ERAS leads and organise activities for those interested in archaeology in our area. Experts are on hand at our monthly field studies meetings to guide members through hands-on activities. During the summer months our experts on occasion offer walks or visits to local sites of archaeological interest. During the winter months, local and visiting speakers give talks as part of our winter lecture series.
Field studies meetings are usually at 7:30pm on the first Wednesday of each month in an upstairs room at St Nicholas Community Centre, Holmechurch Lane, Beverley. No need to book - just come along - but do check our Events page to check that a different event hasn't been arranged as we do like to offer different experiences in our Field Studies programme.
Lectures usually start at 7:30pm and are held in the Wilberforce Building, Hull University, Cottingham Road, Hull. There is an entrance fee for non-members of £2.
Additional special events are planned every year to allow members to get to know each other. We also run our own excavations, research and survey projects which members are encouraged to become involved in.
Please use either calendar below to find out more about our events.
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Wednesday, December 06, 2023 at 07:30 PM
ST NICHOLAS PARISH ROOMS, HOLMECHURCH LANE, BEVERLEY, HU17 0PYFIELD STUDIES - WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER 2023 - VAUGHAN WASTLING - AN INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN ARCHAEOSTEOLOGY
For the upcoming Field Studies meeting, osteologist specialist Vaughan Wastling has very kindly offered to host the evening, where he will provide an interesting insight into the subject of osteology in archaeology (study of human bones). There will only be 15 spaces available for this one, so please email Matt Walker ([email protected]) to book your place. The field studies meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Wednesday 6th December at our usual venue: St Nicholas Church Parish Rooms, Holmechurch Lane, Beverley HU17 0PY. Entry is via the front doors, take the stairs on the right and our meeting room is at the top of the stairs on the left.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 07:30 PM
LT1, Wilberforce Building, The University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HullLecture: Excavations Around Hull Minster - Ken Steedman
It seems appropriate, approaching Christmas, that Ken Steedman, who has recently returned to Hull and rejoined Humber Field Archaeology, is kindly giving a lecture on the excavations which have taken place around the former Holy Trinity Church, now Hull Minster. During the creation of a new café and other alterations to the building and its environs, much has been revealed about the development of the church from its 13th century beginnings and the burials around it.
Free to ERAS members
£2 entry for guests
We also stream the lectures digitally but this is available to ERAS members only. An email will be sent before the lecture with the relevant code needed to view the presentation so please make sure we have an up to date email address.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 07:30 PM
LT1, Wilberforce Building, The University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HullLecture: The Aldborough Roman Town Project - Martin Millett (University of Cambridge)
Professor Martin Millett, recently retired as Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge University and now President of the Society of Antiquaries of London is no stranger to ERAS. He has done much to shed light on the Roman archaeology of East Yorkshire through various fieldwork projects, but in this lecture he will be discussing the major fieldwork n the Roman Town at Aldborough, once Civitas Capital of the Brigantes, who occupied what are now north and west Yorkshire, which he has been undertaking in collaboration with Dr Rose Ferraby https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/al
dborough-roman-town-project-1. The first phases have already been published as Isurium Brigantum: An Archaeological Survey of Roman Aldborough by Rose Ferraby and Martin Millett, by the Society of Antiquaries of London.Free entry for ERAS members
£2 entry for guests
We also stream the lectures digitally but this is available to ERAS members only. An email will be sent before the lecture with the relevant code needed to view the presentation so please make sure we have an up to date email address.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 07:30 PM
Lecture: Excavations at Skipsea - Jim Leary and Elaine Jamieson (University of York).
In May ERAS members were privileged to be given a guided tour of these excavations at one of our most important monuments, Skipsea Castle, by the presenters of this lecture, Jim Leary and Elaine Jamieson. It was being excavated by York University as a training dig, and is the first year of a six year project which will include investigating what could be a 10-11th century timber hall as well as looking at parts of the adjacent Skipsea Baille Mere, a large body of water which the better known Norman ‘Skipsea Castle’ would have overlooked. We ae delighted that Jim and Elaine have agreed to present the latest results to the Society and very much look forward to hearing about updates since our visit to the site.
Free entry for ERAS members
£2 entry for guests
We also stream the lectures digitally but this is available to ERAS members only. An email will be sent before the lecture with the relevant code needed to view the presentation so please make sure we have an up to date email address.