CONFERENCE CALENDAR

Coastal and Estuarine Environments: Sedimentology, Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology

London

The aim of this international conference is to bring together sedimentologists, geomorphologists, archaeologists, environmental scientists, engineers and managers to discuss recent research on meso- to large-scale and medium- to long-term physical processes, morphological evolution, and human interactions and their record, together with issues of management and conservation, chiefly in north west European coastal and estuarine environments.

31st Annual Chacmool Conference

On Being First: Cultural Innovation and Environmental Consequences of First Peoplings

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This conference aims to discuss the impact of the peopling of places which were until (geographically) recently uninhabited by humans. Topics to be considered include motivation and exploratory behaviour, technology, innovation and adaptation, human responses to and impact on new environments, native perspectives on origins, and the context and discovery of sites.

Aspects of Prehistory in SE England

Council for Kentish Archaeology Annual Conference

Christ Church College, Canterbury

This one day conference has speakers including Jonathan Cotton, Peter Reynolds and Matthew Pope.

The Creation of East Anglia: Cultural Identity in the 5th to 9th Centuries AD

Sutton Hoo Society

Woodbridge, Suffolk

A day conference, speakers to include Rosemary Hoppitt, Martin Carver, Peter Murphy, Patricia Wiltshire, Jude Plouviez, Kenneth Penn, Angela Care Evans, Nick Higham & Mark Blackburn.

Further details from The Honorary Treasurer, The Sutton Hoo Society, 3 Helions Road, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 7DU.

Life on the Edge - The Archaeology of Islands

Archaeology Ireland

A one day conference, looking at islands and archaeology.

Further details from Conference Secretary, Archaeology Ireland, PO Box 69, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland. Tel: +(353) 1 2862649.

Essex Archaeological Symposium 1998

Essex Archaeological and Historical Congress Annual Symposium

This day conference will focus on recent archaeological research and excavations in Essex.

Final programme and tickets available from the 1st October from Pamela Greenwood, Newham Museum Service, 31 Stock Street, Plaistow, London E13 0BX. Tel: (0181) 7880015.

Archaeology in the 1990s: Will it Survive into the Millennium?

Archaeology Cymru Annual Conference and AGM

The conference will examine various archaeological projects, research and other matters of interest within Wales.

Further details from Helen Langford, Archaeology Cymru, Unit 9A, Pen y groes Industrial Estate, Pen y groes, Gwynedd. Tel: (01286) 882709.

Designing Archaeological Projects

Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford

A dayschool run by the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education on the production of clear and compelling archaeological project designs. Speakers include Roger Thomas, Gill Andrews, Dave Jennings and David Miles. For booking details and more information contact Mrs Marie Bryan, OUDCE, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA. Tel: (01865) 280349 or 270360.

Iron Age Seminar 1998

Henry Stephenson Building, Sheffield

A call for papers has been issued, on all topics of the Iron Age in Britain and Europe, with a special emphasis on research agendas, methodologies and interpretative frameworks. The deadline for abstracts is the 18th September.

For further information e-mail Mel Giles on <prp96mcg@sheffield.ac.uk> or Bill Bevan on <archserv@peakdistrict.org.uk> or write to Mel Giles (Iron Age Seminar), Research School of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, West Court, 2 Mappin Street, Sheffield.