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Annual Programme 2007 

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PROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR 2007

 (Meetings on Thursday Evenings at 7.30 pm at
Boston Spa Comprehensive School unless otherwise stated.)
 

25 Jan

Steve Sherlock: ‘A salty tale’ - Excavations at Streethouse, a multi-period site on the Yorkshire Coast.
 

Sun 28 Jan

Grimston Park: guided walk (10 am)
 

Sun 11 Feb

DMV Surveying Session at Grimston Park (10 am)
 

22 Feb

Barry Wright: Archaeobotany: What have we learnt so far?
 

Sun 11 Mar 

Archaeobotanical Survey: Hedge structure & ground flora
(10 am Leys Lane)
 

29 Mar 

 Malcolm Barnes: Archaeological Mystery Tour.
 

26 April

Above Ground Archaeology 1 (Presentations: Stephanie on Churches & Chapels; Barry on The Holloway; Mark on The Bridge; Derek on Bridge Farm)
 

17 May 

 Archaeobotany: Guided walk with Barry (linked to Feb talk)
7.30 pm Leys Lane
 

31 May

Boston Spa: guided walk from AGA 1 talks (led by Malcolm, Stephanie, Barry, Mark, Derek)
Meet outside St Mary’s Church at 7.15 for 7.30 pm.
 

28 June

 Harewood Castle: guided visit with Ed Dennison
 

26 July 

 Stones of York – a guided walk with Stuart Ogilvy (York Museum)
 

Sun 19 Aug

Annual Re-enactment BBQ (Experiments with fire, stone & clay)
3 pm onward in the Treasurer's garden
 

6 Sept

Annual General Meeting and review
 

27 Sept

Martin Lunn (York Museum): Astronomy and Archaeology
 

25 Oct

Above Ground Archaeology 2  (Presentations by Mark on The Royal; Julie on Doors & Windows; Liz on Clifford History Trail; Mike B on Grimston Park)
 

29 Nov 

Louise Ford (ASWYAS): Magnesian Limestone Project
 

13 Dec

Christmas Social (Boston Spa Scout Hall) Food, drink, film & quiz.
 

Plus:

 

:Informal IT Archaeology sessions to learn about IT technology and Website Archaeology - available monthly at Train-IT centre, Garforth

Practical work:

Jan, Feb, Mar: Continue reports, website, database, mapping, flint drawing, AGA work.

Feb, Mar: Grimston Park surveys.

Mar: Archaeobotanical surveys

May, June: Resumption of Wray Wood earthwork dig?

Aug- (depending on stubble time): resumption of prehistoric pit-alignment dig?

Late Sept/Oct: fieldwalking?

Nov: post-ex and finds processing.