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Since 1863

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Programme 2025: Key events


Prehistory Research Section events:

2025

May - Saturday 17th May 2025 - Members' Morning. Talks at 11am - 12.30pm

Venue: Conservatory Room at St George’s Centre, 60 Great George Street, LEEDS, LS1 3DL https://stgeorgescentreleeds.org.uk/
Entrance through the gates to the left of St George's Church steps.

To help plan the room space, it will be helpful to know numbers attending the talks, please reply to info.prehist@yahs.org.uk

Simon Campbell-Skelling
‘Prehistory under siege: The threatened prehistoric landscape of North West Leeds’
Clayton Wood and its neighbour, tiny Iveson Wood, are relatively little known woodlands in North West Leeds. Not only are they important environmental sites but also contain rare urban survivals of Bronze Age and later prehistoric settlements and field systems. There are two known scheduled sites in the area but also suggestions of a wider prehistoric landscape extending far beyond the boundaries of the scheduled areas. Worryingly, both the scheduled sites and the wider area face significant threats from development and damage by the public. This talk will focus on what is known of the site, what evidence there is for wider prehistoric settlement and suggestions for further research.

Paula Ware
‘Small Sites with Exceptional Results: How commercial archaeology contributes to archaeological research’
The talk will illustrate with examples of sites throughout Yorkshire where archaeological excavation has contributed to our understanding and with collaboration with academic institutions provided results of regional, national and international significance. Many of the sites were originally not considered more than ‘standard rural sites’ but it is often the earlier deposits that provide the compelling evidence that leads us to reconsider many aspects of Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age societies. The advancement of scientific dating and DNA analysis provides us with tighter chronologies and insights into movement of populations.

Possible Archaeological Events for Your Diary:

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Guest Lectures (open to all) 

Bradford University: School Archaeological and Forensic Science guest lectures series.

Lectures start at 5.30pm in Richmond Building (room E59) and as a webinar.

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The majority of members now receive their notices and newsflashes electronically. If your contact details have changed, please let me know, so that our address list remains up-to-date. If you wish to change the way you receive your section information, please drop me a line - either by email, or by post: John Cruse, 26 Logan Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9AR

Above programme updated 22 April 2025

 

 

Leeds City Museum Talk 21/09 - NOW FULLY BOOKED

Who were Britain’s First Farmers? The Genetics of the British Neolithic - Dr Tom Booth of the Crick Institute

  • Posted On: 14 September 2019

Now fully booked - Leeds City Museum talk on The Genetics of the British Neolithic on the 21st September. Book via Eventbrite - click here

 

Saturday, 21st September 2019

2pm - Thoresby Room, Leeds City Museum

  • YAHS: Prehistory Research Section & The Prehistoric Society Joint Open Meeting
  • Dr Tom Booth of the Crick Institute: “Who were Britain’s First Farmers? The Genetics of the British Neolithic”

"Advances in techniques of extracting, sequencing and analysing DNA extracted from ancient human remains over the last 10 years have revolutionised our understanding of the demographic history of prehistoric Europe. These techniques have identified several major large-scale population changes, suggesting that ancient migrations had a significant influence on the demographic and cultural prehistory of Europe. A persistent point of contention in British archaeology is the extent to which the development of Neolithic farming practices in Britain around 4000 BC was driven by migrations of established farmers from continental Europe. Here I will discuss how recent studies of ancient human DNA contribute to the debate about the origins of British Neolithic, as well as the nature of the first farming societies in Britain and Yorkshire specifically."

  • This meeting is free and non-members are welcome.  
  • Please book your place for this event before 19th Sept, via Eventbrite - click here
  • NB: Free Refreshments will be available after the talk
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