Events and Activities
Conference
Peopling the Past: Reflecting on Prehistoric Europe
Europa conference 2023: 2nd-4th June 2023
The Prehistoric Society Europa Conference 2023: Peopling the Past: Reflecting on Prehistoric Europe will be held at the University of Cambridge from 2-4th June 2023. This year the conference honours the achievements of Prof Marie Louise Stig Sørensen, University of Cambridge, in the field of European Prehistory.
Day trip
Visit to the Ashmolean exhibition 'Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth and Reality'
A members only, out of hours, visit to 'Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth and Reality', led by Dr Andrew Shapland (Sir Arthur Evans Curator of Bronze Age and Classical Greece)
Lecture
Prehistoric Henges in Yorkshire and beyond: recent research
Annual joint lecture with YHAS
Dr Alex Gibson
With the Thornborough Henges now being taken into public ownership, and with recent research and excavation in Wharfedale, this talk will be a journey from Orkney to Wessex
Lecture
Repeopling La Mancheland: Landscape Perspectives on the Neanderthal Archaeology of La Cotte de St Brelade.
Annual joint lecture with WAS
Dr Matt Pope (UCL)
What role did the Channel Islands and coasts of Britain and France play in the lives of ancient humans populations and how can the record preserved at La Cotte and other terrestrial sites in the region help us to understand and research what now lies under the sea.
News and social media
New Prehistoric Society website launched!
Monday, 11th October 2021
We are thrilled that you are visiting us on our new website, and hope you like our new look.
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society collections
Wednesday, 6th October 2021
The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society is our flagship publication – an international academic journal that has been published since 1935.