This section contains details of our programme of lectures and our summer visits. For the the schedule of SOAG fieldword see SOAG Calendar
Programme of Lectures
We run a programme of lectures from September to April. All lectures are held at the Goring Heath Parish Hall, Whitchurch Hill (map) at 7.30 pm for 7.45pm (unless stated otherwise) and are open to all, although donations at the door are appreciated.
2019-2020 lectures series
Thursday Jan
24 2019
Lecture by
Dr Martin Bridge (UCL Institute of Archaeology )
Title:
'An Introduction to
Dendrochronology (Tree-Ring Dating)'
Thursday Feb
28 2019
Lecture by
David Sanchez (Thames Valley Archaeological Services)
Title:
‘Roman villa site in
Tackley'
Thursday Mar
28 2019
Lecture by
Dr Edward Peveler
(Chilterns Conservation Board)
Title:
‘Beacons of the Past:
Hillforts in the Chilterns Landscape'
Sunday April 28 2019 (2-5 pm)
SOAG's public Review of Archaeology, preceded by SOAG AGM
Followed by the SOAG end-of-year party.
Thursday Sept 26
2019
Lecture by Rob Wadley (Oxford Blues)
Title: 'What archaeology can you
find with a metal detector?'
Thursday Oct
24 2019
Lecture by Ben Ford (Oxford Archaeology)
Title: 'Hampton
Court Palace: Initial results from selected excavations and building recording
works'
Thursday Nov
28
2019
SOAG's 50th birthday celebrations
Thursday Jan
23 2020
Lecture by Tim Williams (UCL)
Title: 'The Archaeology of the Silk Roads'
Thursday Feb
27 2020
Lecture:
tbs
Thursday Mar
26 2020
Lecture:
by Matt Nichol (Cotswold Archaeology)
Title: (tbs)
Sunday April 26
2020 (2-5 pm)
SOAG's public Review of Archaeology, preceded by SOAG AGM (venue)
Followed by the SOAG end-of-year party.
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Summer visits
Visits are organised to places of archaeological and historical interest and are open to SOAG members and their guests. They are usually organised as private tours with the site experts as our guides. The tours are also social occasions for SOAGs often incorporating a pub lunch.
Summer visits 2019
Friday July 12th:
Silchester 2019 bathhouse excavationsDate in September (tba):
'House of Wessex' project, Long Wittenham
Other Events
See the SOAG calendar for a diary listing all SOAG happenings including fieldwork.