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Excavations at Old Owen Springs, July 2013. Read more here.AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
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The next ASHA Sydney reading group will be held on Thursday evening, 14 March.
However, for the first time you can attend online via Zoom Meeting. This will be particularly useful for ASHA members who live outside of Sydney but who want to join in the conversation.
The topic will be the articles in most recent volume of the ASHA journal - Australasian Historical Archaeology. Current members can download copies of all the articles in the journal via the ASHA website.
Location and Time:
GML Heritage
Level 6, 372 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
6:00-7:30pm, Thursday 14th March 2019
Alternately - you can attend online via Zoom. The link will be sent out to remote attendees who RSVP.
Thank you to GML Heritage for providing the venue.
RSVP
Please let us know you’re coming, by emailing events@asha.org.au by 4pm on Thursday 14th March for catering purposes. Please let us know whether you are coming in person or would like a link to the online Zoom meeting.
Joshua Davis
There will be three great presentations.
Wine and nibbles will follow.
You just need to register on the following link.
Please note that numbers are limited.WHEN: Thursday March 21st, from 5:30-8pm
WHERE: Element’s Boardroom - Parmelia Hilton Level 19, 191 St Georges Tce.
Also, I would like to ask you to save the following Seminar dates on your calendars for all collaborative events with AICOMOS, AACAI and Heritage Perth:
June 20th, Built Heritage
September 19th, Museology
December 3rd, Archaeology
All seminars are in principle at Element’s office located on Level 19/ 191 St Georges Tce, from 5:30pm-8pm, unless otherwise stated.
On 26 September 2018, ASHA held a workshop on Artefact Identification and Analysis as part of the 2018 ASHA/AIMA Conference in Parramatta.
There was a good turnout of members, students and non-members with 25 attending each session.
Specialists talked on the artefact categories that are often, if not always, found during excavations. These categories also have the dubious reputation of being the hardest to catalogue because of their huge range of functions, fabrics, decor, manufacturing techniques etc.
This workshop also provided an ideal opportunity to showcase one of Australia’s earliest potters, Thomas Ball, so we can recognise, and therefore verify the presence of Ball’s work on sites in and around Sydney.
All presenters arrived laden with interesting artefacts that helped demonstrate the identification technique with a hands-on approach.
Jeanne Harris held two sessions and talked on the topics of ceramics and glass.
Robyn Stocks talked about two categories close to her heart, miscellaneous and building materials.
Mary Casey and Bernadette McCall prepared and presented a session on identifying Thomas Ball pottery.
Each presenter has provided ASHA with their guides on their chosen topics and these resources are now available to ASHA members.
The guides can be found at
https://asha-2015.worldsecuresystems.com/secure_zone/workshop-resources
The workshop was extremely interesting and enjoyable and there are plans for more workshops heading your way. Watch this space.
