To those intending to come to Martin Brown's talk tonight: very regretfully he has had to cancel because of heavy snowfall where he is based on Salisbury...
Anne Locke
anne.locke@...
Feb 6, 2009 10:54 am
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A group of us are going on an archaeological trip to the Dordogne. We have been told that if we have a French 'archaeological card', we can have big...
... Dordogne. We have been told that if we have a French 'archaeological card', we can have big discounts on entry fees to museums. ... people other than...
Expect you have thought but opening times used to be a problem. Ann ... From: petmasuk To: sussexpast@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:49 PM ...
Ann Knowles
burstye@...
Feb 8, 2009 1:23 pm
5806
Would any Sussex Past group member with a good knowledge of German, and living in the South East, be willing to assist the undersigned (who lacks that...
I thought contributors might be interested in this Slashdot story: "False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself" It's not directly relevant to Sussex, but it is...
Upcoming USAS Lecture Wednesday 18 February 2009 Saxon Southampton on Display Duncan Brown, Curator of Archaeological Collections, Southampton City ...
Lorna Hilborn
lorna.hilborn@...
Feb 12, 2009 10:42 pm
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Dear All As some of you will know 4 members of staff have been made redundant from the Sussex Archaeological Society. I was made redundant from my post as...
Dear all, Details of this year's Food and Drink in Archaeology conference (the line-up is excellent) are now available at the following address: ...
naomi.sykes@...
Feb 18, 2009 11:18 am
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Actually, that reminds me. I've a question about a foodstuff in prehistory, and I wonder if anyone in the group can cast light on it. A friend once mentioned...
Thank you for the response. I've tried that - it doesn't need kneading, does it? I just looked spelt up on Wikipedia - I know, I know - but there was a fairly...
I was reading in the Sussex Weekly Advertiser for October 1800 an article about the discovery of Saxon Burials at Beddingham. The author signed him/herself...
I've been looking into this more and think I've found as much of an answer as is likely to be available at present. I'll post again in case anyone else is...
In September 2006 I attended Tristan Bareham's Early Buildings and Ancient Technologies course at Bentley. One day one of the course leaders made us an Iron...
Ann Best
anniebest@...
Feb 19, 2009 11:08 am
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Surely a transliteration from Greek of the animal well-known as 'oryx' - Robin Milner-Gulland --On 19 February 2009 10:06 +0000 M GARDINER...
Robin Milner-Gulland
R.R.Milner-Gulland@...
Feb 19, 2009 11:17 am
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Friday 20 February 2008 7:30 pm Shoreham Society Event THE HOUSEHOLD OF A MEDIEVAL WOMAN Mark Perry-Nash explains life in a 15th Century Sussex Merchant's...
That's interesting. I have wondered whether the spelt-Roman connection was an advertising gimmick of "Doves Farm", who've distributed packets of it quite...
Strangely I had a pub lunch a couple of weeks ago which was served with bread and a small dish of olive oil (with some raspberry jam at the bottom). It didn't...
Why not? As I say, I don't really buy into "To spread on their bread, of course." And why necessarily with bread? According to Dorothy Hartley, around 1300 a...
Oh dear Brian!! Read "vegetable" for "vegetarian"! Vegetables and plants that would have been around in the IA. Yes-- I'm living in the 21st C. Even if bone...
Ann Best
anniebest@...
Feb 20, 2009 9:17 am
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Hello, A simple question I would like the answer to. What colour was the butter ? Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List ...
Hello, The interesting link is at: http://keithbriggs.info/heath.html No extra comment is needed. The Welsh equivalent in place names is Coed. Cheers Andy...
Hello, This was an excellent talk without slides. Highly recommended. It will be even better when a Powerpoint presentation accompanies it. Cheers Andy Horton ...
What is a Dolman Circle? The internet seems unhelpful on the matter. Robert Philpot...
SussexPast
sussexpast@...
Feb 21, 2009 7:11 pm
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Hi, I always find it a challenge when people can't find what they want on the internet so this is what I did manage to find about Dolme/ans! hope it helps ...
terryandsarah@...
Feb 21, 2009 9:43 pm
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Ah well you see I was spelling it wrongly, which sort of explains why I couldn't find anything. Thanks, Robert Philpot...