Full 2013-14 programme - coming soon! Unless otherwise stated, meetings will be held on Tuesdays at 5.30pm in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, School of History, Classics and Archaeology)Semester 1-2, 2013-2014DateTopicSpeaker(s)Notes1 Oct 2013Towards an inclusive narrative: Roman material in the Later Irish Iron AgeJacqueline Cahill Wilson (Discovery Programme) 5 Nov 2013Drink, Drink, DrinkJody Joy (British Museum) – cauldrons, Johnny Horn (Edinburgh University) – tankards 3 Dec 2013Reconsidering the human colonisation of the Faroe IslandsMike Church (Durham University) 14 Jan 2014Atlas of Hillforts ProjectIan Ralston et al 4 Feb 2014Turf architecture in the North Atlantic region in the 1st millennium AD: construction methods, archaeological analyses and interpretationKaren Milek (Aberdeen University) *11 March 2014A Pictish phantasmagoria. (Joint meeting in Glasgow with the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies)Martin Cook (AOC) – recent work on Pictish barrows, Gordon Noble (Aberdeen University) – an update on RhynieVenue: Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies at 3 University Gardens, Glasgow1 April 2014When is a crannog not a crannog? Excavations at the Black Loch of Myrton, Wigtonshire: Scotland’s first loch villageAnne Crone and Graeme Cavers (AOC)Venue: Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower6 May 2014Broxmouth and other hillfortsNiall Sharples (Cardiff University) 24 June 2014DAY SEMINAR:Reconsidering the Archaeology of the Early Church 09.00 - 18.00 Meadows Lecture Theatre* University of Glasgow map for the meeting on 11 March 2014Previous events HTML FMS Events in 12/13 Date Title and speaker 2nd Oct. Tessa Poller Excavations -SERF hillfort programme: an interim view. Heather James -Castle Craig excavations: fort, broch and palisaded enclosure 6th Nov. Roman round-up Martin Cook: Camelon Geoff Bailey: Antonine Wall Dave Cowley: SW Scotland Paul Masser: Doune 4th Dec. Graeme Cavers, Andy Heald and John Barber: First Millennia Settlement Landscapes: recent investigations in Caithness 8th Jan. BOYD ORR, GLASGOW Alice Blackwell & Martin Goldberg: Early Medieval silver (TBC) 5th Feb. Unit round up Jennifer Proctor: Needles Eye enclosure, Berwick; Ross Murray: North Kessock Rob Engl: Beechwood 5th Mar. Elizabeth Schech & Martina Bertini - Glass Beads 2nd Apr. Early Medieval round up Ronan Toolis & Chris Bowles: The Galloway Picts Project: the excavation of Trusty's Hill Dave Sneddon: Glenshee excavations Gordon Noble: Rhynie 7th May. David Clarke -The contexts of sculptured stones 11th Jun. Day Seminar Meadows Theatre (TBC) Topic & Title to be confirmed FMS Events in 11/12DateTitle and speaker4th Oct.Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances1st Nov. 6th Dec.BOYD ORR, GLASGOW. Euan MacKie – Atlantic Iron Age pottery c.700 BC – AD 500: a brief overview. Iron Age Atlantic Scotland AND Orlene McIlfatrick – Looks aren’t everything: pottery manufacturing technology in Iron Age Atlantic Scotland10th Jan.Kate Anderson – The weapons and warfare of northern Britain7th Feb.Tanja Romankiewicz – Land, stone, trees, identity, ambition – what does it take to build a broch?6th Mar.Martin Carver – Pitcarmick in context3rd Apr.Dawn Gooney – Human Remains from the Knowe of Skea, Westray in the Orkney Islands1st May.AOC/CFA – Recent work at Inveresk5th Jun.Day seminar - details to be announcedFurther informationSeminar organisers: Dave Cowley, Fraser Hunter & Rod McCullaghFirst Millenia Group blog This article was published on 2024-08-01
