Movement and connection in prehistoric Northumberland and southern Scotland with Dr. Alison Sheridan
Fri, 24 Jan
|William Elder Building
The lecture is in association with Berwick Educational Association
Time & Location
24 Jan 2025, 10:00 – 12:00
William Elder Building, 56-58 Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1JT, UK
About the event
This is the first in a series of lectures called Footsteps in our Landscape, which looks at different aspects of how people have moved through our local landscape in the past. The series is organised in association with Berwick Literary Festival and is inspired by some of the themes of 2024's Festival, particularly our local landscape, its history and how we move through it.
Our first lecture, by Dr. Alison Sheridan, deals with movement through our landscape in prehistory. This lecture is in association with Border Archaeological Society.
People have been moving into and around this region (Northumberland and southern Scotland) for 15,000 years, and we will look at who was moving, in which directions, and how and why they were moving, at different periods in the past from the Late Upper Palaeolithic until the Iron Age. Our understanding of prehistoric patterns of movement and connectivity has been revolutionised by recent advances…