in the Yorkshire Dales: Understanding the Archaeological Record”
Tom Lord, from the Winskill Farm Visitor Centre (which the Section visited in August 2008), will update us on recent developments in our understanding of Palaeolithic settlement in the Dales.

Tea Break: We’ll then have our customary tea and Xmas treats [NB for new members, if you have a particular festive weakness, you are welcome bring it along].

“New Light on Old Stones: Recent Work on Neolithic Stone Axes in Britain”
Prof Mark Edmonds: University of York: having jointly organised the 2007 York symposium on stone tool research and recently published the proceedings (“Stone Axe Studies III”) to critical acclaim, Mark will tell us about new developments on some of his current projects

Following these talks, our Editor will distribute our re-named Prehistoric Yorkshire, Vol No 49 to all paid-up members – do come along (and minimise our mailing cost).
There will also be a small bookstall at the meeting, of books donated by Alan King (and any books which members choose to bring along), with all proceeds going towards our Pacitto AP project.

Saturday, 3rd March 2012 at 2pm: AGM meeting: preceded by:-
“The Stanbury Hill Project”: Dr Keith Boughey & Louise Brown (Site Director of Archaeology) on recent fieldwork on Bingley Moor by the Stanbury Hill Community Archaeology Project.