01 September 2015

Week-long summer school part of the ´A Window on the Hidden Bronze Age Landscape of Caithness´ project.

In the summer school participants will develop their landscape investigations by learning to plan sampling strategies that test theories about the nature and extent of prehistoric settlements. Participants will undertake geophysical survey of sites identified in the LiDAR data and ‘ground-truthed’ in the field. In addition, at selected sites where this is feasible with the consent of relevant landowners, soil sample survey through coring and test-pit excavations will be carried out. This stage of the field school will introduce participants to the investigation stage of an archaeological research project, where information about the extent and character of archaeological sites is gathered.
Monday 31st August will be spent at Castlehill Heritage Centre, with the remainder of the week being spent in the field. Please meet at the Heritage Centre at 9am each day, unless advised otherwise.

All project events are free and open to all, but you MUST register to take part in the summer school. This is partly because places are limited, but also so that we can keep participants informed about arrangements during the fieldwork.

Please register by emailing charlotte.douglas@aocarchaeology.com with details of when you would like to attend the summer school.

Participation in all 6 days of each week is not mandatory – please attend as and when you can!

If you register but find that you are unable to attend, please email Charlotte as above so that she can allocate your place to someone else.

Further information about the project is at http://www.aocarchaeology.com/bronzeagecaithness