13th March 2012, 01:11 PM
The DigVentures Flag Fen Lives project is very pleased to announce that we are now able to accommodate group bookings for our field school in summer 2012, from 23rd July -12th August, and can offer a discount of 10% for any group bookings of five people or more – what a great way to spend a day with friends!
For the first time in over ten years, there will be live excavation on the iconic Bronze Age site of Flag Fen, in Cambridgeshire. This internationally significant monument is acknowledged as one of the most important Bronze Age sites in the world, and is comprised of over 60,000 waterlogged timbers as well as thousands of artefacts. Archaeology on the site dates back to the Neolithic, with only 1.5% of the total area having been excavated thus far.
As part of the field school, we will be working with a team of top-notch Bronze Age and wetlands archaeology specialists – there simply will not be a better opportunity to learn about this unique and challenging type of archaeology. We are also offering a unique lecture programme, and have engaged some of the UK’s top archaeologists to speak, as well as join us in the trenches:
? Dr Francis Pryor, author and excavator of Flag Fen
? Professor Emeritus Martin Carver, Editor, Antiquity
? Professor Timothy Darvill, Bournemouth University
? Dr Will Fletcher, English Heritage inspector of ancient monuments for Norfolk
? Professor Vincent Gaffney, Chair in Landscape Archaeology and Geomatics, University of Birmingham
? Dr Benjamin Roberts, Curator, European Bronze Age, the British Museum
? Dr John Gater, Geophysicist, GSB Prospection and Time Team
? Gerard Twomey and Graeme Young, Bamburgh Research Project
? Julian Richards FSA, author and broadcaster
? Mark Knight, Senior Project Officer, Cambridge Archaeological Unit
? Clive Waddington, Managing Director, Archaeological Research Services Ltd
We would like to make this project as collaborative as possible, and would welcome participation from local societies and other groups. Spaces on the field school range from one day to three weeks; we have a limited number available, and will be accepting applications on a first-come, first-served basis.Our acceptance window closes on April 30, 2012.
Please visit our website, www.digventures.com, for more information about the project. The tabs ‘Flag Fen Lives’ and ‘FAQs’ address the specifics of the field school. Please get in touch with me directly to book your visit, and for any further questions.