The Scheme is busy drawing up the details for the next annual Conference, held at the British Museum. The call has been extended until the end of October due to academic institutions being away when this was announced. We expect the event to be well attended and have some very interesting and academic discussions. The published proceedings will make interesting reading. I’d like to also make this a podcast as well, but the speakers are never keen to be recorded!
CALL FOR PAPERS
17-18 April 2007, British Museum, London
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary scheme to record archaeological objects found by the public. A main aim of the Scheme is to ‘advance knowledge of the history and archaeology of England and Wales by systematically recording archaeological objects found by the public’. The data collated is published in an online database (http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/) and also made available to Historic Environment Records, academics and researchers. This dataset offers an invaluable source for understanding artefact types and their use as well as the wider historic environment.
Submissions
Submissions are invited on any aspect of archaeological or historical research using Portable Antiquities Scheme data (at least as a component) to advance knowledge of finds or the historic environment. Papers should be no longer than 40 minutes. It is planned that the conference proceedings will be published within one year, and it will be necessary for contributors to submit their paper for publication soon after the conference.
Submissions, outlining the nature of the proposed paper and no longer than 200 words, should be sent to Dr Michael Lewis, Deputy Head of Portable Antiquities & Treasure, Department of Portable Antiquities & Treasure, British Museum, London, WC1B 3DG, by 30 October 2006.
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Having attended the previous PAS conferences, I very much look forward to the 2007 event.
I just wish I could persuade more of my fellow detectorists to make the trip to London.
Alan
Comment by
Alan Radley — October 2, 2006 @ 7:23 pm
Hi Alan
Maybe the 2 day format will attract more people. It’s also the Scheme’s 10th year of working, so maybe a celebration is in order.
Probably see you there. Keep up the verbal jousts….
Dan
Comment by
Daniel Pett — October 2, 2006 @ 10:03 pm