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FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE: Recent Archaeological Research in the Channel Islands and nearby France Building on the very successful Channel Islands Medieval History Conference of 2016, this exciting event hosted by the Société Jersiaise Archaeology Section showcases the very best and up-to-date archaeological research into our Islands, and nearby parts of France. Our range of expert speakers are drawn from archaeologists working in Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney, with selected academics from both French and English Universities. e conference will take place in the Members Room at the Société Jersiaise, 7 Pier Road, St Helier, Jersey, on the 6th to 9th September 2018. Look out for updates on Twitter: @Soc_Jersiaise & Facebook: @SocieteJersiaise

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FORTHC OMING C ONFERENCE:

Re cent Archae ologic alRes earch in the C hannel Is lands

and nearby France

Building on the very successful Channel Islands Medieval History Conference of 2016, this exciting event hosted by the Société

Jersiaise Archaeology Section showcases the very best and up-to-date archaeological research into our Islands, and nearby parts of France.

Our range of expert speakers are drawn from archaeologists working in Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney, with selected academics from both

French and English Universities.

The conference will take place in the Members Room at the Société Jersiaise, 7 Pier Road, St Helier, Jersey,

on the 6th to 9th September 2018.

Look out for updates on Twitter: @Soc_Jersiaise & Facebook: @SocieteJersiaise

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Re cent Archae ologic al Res earch in theC hannel Is lands and nearby France

Conference hosted by La Société Jersiaise - 6th-9th September 2018

All lectures to take place at the Société Jersiaise, 7 Pier Road, St Helier, Jersey

Thursday 6th September

Vin D’Honneur (Wine Reception)

A reception for delegates will be held at the Société Jersiaise’s headquarters building in St Helier, from 18.30-19.30. It will include a presentation by Roger Hills of Jersey Heritage, on the new Historic Environment Record for Jersey.

Day 1, Friday 7th September

Morning Session

9.00-9.40 Dr John Renouf, Société Jersiaise: Landforms past and present of the Normanno-Breton Gulf including the Channel Islands: Tectonic, climatic and sea-level processes in relation to archaeological and historical habitation/occupation of the landscapes.

9.45-10.25 Dr Andrew Shaw, University of Southampton: New discoveries in the La Cotte de St Brelade Palaeolithic collections

10.30-11.10 Dr Andrew Shaw: The Middle and Upper Palaeolithic deposits at Petit Portelet, St Martin

11.10-11.25 - Break

11.25-12.05 Dr Chantal Conneller, University of Newcastle: Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic activity in the Channel Islands, with specific reference to Jersey

12.10 -12.50 Dr Lesley McFadyen, Birkbeck College, University of London: Under the Sand: Lost Landscapes of Neolithic Life on Jersey.

12.50 -14.00 - Lunch

Afternoon Session

14.00 -15.45 Nick & Phil Aubin, Société Jersiaise: Joint Lecture: Locating the lost Neolithic passage graves of Jersey and their distribution. The possible symbolic significance of stone shape in the chamber construction of Channel Island passage graves.

15.50 -16.10 – Break

16.10 -16.50 Bob Tompkins, Société Jersiaise: Pursuing Puzzle Stones: Mapping prehistoric boundary stones in the intertidal zone of South-East Jersey

16.50 -17.10 – Discussion

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Day 2, Saturday 8th September

Morning Session

9.00 -9.40 Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe, University of Oxford: Sark: remoteness and connectivity

9.45 -10.25 Dr Emma Durham, University of Reading: Prehistoric pottery from excavations on Sark

10.30 -11.10 Robert Waterhouse, Société Jersiaise Field Archaeologist: Later prehistoric field systems & settlement patterns in Jersey

11.10 -11.30 – Break

11.30 -12.10 Dr Marie-Yvane Daire, University of Rennes: The Iron Age settlements of l’Ile de Hoëdic, Brittany

12.15 -12.55 Dr Philip de Jersey, States of Guernsey Archaeologist: New research into the Iron Age in the Channel Islands.

12.55 -13.50 - Lunch

Afternoon Session

13.50 -14.30 Neil Mahrer, Jersey Heritage: Results of initial research on the Le Catillon II Iron Age Hoard.

14.35 -15.15 Robert Waterhouse, Société Jersiaise Field Archaeologist: Later Iron Age & Gallo-Roman settlement evidence in Jersey.

15.15 -15.55 Tanya Walls, States of Guernsey Assistant Archaeologist: Gallo-Roman settlement evidence from Guernsey and Alderney

16.00 -16.40 Dr Jason Monaghan, Director of Guernsey Museums: The Late Roman small fort at the Nunnery, Alderney

16.40pm-17.00pm – Discussion

Day 3, Sunday 9th September

Morning Session

9.00 -9.40 Ken Rive, President of the Jersey Metal Detecting Society: Recording Metal Detected Finds in Jersey.

9.45 -10.25 Dr Heather Sebire, English Heritage: ‘Meet the Ancestors’ re-visited: Two decades of excavation at Lihou Priory, Guernsey

10.30 -11.20 Robert Waterhouse, Société Jersiaise Field Archaeologist: Romanesque churches of the 10th to 12th centuries in Jersey

11.20 -11.40 – Break

11.40 -12.40 Stéphanie Dervin, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, & Anne Bocquet-Lienard, CNRS, CRAHAM: Joint Lecture: The development of Medieval and Post-Medieval Ceramics in Normandy

12.40 -13.40 – Lunch

Afternoon Session

13.40 -14.20 Rosalind Le Quesne, Société Jersiaise Assistant Archaeologist: Osteological research into medieval and post-medieval cemetery populations in Jersey

14.25 -14.40 Robert Waterhouse, Société Jersiaise Field Archaeologist: Excavations beneath the 13th to 17th century First Gate at Mont Orgueil Castle

14.45 -15.25 Jane Aubin, Société Jersiaise: A field survey of Jersey’s post-medieval pigsties

15.25 -15.45 – Break

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15.45 -16.15 – Discussion

16.20 -16.40 General question & answer session, with lecturers from all three days.

Day 4, Monday 10th September

Field Visits On Monday 10th September, a coach will arrive to collect individuals who have pre-booked a place for the tour. There is a maximum limit of 35 people and placement will be given on a first come, first served basis. The cost for the Field Trip is £10 per person and includes lunch.

There are two tours for this trip:

Tour 1 is a tour of prehistoric sites

Tour 2 is a tour of Gallo-Roman modern sites.

The day will begin at Société Jersiaise HQ at 9.00, return to SJ at approximately 17.00.

Please contact the Office to book your place for the Field Trip on [email protected] or telephone 758314, bookings close on Friday 31st August.

7 Pier Road, St Helier, JE2 4XWTel: 01534 758314 Email: [email protected]

Website: www.societe-jersiaise.org

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