The following - originally posted to the britarch list - should interest
some mining-historians.
Peter
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VIII FLINT SYMPOSIUM, BOCHUM, GERMANY, 6-10 SEPTEMBER 1999
The first circular and call for participation at this conference have
just been issued:
The aims of the VIII Flint Symposium will be the presentation and
discussion of recent research on the following topics:
prehistoric flint mining, distribution and processing of mined flint;
interregional contacts; settlements associated with flint mines; geology
of mined silicious rocks; flint sourcing and identification; and
geophysics of flint mine sites.
All papers and posters at the Symposium should be presented in English
and no papers will be read in absentia. The symposium will include a
2-day excursion to flint mines in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Registration is requested by 31 January 1999. Please send the details
asked for below to the conference organizer:
Prof. Dr. Gerd Weisgerber
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum
Insitut fur Montanarchaologie
Am Bergbaumuseum 28
D-44791 Bochum
Germany
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I wish to attend the VIII Flint Symposium ..
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In addition, there is the possibility of reprinting the book "5000 Jahre
Feuersteinbergbau" (Bochum 1980) if enough preliminary orders are
received, so please indicate on your application whether you are
interested in purchasing a copy of this publication as a reprint.
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Peter Claughton, Blaenpant Morfil, Rosebush, Clynderwen,
Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE.
Tel. 01437 532578; Fax. 01437 532921; Mobile 0831 427599
University of Exeter - Department of History
School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies
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Mining History Pages - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/
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