AGM and London Archaeological Forum
Mon 16 May
|Online AGM
As usual, the spring London Archaeological Forum will follow the short AGM on 16th May. We three great speakers for you: Sadie Watson on research from HS2 and Crossrail, Kevin Rielly on animal remains from Carrington Street, Alexis Haslam on a new young adult scheme for Dissecting the Dirt..
Time & Location
16 May 2022, 18:00
Online AGM
About the event
As usual, the spring London Archaeological Forum will follow the short AGM on 16th May. This year we have a great variety of topics and speakers for you:
Sadie Watson, who has supervised major excavations for MOLA for two decades, will discuss her current project that looks at how public spending on archaeology for major infrastructure projects like HS2 and Crossrail can lead to meaningful and relevant research as well as genuine community participation.
Kevin Rielly, specialist Archaeozoologist at Pre-Construct Archaeology, will be presenting details on two distinct and interesting groups of animal remains from Carrington Street in Mayfair, both from the 18th century – a dump of cattle skeletons potentially related to rinderpest pandemics and copious horse bones suggesting detritus from a nearby knackers yard.
Alexis Haslam, Community Archaeologist at Fulham Palace and YAC group leader there, will describe an innovative new ‘Dissecting the Dirt’ scheme for young adults…