[MR] FW: For leather nuts and archaeologists in the UK

[Olwen the Odd]

> To: DW-L at DRACHENWALD.SCA.ORG> > Got this from the medleatherlist.> > Anna de Byxe> > > Archaeological Leather Group Weekend Conference> >> > HAVE WE GOT A TANNERY?> >> > Walsall Leather Museum, 12th - 13th April 2008> > Members of the> > Archaeological Leather Group are frequently> > contacted by => > archaeologists who think they have uncovered a> > tannery site. Very => > often, the only evidence is a hole in the ground> > containing some pieces => > of leather. In order to increase knowledge and> > understanding of leather => > manufacturing techniques, the ALG is organising a> > conference entitled => > Have we got a tannery? It will take place on April> > 12th and 13th, 2008 => > at the Walsall Leather Museum. An international> > group of specialists => > experienced in examining stone, bone and> > environmental remains will => > contribute, as well as those who have excavated a> > wide range of skin => > processing sites, dating from pre-historic times to> > the nineteenth => > century. Skin working processes which leave no> > archaeological remains => > will also be discussed. =20 The cost for the two> > days will be =A350> > for ALG members and =A365 for => > non-members.> >> > For further details and a booking form, please> > contact:> > Mike Glasson, Leather Museum, Littleton Street West,> > Walsall, WS2 8EG> > Tel: 01922 721153 Email:> > mailto:leathermuseum at walsall.gov.uk=20> > Details of the group, its meetings and publications> > can be found at => > www.archleathgrp.org.uk> > ***Programme***> >> > **Saturday, 12th April**> > 10.00-10.30 REGISTRATION, COFFEE, etc.> >> > 10 30-11.00 Roy Friendship-Taylor Questions,> > questions, questions:> > what the archaeologist needs to know> > 11.00-11.30 Roy Thomson Skin, leather and tanning:> > some definitions> > 11.30-11.45 COFFEE> > 11.45-12.15 Terry O'Connor Bone evidence-title to be> > announced> > 12.15-1.00 Allan Hall & Harry Kenward Plant and> > invertebrate> > indicators of leather production: from fresh skin => > to leather offcuts> > 1.00-2.00 LUNCH> > 2.00-2.30 Susanna Harris Preparing skins in> > pre-history: a review of> > evidence and approaches> > 2.30-3.15 Lotta Rahme Tanning with traditional tools> > and techniques:> > Inuit, Native American => > and Sami people> > 3.15-3.45 Lucy Skinner Traditional tanning> > techniques as observed at a> > contemporary Sudanese => > tannery> > 3.45-4.00 TEA> > 4.00-4.45 Carol van Driel Murray Are we missing> > something? The> > elusiveness of Roman tanneries> > 4.45-5.15 Esther Cameron Bits and pieces: leather> > from Anglo-Saxon> > contexts> > **Sunday, 13th April**> >> > 9.30-10.00 Cecily Spall Have we got a parchmenerie?> > The challenges of> > identifying leather => > working at a dry preserved site> > 10.00-10.30 Patricia Stevens Archaeology and> > tanning: the relationship> > between animals and tanneries> > 10.30-11.15 Anton Ervynck Everything but the> > leather: the search for> > Roman and Medieval tanneries => > in Flemish archaeology> > 11.15-11.30 COFFEE> > 11.30-12.15 Mike Shaw Late 15th to 17th century> > tanning in> > Northampton: the excavation => > evidence and some wider research> > 12.15-1.00 Stephanie Ratkai Tanning and related> > trades in Birmingham> > 1200-1800> > 1.00-2.00 LUNCH> > 2.00-2.45 Kevin Rielly Bermondsey's leather> > industry: the> > archaeological evidence> > 2.45-3.30 Helen Gomersall Hide and seek-some> > thoughts on recognising> > tannery structures> > 3.30 Close & TEA> >> >> >> >> > Yahoo! Groups Links> >> > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:> >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalshoemaking/> >> > <*> Your email settings:> > Individual Email | Traditional> >> > <*> To change settings online go to:> >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalshoemaking/join> > (Yahoo! ID required)> >> > <*> To change settings via email:> > mailto:medievalshoemaking-digest at yahoogroups.com> >> >> >> mailto:medievalshoemaking-fullfeatured at yahoogroups.com> >> > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email> > to:> > medievalshoemaking-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com> >> > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:> > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> >> >
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