Programme 2026: Key events
Prehistory Research Section events:
2026
December
PRS Christmas Meeting and talk
Date: Saturday 5th December. 11am with tea/coffee available from 10.45am
Venue: St George’s Centre, 60 Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3DL
Talk by Dr Peter Halkon:
From elephants to chariots: exploring the changing prehistoric landscape of the Foulness Valley, East Yorkshire.
This talk explores the archaeology and evolving landscape of the southwestern Yorkshire Wolds and easternmost Vale of York from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age. Dominated by the River Foulness, whose shifting outfall once fed a tidal inlet of the Humber estuary, this region has produced an exceptional prehistoric record. Fieldwork since 1980 has revealed everything from the bones of straighttusked elephants to one of Britain’s most significant Iron Age iron industries, closely associated with the Arras Culture and its chariot burials. Other major discoveries include the Hasholme logboat, now housed in the Hull and East Riding Museum.
Dr Peter Halkon FSA grew up on a farm at Hasholme and has an intimate, lifelong knowledge of this landscape. Formerly Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Hull, he is an Emeritus Fellow at Hull, Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, and Chair of the East Riding Archaeological Society.
Possible Archaeological Events for Your Diary:
Guest Lectures (open to all)
Bradford University: School Archaeological and Forensic Science guest lectures series.
Lectures start at 5.30pm - search SAFS guest lecture series on Ticketsource
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Above programme updated 15/10/26