This months BCRA seminar is coming up soon! It is our rearranged March Seminar and will be held on Monday the 13th April.
Rick Peterson, Reader in Archaeology, University of Lancashire is delivering a lecture on 'Prehistoric cave burials from Heaning Wood, Cumbria and their European context'
Excavation of Heaning Wood Bone Cave, Great Urswick, Cumbria has produced an assemblage of human remains and prehistoric artefacts showing that the cave was used for burial at three periods in the prehistoric past: the Early Mesolithic; the Early Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Heaning Wood is just one example of many caves in North-West Europe which have evidence for burial and ritual activity at these dates. This talk will examine what we know about these practices and what that might tell us about prehistoric beliefs about caves and the underground world.
We hope to see as many of you there as possible!
Rick Peterson, Reader in Archaeology, University of Lancashire is delivering a lecture on 'Prehistoric cave burials from Heaning Wood, Cumbria and their European context'
Excavation of Heaning Wood Bone Cave, Great Urswick, Cumbria has produced an assemblage of human remains and prehistoric artefacts showing that the cave was used for burial at three periods in the prehistoric past: the Early Mesolithic; the Early Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Heaning Wood is just one example of many caves in North-West Europe which have evidence for burial and ritual activity at these dates. This talk will examine what we know about these practices and what that might tell us about prehistoric beliefs about caves and the underground world.
We hope to see as many of you there as possible!
