23 January: Mick Jones (City Archaeologist)
‘Hillside highlights: the Lower Walled City at Lincoln’.

20 February: Stuart Squires
‘Ironstone Mining from Greetwell to Barkston’. 

19 March: Professor Ian Haynes (University of Newcastle)
‘Finding Bacchus in Transylvania; excavating the sanctuary of Liber Pater’ (joint meeting with the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies). 

16 April: Professor Malcolm Todd (Exeter)
‘The Spoils of Victory: Roman Mining in Somerset’. 

14 May: Dr John Curtis (British Museum)
‘The Archaeology of Iraq: Rape and Repair’ (note: this event will take place at The Collection as part of the Lincoln Book Festival) 

17 May: Outing to Rufford Abbey, guided by Andrew Gaunt. 

18 June (AGM):  Professor Julian Henderson (University of Nottingham)
‘The Turin Shroud: religious icon and/or forgery?’ 

18-21 July: Romans, Early Christians and Industrial Archaeology in Northumbria (joint with SLHA), based at St Aidan’s College, University of Durham. 

17 September: Dr Kevin Leahy (Portable Antiquities Scheme)
‘Lindsey: the Lost Kingdom Found’. 

20 September: Outing to Thornton Abbey/Barton on Humber.  

15 October: Dr Dominic Perring (University College, London)
‘Gnosticism and the fall of Roman Britain’. 

12 November: Dr William Bowden (University of Nottingham)
‘Standing in the shadow of Boudica: the Caistor Roman Town Project’. 

December (date to be agreed): Christmas Party 

 

All talks to be held at St Hugh’s Church Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln, commencing at 7.30pm, unless otherwise indicated.