Festival of Archaeology Talks ~ Sunday 27 July

Sunday 27 July

10.30 – 11.30

Professor Tom Beaumont James MBE PhD FSA

‘Medieval Clarendon Palace: archaeology, New Sarum and The Salisbury and British Museums’.

Clarendon Palace was an increasingly important focus of medieval royal itineraries, with Westminster and Woodstock (Blenheim), from William the Conqueror to the Tudor age. It predates New Sarum which was established at the gates of Clarendon Park, the largest deer park in western Europe. The palace buildings were abandoned but the park, still intact today, survived until 1665. Important displays at Salisbury Museum and in the Medieval Europe Room at the British Museum (Room 40) lift corners of the veil on this internationally significant local treasure.

 

Sunday 27 July

 12.00 – 13.00

Phil Harding in conversation with Owain Hughes

Wessex Archaeology’s Phil Harding will be chatting with festival organiser Owain Hughes who will have a pocket full of questions, some from the audience. An opportunity to hear more about the fascinating work and life of archaeologist and great festival supporter, Phil Harding.

 

Sunday 27 July

 13.30 – 14.30

Jacqueline McKinley, Principal Osteoarchaeologist, Wessex Archaeology

An Audience with an Osteoarchaeologist

A well-known face on TV and media, throughout her career Jackie has been involved in general developments in osteology/burial archaeology including legal procedures, guidances on the excavation and post excavation treatment of mortuary deposits and interpretation of formation processes/mortuary rites

 

Sunday 27 July

 15.00 – 16.00

Leigh Chalmers, Heritage Inclusion Manager with Phil Harding, archaeologist

‘Digging for Erlestoke’

In 1963 a small-scale archaeological excavation took place on the site of HMP Erlestoke in Wiltshire when it was a different institution. During this dig items were found dating back to the Bronze Age, suggesting there was more to uncover.

Sixty years on from that dig, a group of prisoners and Wessex Archaeology specialists have been working together to discover more, setting out on a full archaeological excavation together with incredible results. Join Leigh Chalmers, Heritage Inclusion Manager and Dr Phil Harding, Archaeologist, from Wessex Archaeology to hear more about the project, the archaeology found and the impact taking part in the project has had on the men.