PROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR 2008

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

31 Jan

Rod Mackay (East Riding Archaeology Society): Yorkshire Chariot Burials in a wider context.
 

28 Feb

Martin Lunn (York Museum): Astronomy and Archaeology.
 

27 Mar 

 Mike Bowers (BSDCAG): The Pyramids and the Nile.
 

Sun 6 April

AGA Walk: Clifford Village (Meet 9.30 am at the cross.)
 

24 April

Graham Derbyshire (TBS): Towton Battlefield.
 

29 May 

 Experimental Archaeology (Treasurer’s Garden).
 

26 June

Dave Weldrake (WYAS): A Guided Walk around some of the History & Archaeology of Barwick – (Meet at Barwick village maypole at 7.15pm.)
 

Sun 27 July 

 Experimental Archaeology and BBQ (Treasurer’s Garden).
 

4 Sept

Annual General Meeting and talk/slide show.
 

25 Sept

Vin Davis (Implement Petrology Group): How & Why Are Stones Chosen? Examples from Boston Spa excavations and elsewhere.
 

30 Oct

Above Ground Archaeology (AGA) & Archaeobotany Presentations by members.
 

27 Nov 

Shaun Richardson: The Archaeology of Viewing: Medieval Gardens to C20th Defences.
 

11 Dec

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

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