Future Meetings
We organise two annual Day Schools each year plus our AGM, usually held in July.
Dates for your diary:
News from the Past 2012 Saturday 17 March 2012
Annual General Meeting 2012
The 2012 CBA WM AGM will be held on Saturday 7 July 2012
at St James Church, Acton Trussell, Staffordshire
News from the Past 2012
St James' Church, Acton Trussell, Staffs. © Copyright Diocese of Lichfield
News from the Past: the latest Archaeological Discoveries in the West Midlands
Saturday 17 March 2012, 10.00am - 4.45pm
Library Theatre, Birmingham Central Library B3 3HQ
Fee: £20 (refreshments but no lunch provided). CBA members may deduct £5.
This annual event, organised by the Council for British Archaeology West Midlands, includes several illustrated presentations about sites and objects from rural and urban parts of the region, ranging in date from prehistoric to modern times. Talks this year include excavations in West Midlands towns and cities.
Provisional Programme:
| 10.00am | Welcome and introduction: Chris Patrick, Coventry City Council |
The times and order of individual presentations will be confirmed at a later date
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Recent archaeological work in Birmingham by Mike Hodder of Birmingham City Council
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The Prehistory of the Stour Valley by John Hemmingway
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Anglo-Saxon Tamworth by Mike Shaw of Wolverhampton City Council
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Archaeological excavations at New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon by Kevin Colls of
University of Birmingham
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Excavations at Lowesmoor, Worcester by Hal Dalwood
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Providence Chapel, West Bromwich by Tegan Daly
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme and recent discoveries in the West Midlands by
Peter Reevill, FLO for Herefordshire & Shropshire
- Further speakers to be confirmed
There will be a refreshment break in the morning and in the afternoon.
A lunch break will take place between 1.00pm - 1.50pm.
The Library Theatre closes at 5.00pm.
Early application is advised
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