Is it just me, or have you noticed that a digital photo of a section can really show up colour differences that are not so apparent directly?

Love this for the title alone!

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: the Medical History of Henry VIII: Lecture January-28-2014 – January-28-2014

Lecture by Robert Hutchinson, FSA, author, historian and broadcaster. Public Lectures are free and open to anyone. However, space is limited and reservations are recommended.

Email: admin@sal.org.uk
Phone: 020 7479 7080

Thank you Sarah Howard, who explained the dire situation when it comes to archaeological CPD and limited budgets, so the kind people at The Institute of Art and Law have introduced a discounted rate for their seminar 'Human Remains and the Law' held in the afternoon of 13 December at the Natural History Museum, London.

Now half-price


The programme for next Friday’s seminar at the Natural History Museum. The subject matter is, of course, highly topical not only in light of the continuing discussion about the final resting place for the bones of Richard III, but also following recent case law concerning contractual remedies where human remains are found on a building site. Ethical, moral and legal issues surrounding the retention and/or display of human remains in museums and galleries are also a matter of concern and attention will be given to the law governing such display and to the way in which the repatriation of remains is best handled.


13th December 2013, London:

Human Remains and the Law

Book a discounted place on the seminar: £60 (£50 plus VAT @ 20%)


http://www.ial.uk.com/redrateremainsreserve.php

1.30 Registration
2.00 Welcome and Introduction: Sarah Long and Dr Margaret Clegg (Natural History Museum)
2.15 Setting the Scene: some recent developments: Professor Norman Palmer QC, CBE (3 Stone Buildings)
2.45 Burial law and archaeology in the Church of England’s jurisdiction– Dr Joseph Elders (Church of England)
3.15 Burial archaeology: law policy and ethics– Carolyn Shelbourn (University of Sheffield, School of Law)
3.45 Tea and coffee
4.00 The display of archaeological human skeletal remains in museum exhibitions– Jelena Bekvalacas (Curator, Human Osteology, Museum of London)
4.30 Artistic expression and the common law offence of 'outraging public decency': ‘Human Earrings’, human rights and R v Gibson revisited– Tom Lewis (Director, Centre for Conflict, Rights & Justice Nottingham Law School Nottingham Trent University)
4.50 Discovery of human remains: the developer’s standpoint– Richard Harwood QC (Thirty Nine Essex Street)
5.10 The French experience of repatriation of human remains – Mathilde Roellinger (avocat)
5.30 Questions and Discussion
5.45 Close

Thanks Sarah! :face-approve:

Prof Paula Reimer ( QUB ) helps develop carbon dating breakthrough - major news for dating...

The researchers say the release of the new curve will mean that more precise date estimates can be obtained than previously possible.
https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index....ue/current

Make of this one what you will.... it seems that accidentalyy the archaeology is to "blame" though that is not quite the real story. it is contractors and govts wrangling over contracts...

as I can assure you £17 million was not spent on archaeology

http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/news/tyrone...-1-5723870

A leaked British report into the archaeological significance of an ancient Roman gold mine has helped to scupper plans by the Romanian government to approve invasive mining at the site.

The expert report, kept hidden for three years by the Bucharest government, was commissioned by Romania's ministry of culture and funded by a not-for-profit organisation, Pro Patrimonio, which works to protect Romania's cultural heritage. The report says that the ancient site, in Rosia Montana in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, is worthy of consideration as a Unesco world heritage site and that its galleries are "the most extensive and most important underground Roman gold mine known anywhere".

This month, the ministry of culture presented a list of monuments that it would like to see included as world heritage sites, but the picturesque village of Rosia Montana, with its ancient galleries that tell of Roman mining, was not on it.

More: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scienc...75118.html

Interestingly...we read here: http://www.mining.com/archeologists-coul...fin-45204/

Quote:British archaeologist David Jennings, director of the York Archaeological Trust and a former director of Oxford Archaeology, an institution involved in the research program of the Rosia Montana heritage as early as since 2008 found three main flaws in the arguments set out by the Oxford professors and CgMs:

<em>“An exaggeration of the importance of the site; The lack of appreciation of the precarious state of preservation and precarious integrity of many heritage-related objectives due to intense exploitation, especially over the last 250 years, which had a huge impact on the earlier phases of the heritage and left behind a largely non-rehabilitated and massive polluted environment; The lack of a professional opinion on the amount of the costs entailed by a full conservation program (estimated at around 200-300 million dollars)

Question from a friend.....
"French-Indian war period fort called Fort Shirley. We've been asked to take a look at the faunal material so I've been pulling together everything I can find on colonial period faunal assemblages. On the New World side of the pond I've got pretty good coverage, everything from military forts, to farmsteads, villages, even a Spanish mission or two. But from the Old World I've got a pretty sparse collection. So, if you guys know of anyone working sites from say the 15-1800's that could be used as a baseline for the New World stuff I'd really appreciate it. Since I've got all kinds of assemblages to play with here I can probably come up with a correlate for any context on your side of the pond. Some farmsteads or smaller villages would be my personal interest, but military fortifications, towns, cities, monasteries..... "

So in a nutshell... any references to standard faunal assemblages between say 1550s-1790s from teh UK or Europe. or both

[h=5]Would love people comments - BAJRs 2014/2015 consultation...

This is part of a support for the IfA Council decision ... and we can't forget the hard work they do as well. Can't believe this is BAJR's 15th year![/h]
http://www.bajr.org/Documents/Consultati...4-2015.pdf

honesty, comment and grammar!

Remember that nothing is perfect and this has to be seen in conjunction with the IfA Council decisions.

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Researchers call for debate on underwater cultural heritage

Lead ingots recovered from ancient shipwrecks have low radioactivity levels and are therefore ideal for use in particle physics. The recent use of lead ingots in scientific research has led to a call for clarification surrounding the protection of underwater cultural material

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/...l-heritage

[h=3]Compromise does not equal defeat[/h] Perez-Alvaro concludes by saying “the study of sunken vessels is essential to history because entire continents have been discovered, colonised, invaded and defended by sea. The salvage of this material should be done under the surveillance of an archaeological team. On the other hand, not so far in the future, the development and operation of new sciences and technologies make it likely that further investigation, development and use of the underwater cultural heritage for other purposes may occur. ”

“If boundaries are not well defined, a “first come, first served” approach may occur. New uses of the oceans and their patrimony have recently been invoked by relevant international law of sea actors and their instruments. It is necessary to identify gaps and suggestions in order to analyse whether and to what extent the existing rules can be applied or modified to adequately deal with these new uses. Compromise does not equal defeat; sometimes, it is the only path to success. Guidelines are necessary for the ‘benefit of humankind.”

TAG 2013!

The 35th Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group will be hosted by the Archaeology and Anthropology Group in the School of Applied Sciences at Bournemouth University between mid-day on Monday 16 December and late afternoon on Wednesday 18 December 2013

They have finalised times and sessions...

https://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/tag2013/programme/