APPOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING:
Charcoal/wood workgroup meeting Sat 24th November at The Hive, Worcester
Apologies but I've decided to postpone this meeting as the number who could come for this date are too few to justify running it. However, I would be happy to host a meeting after New Year.
Is there an interest in a meeting, say March time? Any opinions on this would be welcome.
If people are still interested I would arrange the same agenda for the day as suggested before - ie the main theme would be how to make good use of sites like the burnt Saxon house at West Stow, Suffolk and a similar one in Worcestershire (at Bishop's Wood Environmental Centre) for research into the archaeology of fire destruction deposits, site taphonomy and the deterioration process. The emphasis would be on charcoal/wood analysis, but there obviously could be a wider environmental archaeology interest. If anyone is looking for project work for students, then we at Worcestershire Archaeology would welcome and support any interest in working on the Bishop's Wood site. Please do let me know if you are interested.
There would be time for the usual microscope session to bring in your charcoal/wood items of interest.
As an article on some initial work at Bishop's Wood is just coming out I've attached it. I gather from Gill Campbell that the publication volume on the burnt house at West Stow has also just been published.
Liz Pearson
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