OUR NEWS

  • Forum 2011 - Errata and Apologies - Three Stones on the Hillside CBA Yorkshire Forum 2011: Three Stones on the Hillside. Three figures were inadvertently omitted from this article printed in Forum 2011. Theattached pdf file contains the complete article. Our apologies ...
    Posted 23 Jan 2012 12:36 by Paul Brayford
  • Middlesbrough Council to Cut Archaeology Funding Tees Archaeology is at risk of new cuts – respond to the consultationMiddlesbrough Council plans to withdraw its funding for Tees Archaeology. This is one of a number of local ...
    Posted 8 Oct 2011 02:07 by Paul Brayford
  • Local archaeology services at risk CBA Director, Mike Heyworth, interviewed on BBC’s Making History programme last week, has highlighted the importance of local authority archaeology services and how crucial local archaeological advisers are to ...
    Posted 8 Oct 2011 02:01 by Paul Brayford
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OTHER NOTICES

  • Jobs @ Council for British Archaeology in York Head of Communications & Marketing (full-time, £28-30,000) Membership Development Officer (full-time, £23-26,000) Events Officer (part-time, £21,000) Information Officer (full-time, £22,000) The ...
    Posted 2 Feb 2012 15:00 by Paul Brayford
  • Romans Walk York’s City Walls - YAC Fundraiser If you go down to the York city walls on Wednesday 1st February you might get a surprise! A team of intrepid staff and volunteers from the Young Archaeologists’ Club ...
    Posted 23 Jan 2012 12:41 by Paul Brayford
  • New book - Landscape Surveying using Handheld GPS Receivers When the Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group (SWAAG) was formed one of the key requirements was to perform accurate landscape surveys that could be mapped to a sufficient standard for ...
    Posted 23 Jan 2012 12:27 by Paul Brayford
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IN THE NEWS

  • Leeds Treasure Hoard A precious hoard of golden treasure that lay in a Leeds field for more than a thousand years could be sold off unless museum-goers help raise the cash needed ...
    Posted 9 Nov 2011 14:40 by Paul Brayford
  • Rediscovery of Roman amphitheatre at Aldborough After two years of surveying and centuries of speculation, archaeologists from Cambridge University have finally confirmed the existence of a Roman amphitheatre and an adjoining stadium lying under an area ...
    Posted 23 Aug 2011 06:17 by Paul Brayford
  • Excavations in Doncaster Archaeologists working on the site of a Roman cremation cemetery in Doncaster have unearthed a rare Roman glass jug dating back to around AD150 and attracted public interest.Roman jug ...
    Posted 4 Aug 2011 16:06 by Paul Brayford
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Featured Group

  • East Riding Archaeological Society The East Riding Archaeological Society (ERAS) was founded in the 1960s, and has been actively promoting the rich and varied archaeology of the East Riding ever since. The Society has ...
    Posted 26 Oct 2011 13:52 by Paul Brayford
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OUR NEXT EVENT

  • CBA Yorkshire Annual Symposium 2012 Our 2012 Annual Symposium will take place at York St John University on Lord Mayors Walk, York on Saturday 4 February 2012. The full line-up of speakers has been ...
    Posted 24 Jan 2012 14:19 by Paul Brayford
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Upcoming Conferences and Dayschools

  • The following list includes conferences and dayschools being run by CBA members but not CBA Yorkshire itself. If you wish us to advertise an event please email: web@cba-yorkshire.org.uk
  • CBA Winter General Meeting: Publishing & accessing archaeological knowledge Issues relating to publication, digitisation, dissemination and access to knowledge in archaeology, will be the subject of a day seminar, held in conjunction with the bi-annual business meeting of ...
    Posted 2 Feb 2012 15:03 by Paul Brayford
  • Bordley Township Project Walk and Evening Meeting - 20 Feb 2012 Bordley Walk and Evening Meeting Monday, 20th February 2012 Tony Keates will lead an afternoon walk around Lainger and Bordley Hall Farm looking for potential mill sites. Tony is the ...
    Posted 24 Jan 2012 14:16 by Paul Brayford
  • Conference: WHARRAM: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - YORK - 23/24 March 2012 WHARRAM: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE A CELEBRATORY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN THE KING’S MANOR, YORK Friday 23 March 2012, 5.00pm to 24 March 4.30pmSpeaker: Speakers ...
    Posted 9 Nov 2011 14:10 by Paul Brayford
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FIELDWORK OPPORTUNITIES

  • You may find it useful to read the Dig Survivors Guide if you've not been to a dig before
  • Barnsley: Mediaeval Woodland Archaeological Survey 22 Aug - 1 Sep Come along and help WOLF (Woodland Outreach Learning Foundation) learn more about the history of Cawthorne Park Woodlands. Bell pits, iron smelting, slag heapsand iron ore are all to be ...
    Posted 23 Aug 2011 05:22 by Paul Brayford
  • Weaverthorpe Geophysical Survey ‘The Friends of St Andrews, Weaverthorpe, have secured funding from the LEADER Coast, Wolds, Wetlands & Waterways programme for geophysical surveys in the churchyard of St Andrews and on the site ...
    Posted 7 Aug 2011 09:49 by Paul Brayford
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