The Ulster Archaeological Society

Lectures

Lectures are usually held in the Main Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast 7. Unless otherwise published lectures start at 8pm prompt.

Admission is free and all are welcome.


2012


DATE LECTURERTITLE
Jan 30 AGM 2012Review of fieldtrips and fieldwork in 2011.
Feb 27 Dr. Emily Murray
(CAF, QUB)
Excavations at a newly discovered 16 -17th century fort at Ballycarry, Co Antrim.
March 12 Barrie HartwellArtefact workshop.
March 26 Dr. Ian Meighan
(Dept Geology, TCD)
Quartz from the south, granite from the north: The geoarchaeology of Newgrange.
April 23 Prof. Martin Carver
(Prof Emeritus, Univ York)
Oliver Davies Lecture: The business of archaeology: its product, clientele and social utility in the age of micro-digging.
May 28 Dr. Colm Donnelly
(CAF, QUB)
From Crossan to the Acre: a transatlantic archaeological programme in Massachusetts and Tyrone.
Sep 24 Prof. Audrey Horning
(QUB)
A tale of five sites: Deciphering the archaeological histories of Goodlands, Co Antrim from the Neolithic to the 18th century.
Oct 18 Annual DinnerAnnual Dinner
Oct 29 Roisin O'Reilly,
(Independent Archaeologist)
The archaeology of witchcraft and superstition in Ireland.
Nov 19 Prof. Brian Williams
(NIEA)
The economic and social value of the historic environment in Northern Ireland.
Nov 12 Dr. Barrie HartwellArtefact Workshop.
Dec 10 Dr. Robert Chapple
NAC
Oakgrove: A unique Middle Bronze Age cemetery at Oakgrove, Co. Londonderry.
Jan 28 AGM 2013Review of fieldtrips and fieldwork in 2012.


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