UPDATE: WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2020. WE ARE PLANNING TO GO AHEAD AS USUAL
WITH THIS EAGERLY AWAITED CONFERENCE. _We are of course aware of
concerns about Coronavirus but the official government advice (and
English Heritage organisational advice) is to continue as normal with
events such as this. We very much hope to see you all in
Truro/Tintagel soon!_This is a two-day conference organised by English
Heritage at TRURO College, Cornwall, followed by a half-day field trip
to TINTAGEL CASTLE.
Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, is a site of international importance
thanks to the remarkable archaeological evidence for a citadel and
trading port in Late Antiquity. This conference will draw together the
results of a major four-year research project, which included the
first excavations since those by Glasgow University in the 1990s.
The conference papers will present results of the TINTAGEL CASTLE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT. Speakers will include archaeologists
from English Heritage, Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Historic England
and several universities.
We have kept the ticket price as low as possible: it includes the
conference fee and refreshments. There will be a social event on the
Thursday night (with a reasonable additional cost) if you'd like to
come.
Do make use of Visit TRURO, or any other website, to book your own
accommodation: https://www.visittruro.org.uk/truro-accommodation
[https://www.visittruro.org.uk/truro-accommodation]
We look forward to seeing you at the conference
Win Scutt and Nick Holder, English Heritage
PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2020
9.00 Coffee and Registration
9.30 Welcome and Introduction Win Scutt, TCARP Project
Manager & Properties Curator (West), English Heritage
9.45 Archaeological Investigations at TINTAGEL CASTLE
FROM THE 1930S TO THE PRESENT DAY: The TCARP project _ _Jacky
Nowakowski, TCARP Project Director __
10.45 Coffee
11.15 The Times of TINTAGEL ALEX BAYLISS, Head of Scientific
Dating, Historic England __
12.00 Discussion
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Sampling, seeds and seaweed: the plant remains Gill
Campbell, Head of Environmental Studies, Historic England__
14.45 Analysis of the wood charcoal remains from TINTAGEL_
_Zoë Hazell, Senior Palaeoecologist, Historic England__
15.15 Discussion
15.30 Tea
16.00 Animals and animal bones at Tintagel Polydora Baker,
Senior Zooarchaeologist, Historic England
16.45 Beakers, bowls and baubles: the glass and metalworking
at Tintagel Sarah Paynter, Senior Materials Scientist, Historic
England; Rachel Tyson and Florian Ströbele
17.30 Discussion
18.00 Close
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18.30 for 19.00 Reception at the Royal Cornwall Museum. Followed by
dinner 20.45 for 21.00 for those who would like to join us – please
let us know if you would like us to book a place.
FRIDAY 3 APRIL 2020
9.30 Welcome Dr Nick Holder, Conference Co-Director &
Properties Historian, English Heritage
9.45 Imported ceramics at TINTAGEL: new evidence for
long-distance connections_ _Maria Duggan, British Academy Postdoctoral
Fellow, Newcastle University and the British School at Athens, with
Evangelia Kiriatzi and Noémi S Müller, Fitch Laboratory, British
School at Athens. __
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Archaeological surveys of Tintagel, 1984 and 2015
Mark Bowden Senior Archaeological Investigator and Manager,
Archaeological Survey & Investigation Team South & West, Historic
England
11.45 The Inscriptions Michelle Brown, Professor Emerita of
Medieval Manuscript Studies, University of London (Michelle’s paper
will be read on her behalf)
12.15 Discussion
12.30 Lunch
14.30 Whale-roads and Silk Roads: considering long and short
connections in the early middle ages Sam Turner, Professor of
Archaeology, Newcastle University __
15.30 Discussion – round table
16.30 Close
SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2020
9.30 Tintagel Castle Site Visit (Note that there is an
alternative opportunity to visit the site on the preceding Wednesday
at 9.30 for those planning to attend the Cornwall Archaeological
Society AGM on the Saturday)
13.00 Close
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