Winchester: Archaeology and Memory Conference

On 26th and 27th April Dr Nick Thorpe (part of the Search for Alfred the Great team ) will be presenting the recent fascinating scientific discoveries at Hyde and Professor Barbara Yorke will be providing the wider context of “Alfred in Myth and History” , it is being organised jointly by the University of Winchester, Winchester Excavations Committee and Winchester College. Other papers include Winchester and Masada, Iron Age Winchester, Sacred and Profane in Winchester’s Past, – The Cult of the Saints, The Development of Archaeological Method through the Excavations at Winchester, Memory and Literature – Winchester and the South Downs, The Life and Work of William Wynford, Retained Master Mason to William of Wykeham,  Whatever happened in Winchester? Population change in Winchester 1300-1900,  The topography of Winchester’s hinterland in
the early middle ages, Winchester and the First World War, Recent excavations at 2-4 St Cross Road Winchester on the line of the City’s defences, Remembering people: Roman pottery grave goods from Winchester and beyond, – Winchester and England, Sanctity and Suffering: Life and Death at St Mary Magdalen, Winchester, – Architecture and Memory.
The link for booking is
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winchester-archaeology-and-memory-tickets-10034955823?ref=estwenivtefor001