Archaeology Group
Time: Afternoon.
Frequency: Monthly.
2pm - 3.30 (Monthly, Tuesdays, but which Tuesday can vary)
Vacancies: Yes
Coordinaror: Matthew Love
Phone:07475 096876
Venue: Red Deer public house
This is a new group, currently establishing its level. Meetings are likely to be pitched appropriate for people who are interested in what archaeology can do, but who are not professional archaeologists themselves. The group coordinator has no qualifications in archaeology either!
During non-summer months we are likely, as a group, to share our understanding of how archaeology is done / what methods are used. We will have the occasional visiting speaker, but normally meetings will be “self-help”, with a lot of emphasis on trying for ourselves (often by trial and error!) using and trying methods we have read or heard about. The intention is to be practical, but indoors.
The staff of the Red Deer pub, Pitt Street, S1 4DD (just off West Street, Sheffield University area of the city) have very kindly offered us the use of a room (upstairs). Please thank their generosity by buying a soft drink or whatever [no hot drinks available]. If we manage to get projects going we may also organise indoor visits to archives, museums etc.
And then in summer months (when more community digs take place) we will see if we can visit “live” excavations to see the methods in practise. If we hear of opportunities for you to book directly with dig organisers, so you can have practical experience of archaeology, we will let you know.