A 10 week whistle-stop tour through the big wide world of archaeology. Look a little closer at human prehistory and the journey from hunter/gatherer cavemen to small scale farmers, city dwellers and modern humans. Find out whether the living a paleo lifestyle was really something you would want! ...... arriving Monday 18th September

Week 1 (17/09) - Introduction, plans, reading and timescales
Week 2 (24/09) - Paleolithic
Week 3 (01/10) - Mesolithic and Neolithic
Week 4 (08/10) - Bronze and Iron Age
Week 5 (17/10) - Roman Britain
Week 6 (29/10) - The `Dark Ages`
Week 7 (05/11) - Food, farming and trade
Week 8 (12/11) - Art, ritual and religion
Week 9 (19/11) - Experimental archaeology
Week 10 (26/11) - British sites and ways to study further

Useful Links:

Reading University Department of Archaeology - local and great! Link is to their outreach page but you may want to investigate the page and perhaps make some contacts. Reading Archaeology outreach

UK Archaeology -  the Council for British Archaeology, overview and includes fieldwork opportunities, factsheets and links to Young archaeolgists and community archaeolgy forum  CBA

Ancient Stones - guides to UK standing stones Ancient Stones

Stonehenge - info on the iconic English structures - Stonehenge

Berkshire Archaeology Society - Local active archaeology society - Berkshire archaeology