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The Prehistoric Society Europa Conference 2019 Neolithic Connections: Britain, The Channel Islands and France
St Helier, Jersey, 14–16 June 2019 A conference celebrating the achievements of Dr Alison Sheridan, National Museums Scotland, in the field of European prehistory
Images: La Hougue Bie © Olga Finch; Axehead from near La Hougue Bie © Pierre Pétrequin THE The Prehistoric Society EUROPA Conference 2019 PREHISTORIC in honour of Dr Alison Sheridan Neolithic Connections SOCIETY St Helier, Jersey Since 1935 14–16 June 2019
Programme Pomme d’Or Hotel, St Helier, Jersey
Friday 14 June 2019
Join Jersey Heritage and the Prehistoric Society for a guided tour of some of Jersey’s spectacular archaeological sites. We will depart at 09:00 and return by 18:00; a picnic lunch will be provided. Sites on the tour include: Ville-ès-Nouaux, St Helier; La Sergenté, St Brelade; Les Monts Grantez & Le Pinacle, St Ouen; Le Couperon & La Pouquelaye de Faldouet, St Martin; and La Hougue Bie Grouville. Places are limited and charged separately.
Saturday 15 June 2019
08:45–09:25 Registration with tea & coffee
09:25–09:30 Welcome: Prof Clive Gamble
09:30–10:10 The Sleeping Giant: a celebration of Jersey’s Neolthic past and how we can build on inherited riches to realise future perspectives, Olga Finch, Jersey Heritage 10:10–10:50 Population Replacement in Early Neolithic Britain: results from Ancient DNA, Dr Tom Booth, Natural History Museum 10:50–11:00 Questions and discussion
11:00–11:30 Tea & coffee break
11:30–12:10 Sea-level change and maritime connectivity, Prof Fraser Sturt, University of Southampton 12:10–12:50 Under the Sand: lost landscapes of Neolithic life on Jersey, Dr Lesley McFadyen, Birbeck, University of London 12:50–13:00 Questions and discussion
13:00 –14:00 Lunch (provided)
14:00–14:40 Monuments and the Neolithic in Britain and northern France: connecting the divide, Prof Chris Scarre, Durham University; Dr Luc Laporte, Université de Rennes 14:40–15:20 Symmetry or asymmetry? Cross-Channel transfer during the Neolithic, Prof François Giligny, Université Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne 15:20–15:30 Questions and discussion
15:30–16.30 Tea & coffee break 16:00–16.30 Prehistoric Society AGM and presentation of the Baguley Award
16:30–17:30 Europa lecture. Neolithic movements and contacts across the Channel and along the western and eastern seaways of Britain: what we know and what we need to find out, Dr Alison Sheridan, National Museums Scotland
17:30–19:00 Evening wine reception sponsored by Jersey Heritage at the Jersey Museum & Art Gallery, Merchant’s House, The Weighbridge Sunday 16 June 2019
08:45–09:25 Registration
09:25–09:30 Welcome and introduction: Prof Clive Gamble
09:30–10:00 Keynote Lecture: Jersey before the Neolithic, Dr Chantal Conneller, Newcastle University
10:00–10:20 Meanwhile, across the Channel…the Neolithic of Cornwall and Devon, Dr Andy Jones, Cornwall Archaeological Unit
10:20–10:35 ‘No man is an Island’, Dr Donovan Hawley, Clifton Antiquarian Club
10:35–11:00 Tea & coffee break
11:00–11:25 The Early Neolithic in Britain and Ireland: investigating the ‘big picture’ through pottery, Dr Hélène Pioffet, UMR 6566 CREAAH, Université de Rennes
11:25–11:50 ‘The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’: warrior equipment and elite sacra across the Channel at the dawn of the Metal Ages (2500–1600 BC), Dr Clément Nicolas, UMR 8215 Trajectoires
11:50–12:00 Questions and discussion
This conference is proudly sponsored by Cambridge University Press
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