1984 – 2009

Our past meetings include the following:

Beyond the Mundane: Regional Perspectives on Neolithic Pit Deposition The British Museum, London 9 November 2009 Hugo Lamdin-Whymark and Julian Thomas
Perthshire Straths 15 May 2009 – 17 May 2009 Kenny Brophy
Round mounds and monumentality The British Museum, London 3 November 2008 Jim Leary, Dave Field & Timothy Darvill
Field-Meeting: Carnac, France Carnac, Brittany, France 25 April 2008 – 27 April 2008 Chris Scarre & Emmanuelle Vigier
Between settlement and ceremony: the universality of ritual? The British Museum, London 5 November 2007 Stuart Needham
Field-meeting: Orkney. Kirkwall, Orkney 18 May 2007 – 21 May 2007 Jane Downes & Colin Richards
The archaeology and science of human and animal mobility The British Museum, London 6 November 2006 Volker Heyd & Joshua Pollard
Field-meeting: Guernsey and the Channel Islands St Peter Port, Guernsey 12 May 2006 – 14 May 2006 Heather Sebire
Flint and stone in the Neolithic period The British Museum, London 7 November 2005 Alan Saville. [In association with the Lithic Studies Society]
I see no ships: what evidence for Cross-channel connections in the Neolithic? The British Museum, London 8 November 2004 Heather Sebire and Timothy Darvill
Field-meeting: Caithness Wick, Caithness 21 May 2004 – 24 May 2004 Kenneth Brophy, Amelia Pannett, Andrew Heald & Meg Sinclair
Animals in the Neolithic The British Museum, London 10 November 2003 Dale Serjeantson & David Field
Field-meeting: The Peak District Buxton, Derbyshire 8 May 2003 – 11 May 2003 Jon Humble with Jenny Moore & Sarah Cole
The Henge (1932-2002) RIP? The British Museum, London 11 November 2002 Gordon Barclay & Timothy Darvill
Field-meeting: Northern Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland 9 May 2002 – 12 May 2002 Derek Simpson
Regional diversity in the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland The British Museum, London 12 November 2001 Gordon Barclay & Kenny Brophy
Changing times: a new agenda for Neolithic chronologies Society of Antiquaries, London 13 November 2000 Jan Harding & Alistair Barclay
Field-meeting: Isle of Man Douglas, Isle of Man 12 May 2000 – 14 May 2000 Timothy Darvill
Neolithic archaeology in the inter-tidal zone or rivers and estuaries Society of Antiquaries, London 15 November 1999 Fiona Haughey
Field-meeting: Normandy, France Caen, France 6 June 1999 – 9 June 1999 Ian Kinnes
Neolithic enclosures in Atlantic northwest Europe Society of Antiquities, London 6 November 1998 Timothy Darvill & Julian Thomas
Field-meeting: Mines and quarries Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 8 May 1998 – 10 May 1998 David Field & Gillian Varndell
Landscape and Environment, economy and society: Plants in Neolithic Britain Society of Antiquaries, London 16 March 1998 Andrew Fairbairn
Pathways and Ceremonies: the cursus monuments of Neolithic Britain and Ireland British Museum, London 10 November 1997 Alistair Barber & Jan Harding
Field-meeting: Enclosures and Mines in Sussex Chichester, West Sussex 16 May 1997 – 18 May 1997 Alastair Oswald & Peter Topping with Martyn Barber, Carolyn Dyer, David Field, & David McOmish
Peterborough and Neolithic impressed wares Society of Antiquaries, London 10 March 1997 Alex Gibson
Contemporary research on the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Britain British Museum, London 11 November 1996 Martin Evison & Martin Richards
Neolithic caves, shafts and mines British Museum, London 13 November 1995 Andrew Chamberlain & Jenny Moore
Field-meeting: Early Grampian Inverurie, Aberdeenshire 19 May 1995 – 21 May 1995 Ian Shepherd & Alan Saville
Domestic settlement and landscape The British Museum, London 14 November 1994 Peter Topping
Field-meeting: North Wales Plas Tan-y-Bwlch, Bangor, Gwynedd 20 May 1994 – 22 May 1994 Frances Lynch
Field-meeting: The Long Barrows of Salisbury Plain Salisbury, Wiltshire 1 May 1994 David Field
Grooved Ware in context The British Museum, London 21 February 1994 Ros Cleal & Ann MacSween
Women and children in the Neolithic The British Museum, London 15 November 1993 Jenny Moore
Field-meeting: the Channel Islands Jersey 7 May 1993 – 10 May 1993 Mark Patton, Keri Brown, Helen Nilen, & Olga Finch
Neolithic houses: fact or fiction The British Museum, London 16 November 1992 Timothy Darvill & Julian Thomas
Field-meeting: East Central Scotland Edinburgh 8 May 1992 – 10 May 1992 Gordon Barclay, Jack Stevenson & Roger Mercer
Field-meeting: Stonehenge and Avebury Devizes, Wiltshire 17 May 1991 – 19 May 1991 Ros Cleal & Timothy Darvill
Rituals, Monuments and landscapes The British Museum, London 12 November 1990 Richard Bradley
Field-meeting: The Boyne Valley, Loughcrew and Carrowmore Dublin and Ballycastle, Ireland 4 May 1990 – 7 May 1990 Gabriel Cooney & Eoin Grogan. [Joint meeting with the Irish Neolithic Studies Group]
Henge monuments The British Museum, London 6 November 1989 Peter Topping
Field-meeting: The Lake District Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria 6 November 1989 Tom Clare & David Fraser
Artefacts and circumstances of deposit The British Museum, London 21 November 1988 Ian Kinnes & Colin Richards
Flint and stone in Neolithic Britain Cardiff, Glamorgan 25 March 1988 – 27 March 1988 Timothy Darvill, Alan Saville, Stephen Green, & Alasdair Whittle. [Jointly with the Lithic Studies Society]
The Neolithic economy, fact or fiction? English Heritage, 25 Saville Row, London 26 November 1987 Julian Thomas
Field-meeting: The tradition of long enclosures in the later Neolithic Scarborough, North Yorkshire 5 June 1987 – 7 June 1987 John Hedges
Neolithic studies on northern England Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, Doncaster 28 March 1987 Terry Manby [Jointly with the Prehistoric Society and Yorkshire Archaeological Society]
The fourth millennium BC English Heritage, 25 Saville Row, London 12 November 1986 David Fraser
Scotland in the 3rd millennium BC: recent work and thoughts Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh 4 April 1986 Andrew Foxon
Environment and economic aspects of the chalkland Neolithic Institute of Archaeology, Gordon Square, London 7 November 1985 Peter Drewett
Woodworking and timber buildings Henderson Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne 12 April 1985 – 14 April 1985 Chris Smith
Mortuary practices and other activities in and around Neolithic cairns and barrows Franks House, Orsman Road, London 16 November 1984 David Fraser & Ian Kinnes
Aspects of the Neolithic in the Cotswolds and middle Severn Valley Cheltenham Museum, Gloucestershire 22 March 1984 Timothy Darvill & Alan Saville