December 2002
Research and Teaching

Prehistoric Pottery Conference

The University recently welcomed scientists and archaeologists from across Europe to speak at a unique conference on 'Prehistoric Pottery: People, Pattern and Purpose' - offering a fascinating insight into the lives of our ancestors.

Dr Michael Meyer, Humbolt University of Berlin; Dr Alex Gibson, Reader in British Prehistory at the University of Bradford's Department of Archaeological Sciences and Chairman of the PCRG; and Annette Hannocks, University of Birmingham and PCRG Secretary.

The conference, which was jointly organised by the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group (PCRG) and the Ceramics Petrology Group, covered a number of topics including design and usage to the chemical analyses of absorbed residues found within the walls of prehistoric pottery.

3 December 2002

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