Recorded lectures
AGM and The Lamp of Knowledge: the Symbol of the Society of Antiquaries
The AGM will begin at 16.45 followed by our President, Nathalie Cohen's lecture at 17.00.
Maritime Academy, Frindsbury: Early Neanderthal archaeology preserved in a chalk landscape capture point
The earliest appearance of Neanderthals in Europe is associated with fundamental changes in how humans behaved and adapted to their environments.
A small town on Hadrian's Wall? - the extramural settlement and bathhouse at Birdoswald
In the 1990s, geophysical surveys on the extramural areas of Hadrian's Wall forts demonstrated that they were more extensive than formerly believed, however very little excavation has taken pl
Life on the lake: The prehistory and history of Skipsea, Holderness
The flat landscape of Holderness, East Yorkshire, was once dotted with freshwater lakes and pools.
Patches of the endless forest: landscape, monuments and remote perception in the early Neolithic of southern England
Ever since antiquarians first began to record their observations about long barrows, it has been almost universally agreed that these monuments were deliberately sited both to be seen from afar and
Two famous archaeologists excavate a henge in the 1930s: King Arthur's Round Table then, and its interpretation today
In 1937, the philosopher Robin Collingwood excavated a henge monument in Cumbria and identified the postholes of a series of timber buildings which he compared with those at other sites.
Cathcart Castle reconsidered
Brian Kerr will look at some of the key elements in the development of Cathcart Castle, a tower house on the south side of Glasgow, from its construction in 1450 through to its abandonment and partial demolition in c.1740.
Annual General Meeting and Royal Archaeological Institute Past: Women and the RAI
The AGM will begin at 16.45 followed by the President's lecture at 17.00 on 'Royal Archaeological Institute Past: Women and the RAI'.
Digging deeper: Initial results from the A428
Archaeological excavations conducted by MOLA ahead of The A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvement Scheme revealed evidence for Iron Age Pioneer Settlements in the Claylands of Bedfordshire and
Archaeology in a nature and climate crisis
We are all aware that we are in the midst of a global nature and climate crisis, and discussions of the urgency of responses, for nature recovery, for looking after the natural w