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Fun with Dinosaurs Workshop
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There are two sessions for this workshop for ages 5-11 years: 10.30-12.00 and 13.00-14.30
Learn about the evolution of dinosaurs and enjoy an arts and crafts session designing your own dinosaur.
£8 per child with £1 sibling discount. Spaces are limited so booking essential. Contact: dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
Cave Painting
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In the deep time of prehistory early men crawled down into the darkest caves and used light from primitive candles to paint pictures of themselves and the animals they hunted. Discover how and why these paintings were created.
Two identical sessions will be run, please book to reserve a place. £5 per child: maximum 16 children.
Contact: dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
Bletchingley test pitting - Mesolithic Hinterlands of Surrey
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As part of the Mesolithic Hinterlands of Surrey project, run by Tom Lawrence (Oxford Archaeology), we will be running one weekend of community test pitting in August (17th-18th 10:00-16:00) utilising the flint methodology. This will be preceded by a training day at our Research Centre at Abinger on Saturday August 10th.
Wrap a Mummy
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Spend time learning about the art of ancient Egypt and have fun wrapping mummies and carving hieroglyphs.
Two sessions: 10.30 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 14.30
£8 per child with £1 sibling discount.
Spaces limited so booking is essential.
Contact:dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
Analytic survey of prehistoric barrows on Reigate Heath 2011
Mounds on Reigate Heath scheduled as prehistoric burial mounds, and one other potential barrow, have been subjected to analytical survey and their landscape context examined.
The attached pdf is the full report of this work of which a paper is published in the Surrey Archaeological Society Collections.
Heritage Open Day at Abinger
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The Abinger Research Centre and Library, situated in the former Abinger Hammer Village School, will be open to all for a special Heritage Open Day event.
Members of the Society will be set-up with displays featuring work and artefact displays from all periods, with opportunities to observe or take part in various activities, including environmental processing. The Library will be open and available for browsing or for research queries, and the new County Finds Liaison Officer will also be set-up and eager to meet with visitors.
Charlwood Excavation 2018
In March 2018, a trench was opened to investigate a pit and ditch formation found in 2017 to the east of the known site. However, due to the weather and soil conditions it was not possible to undertake much work safely for either the archaeology or the volunteers (who were remarkably determined in spite of the challenging conditions). We now hope to return to deal with unfinished business in the autumn.
Farnham Palaeolithic Project
After the successful Palaeolithic dayschool at Farnham Museum in November 2017 and encouraged by Drs Matt Pope and Beccy Scott, the Prehistoric Group is developing a project to assess and catalogue the Bury Collection archived in Farnham Museum. This project will be led by Chris Taylor. Please contact rosemary.hooker@blueyonder.co.uk or info@surreyarchaeology.org.uk to express an interest in joining the team of volunteers.
SHERF 2018: Investigating Life before the Romans : BOOK ONLINE
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The annual Surrey Historic Environment Research Conference will be held in Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall this year and will be followed at 16.00 by the Society AGM. A keynote speaker will be Julian Richards on Stonehenge and a programme based largely on prehistoric topics is now complete. A booking form is attached.
9.30 Registration