Events archive
See below for a list of past Prehistoric Society events.
Lecture
Recent discoveries of archaeological canoes in Aotearoa New Zealand: conservation, analysis of sailing technology and the implications for prehistoric voyaging in the Pacific.
Prof. Richard Flay, Dr Dilys Johns and Prof. Geoff Irwin (University of Auckland)
The recent discovery and conservation of the waterlogged remains of several canoes, including an early complex and carved sailing canoe of East Polynesian type, provides an opportunity to examine ancient sailing technology and to address the question of how islands like New Zealand were settled
Lecture
Panel discussion: Are Genes Deep History?
Partnered event as part of the Being Human Festival, Queen Mary University of London
Various
Panel discussion chaired by Mike Pitts (Archaeologist, editor and writer), involving:
- Dr Tom Booth (Crick Institute)
- Prof. Joanna Brück (UCD)
- Subhadra Das (writer, historian, curator and comedian)
- Dr Adam Rutherford (UCL)
- Prof. Chris Stringer (Natural History Museum)
Lecture
People and Places in Bronze Age Britain/Ireland
Joint Norwich and Norfolk Archaeological Society lecture
Dr Robert Johnston (Sheffield University)
This lecture will be a blended, online and in person, event: those who wish to attend should contact Publicity@nnas.info for the zoom link.
Lecture
Human-ecodynamics and the rise of monumentality in the Central Andes
PS Global Pasts lecture
Professor Ana Cecilia Mauricio (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Monumental architecture is worldwide associated with complex social organizations that have large populations, social stratification, development of agriculture, and religious systems.
Lecture
Early Humans in the English Channel Region: La Cotte de St Brelade, Boxgrove & other La Mancheland sites
Joint CAS lecture
Dr Matt Pope (UCL)
In this talk Dr Matt Pope will draw on the result of recent research in the Channel island, the northern French coast and Southern England to frame the early prehistory of ‘La Mancheland’.
Lecture
Hot stone technology at Bucklers Park, Crowthorne, Berkshire: The use and re-use of a persistent place during the Bronze and Iron Ages
Joint Welwyn Arch Soc lecture
Helen Chittock (AOC Archaeology) and Rob Masefield (RPS)
Further details and booking information for this lecture will be available shortly...
Lecture
Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Myths and realities of an iconic past
5th Annual Pitt Rivers Lecture, supported by the Prehistoric Society
Professor Sue Hamilton (Director of the Institute of Archaeology at UCL)
Professor Sue Hamilton explores how the Rapa Nui Landscapes of Construction Project, funded by The British Academy and AHRC, has considered the issues of heritage, tourism and sustainability on the remote Pacific island.
Lecture
Genetic change and relatedness in Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain
The 21st Sara Champion Memorial Lecture
Dr Tom Booth (Crick Institute)
Times and further details for this lecture will be available shortly...
Lecture
Great Zimbabwe in popular imagination: revelations through the years
Prehistoric Society Global Pasts lecture
Prof. Shadreck Chirikure (University of Cape Town and University of Oxford)
Prof. Shadreck Chirikure explores Great Zimbabwe, one of the most prominent and internationally renowned archaeological sites and landscapes in Africa.
Lecture
Bog Bodies: face-to-face with the past
Joint Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society lecture
Dr Melanie Giles (Manchester University)
Dr Melanie Giles encourages us to revisit the iconic phenomenon of bog bodies, through the story of Manchester Museum’s ‘bog head’ from Astley Moss, Worsley.