Postgraduate Prehistory Reading Group

You are warmly invited to join the Postgraduate Prehistory Reading Group — an informal, interdisciplinary forum for discussing all aspects of global prehistory.

You are warmly invited to join the Postgraduate Prehistory Reading Group - an informal, interdisciplinary forum for discussing all aspects of global prehistory.

Our meetings have a friendly and active format where initial group discussion of the month's reading is followed by a short online Q&A with the author. Whether you join us as a 'Hunter-Gatherer' on a particular topic, attend more regularly as a 'Pastoralist' or become a dedicated 'Agriculturalist (suggesting articles, inviting scholars and leading the meetings) you are most welcome!

Meeting times and dates

Monthly meetings are held online via Zoom on Wednesdays 6pm-7.30pm, unless otherwise stated. Dates are confirmed closer to the time, as they depend on the availability of our guests.

Please contact Emma Bentley (e.v.bentley@sms.ed.ac.uk) or Kirsty Lilley (klilley2@ed.ac.uk) to be added to the mailing list for readings and meeting links. You can also follow our topics and guests on Twitter/X @UoEPrehistoryRG

Semester 1 2024/25

Date	Topic	Reading	Guest(s)
Wed 27 Nov	'Anthropomorphic sword pommels & gender challenges'	Ellis-Haken and Lamb. 2024. An Iron Age anthropoid sword pommel and guard from Belton, North Lincolnshire: A potential depiction of a bearded or female figure on a La Tène weapon. Études Celtiques 49, 9-30 https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/iron-age-anthropoid-sword-pommel-guard-belton/docview/3104153054/se-2	Dr. Rebecca Ellis-Haken (York) Dr. Andrew Lamb (Leicester)

Date

Topic

Reading

Guest(s)

Wed 27 Nov

'Anthropomorphic sword pommels & gender challenges'

Ellis-Haken and Lamb. 2024. An Iron Age anthropoid sword pommel and guard from Belton, North Lincolnshire: A potential depiction of a bearded or female figure on a La Tène weapon. Études Celtiques 49, 9-30 https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/iron-age-anthropoid-sword-pommel-guard-belton/docview/3104153054/se-2

Dr. Rebecca Ellis-Haken (York)

Dr. Andrew Lamb (Leicester)

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This article was published on 2024-08-01