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The Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society

Since 1863

For everyone interested in Yorkshire's past

Prehistory Section YAHS - CANCELLED

  • Event Start Date: 28/03/2020 11:00 - 12:30

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO GOVERNMENT ADVICE REGARDING COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS)

 

11am - Members morning - Members and non-members welcome

Prehistory Research Section members will share some of their own research, presenting two aspects of studying Yorkshire moorland landscapes.

  • Geoffrey Barnes: A serpent, a swastika and the Sun.
    • ​Will examine the Swastika Stone on Rombalds Moor, looking at representational elements of it's carving, and applying an archaeoastronomical investigation approach.
  • ​Keith Boughey: Pots of Confusion: Early Bronze Age Burials on Baildon Moor.
    • ​The Prehistory Section has given a grant for radiocarbon and isotope analysis to support this research of burial assemblages on Baildon Moor.

Meet at Room 110, Swarthmore Education Centre, 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, LS3 1AD.