Lindow Man Lecture Series
Dates
14 Oct, 21 Oct, 04 Nov, 11 Nov.
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All of the lectures are free but booking is essential. Please call (0191) 222 6865
Lindow Man: Body of Evidence will remain open between 5-6pm
Free lectures
Wednesday 14 October 2009, 6pm
Lindow Man and other British Bog Bodies with Rick Turner
Lindow Man was hailed as Britain's first bog body to match the famous finds from the continent such as Tollund Man. However, as this lecture will show, Lindow Man was not even the first such find from Lindow Moss. Well-preserved human remains had been found in peat bogs in the British Isles for over 300 years. Rick Turner will explore the stories surrounding these finds and the explanations for their miraculous preservation. Rick Turner was Cheshire County Archaeologist when he found and excavated Lindow Man in 1984. He studied archaeology at Cambridge and has been an Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Cadw since 1989.
Wednesday 21 October 2009, 6pm
Archaeology of Human Sacrifice with Andrew Parkin
Was Lindow Man a human sacrifice? This lecture looks at archaeological evidence for human sacrifice and the possibility that Lindow Man was the victim of this kind of rite. Andrew Parkin is Keeper of Archaeology at the Great North Museum: Hancock and research associate for the Centre for Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies at Newcastle University.
Wednesday 4 November 2009, 6pm
Buried bones, Egyptian mummies and Bog bodies with Robert Connolly
This talk will review what we can and cannot tell from human remains, the important science that has emerged from the study of bog bodies and some of the myths that have arisen regarding Lindow Man and other bog bodies. Robert Connolly has spent the whole of his working life at the University of Liverpool; currently as Senior Lecturer in Physical Anthropology. He was present at the excavation of Lindow Man and following the body’s move to the British Museum he has worked on many aspects of peat-preservation of human remains including Lindow Man himself and another fragmentary body found scattered over Lindow Moss.
Wednesday 11 November 2009, 6pm
Becoming Roman? The world of Lindow Man with Tom Moore
What changes did Iron Age communities see at the beginning of the first millennium BC and how did Iron Age communities become part of Roman Britannia? This talk offers new perspectives on the developments that took place at the end of the Iron Age in an attempt to understand the changing world in which the sacrifice of individuals like Lindow Man took place. Tom Moore is Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University. His research interests focus mainly on the British and French Iron Age, particularly the late Iron Age-Roman transition.
Saturday 28 November 2009, 2pm
The death of Lindow Man: multiple interpretations with Jody Joy. From the evidence found on his body we know Lindow Man suffered a violent death but we don't know exactly how and why he was killed. Jody Joy from the British Museum discusses the possible interpretations of his death.
There are also a range of free lectures taking place at Newcastle University. For more information visit http://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/public-lectures