From Viking Boats to Whitby Jet: new discoveries on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula
In this talk Prof Oliver Harris will explore the archaeology of Swordle Bay on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, examining how a seemingly empty landscape is in fact teeming with more than 6,000 years of archaeology. Covering the excavation of Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Medieval and post-medieval sites this talk will set out the fascinating landscape and the discoveries we have made, including the only Viking boat burial on the UK mainland.
Speaker: Oliver Harris, Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester
Oliver Harris is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester. He is the author or co-author of five books and specialises in the study of the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Britain and Ireland as well as archaeological theory. He has co-directed fieldwork on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, western Scotland since 2006.

FREE for FRAG Members
Non-members welcome – £5 cash, payable on the night
(card payment not currently possible)
The Venue for FRAG Talks is:
University Centre Peterborough
Park Crescent
PE1 4DZ
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This is NOT the new university building in the centre of the city, but is on a shared campus with Peterborough College and is accessed from Park Crescent.
There is on-site parking available.
The lecture theatre is on the first floor; a lift is available.
