GLAAS News and Events

See our dedicated pages for Recent Discoveries and Recent Publications

London's Oldest Structure! - a wooden platform laid in the marshes at Belmarsh nearly 6,000 years ago. See Archaeology South East and follow link.
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Discover the Thames Discovery Programme   a community outreach programme undertaking a beta survey of the Thames foreshore, and forming `FROG' = foreshore research observation group to monitor the changing Thames.
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Autumn Talks, Lectures and Conferences: Local and County Archaeology and History Societies are now listing their events for the Autumn season, look on their websites, many are listed in the  London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Newsletter. 

LAMAS Local History Conference: OPEN-AIR LONDON: Pleasure, Parks and Protest Saturday 21st November City of London School for Girls, Barbican.
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New issues of British Archaeology,  the London Archaeologist and Current Archaeology see Recent Publications

`The archaeology of Leprosy and the Black Death', including the East Smithfield excavation; and `Water-power in Medieval Greenwich' - a 12th-century tide mill, in Current Archaeology; 

Saxo-Norman Southwark; Excavations at Drapers' Gardens; and Burford Wharf Calico Printing Works, Stratford in the London Archaeologist
**  CBA/London Archaeologist Special Offer Joint Subscription to British Archaeology and the London Archaeologist on the formation of CBA London **

Newly added: Links to English Heritage Research Reports and Research News
Plus: 3 New Monographs on Roman, medieval and Tudor Southwark, two from MOLA and one from PCA
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Research Strategy Consultation and Meetings for a Historic Environment Research Strategy
- An online consultation, is taking place to inform a Historic Environment Research Strategy, that will identify the priorities and opportunities to implement the research agenda, and complete the Research Frameworks for London. This is being hosted by the Museum of London's LAARC. We would welcome any contributions to this from across the entire historic environment sector.
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**Event reports entered on the GLSMR Reports from February 09 to June 09  can now be found as a .pdf at GLSMR Updates**

See our dedicated pages for  Recent Discoveries and Recent Publications in Greater London.

Last updated 2nd November 2009 by Robert Whytehead