The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection: A Handbook is now live on the SGRP website: http://romanpotterystudy.org/nrfrc/base/index.php It has been a lengthy process, but hopefully it will be a valuable resource for a wide range of users. The website is essentially the published handbook, with Andy Chopping’s original fresh-break photos immeasurably enhanced as digital images, and a photomicrograph added for each
The making of the southern British landscape: a prehistorian’s view When: 6pm Wednesday 26th April Where: Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Old Sessions House, Canterbury Christchurch University FREE and open to ALL To be given by Professor Tim Champion, University of Southampton: When did the English landscape take on something like its current appearance? Details of field patterns and settlement organisation
Sussex Archaeology Symposium 2017Saturday 25th March King’s Church, Lewes The 2017 Sussex Archaeology Symposium is a round up of some of the latest archaeological investigations across Sussex. From a prehistoric enclosure and ancient tracks to a sunken WWI U-boat off the South Coast, via Roman settlements, villas and fields. We’ll also be hearing about heritage crime in Sussex and looking
The Library has received the latest online version of the Monumental Brass Society’s newsletter for February 2017 (134). If you are a member and would like a copy, please contact the librarian at librarian@kentarchaeology.org.uk. You will be sent a copy via email. The bulletins from June 2016 and October 2016 are also available.
One of the last Woodland Wildlife Hidden History events will be on Friday 17th February at The Meads Community Centre, Emerald Crescent, Sittingbourne, ME10 5JL. Doors opening 6.45pm for: 7.15 – “What is a henge anyway?” with Andrew Richardson (Canterbury Archaeological Trust) will talk about the discovery of the Meads Henge. 8.15 – “Our relationship with trees” Damian Goodburn (Time Team
The Kent Archaeological Field School courses for 2017 are listed below. Please go to the KAFS website for more details (www.kafs.co.uk): Field-walking and test Pitting at a Roman building at Sittingbourne: May 27th to May 29th: Members free Non-members £25 Investigation of a Roman building at Abbey Barns in Faversham: August 1st to August 20th: Members free Non-members £10 a day Training week
“The Oxford handbook of names and naming” recently arrived in the library. This volume will be kept in the locked cupboards so please see a librarian if you want to view it. Other recent arrivals include:
The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne have sent us their latest newsletter (December 2016) in digital form. If you would a copy of the News Bulletin, the formal notice for the January meeting, and the flyers for the Country Meetings in the summer, then please email the KAS Librarian at librarian@kentarchaeology.org, along with your membership number, and she
If you have an interest in the prehistoric history of the Kent landscape you may find these publications useful: Lost Landscapes of Palaeolithic Britain (Oxford Archaeology) This 2016 publication includes reference to the Medway Palaeolithic Survey and Cuxton. It sets a useful and informative agenda for future palaeolithic work. It is available free as a pdf download at: https://library.thehumanjourney.net/2795/ The Medway Valley
Elizabeth Golding Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Roydon of East Peckham and heiress of Roydon, married William Twysden of Chelmington and Wye in 1541, after which they made their home at Elizabeth’s father’s house, which William and Elizabeth then inherited. Elizabeth’s only surviving son Roger was born in 1542 and after his father’s death in 1549, Elizabeth re-married, staying on at