Oxfordshire Past Conference 2008

10.00 Welcome

Morning Session “Whoever wishes to see the future must consult the past” Machiavelli

10.15 – A Review of Recent Archaeology in the Shire – Paul Smith, Oxfordshire County Council

10 .45 – Recent Archaeological Work on Blewburton Hill– Andrew Hutt and Stan Hughes

11.00 - Coffee

11.30 - TARDIS required : the Challenge of 21st Century Collections’ Management– Esther Cameron & Carol Anderson, Oxfordshire County Council

12.00 –Recent Work at Newington House, Newington in the Light of Investigations from the 1980s– Gwilym Williams, John Moore Heritage Services

12.30– The Mound at Rotherfield Greys, Henley on Thames – David Nicholls & Mike Green

13.00 - Lunch.

Afternoon Session “Archaeology is not what you find, it’s what you find out” David Hurst Thomas

14.05 – A Review of Recent Archaeology in the City – Brian Durham, Oxford City Council

14.45 – Four Saxo-Norman Churches near Wallingford– Daniel Secker (Paper on Blewbury, Upton & Astons Churches published in Oxoniensia 2006)

15 .15 - Tea

15.45 - Managing Scheduled Monuments: the role of the Historic Environment Field Adviser – Dan Bashford, English Heritage

16.15– The Dorchester Project—Gill Hey/Paul Booth, The Dorchester Project & Oxford Archaeology

16.45—Thanks and Close