LAMAS 60th Annual Conference of London Archaeologists
The DUA and DGL, 50 and 40 years on
This will be a hybrid event. In-person and online tickets are available via Eventbrite.
The programme will include live contributions which may be subject to change on the day.
Date and Time |
Location |
Saturday, 23th March 2024 11 AM to 5.30 PM |
Museum of London Docklands and Zoom Webinar |
Registration
In-person Tickets (Museum of London Docklands) £20
Online Tickets (Zoom) £20
Full Programme
Morning session: recent work
11.00-11.10: Welcome, introduction, and presentation of the 2023 Ralph Merrifield Award
Harvey Sheldon, Chair of Archaeology Committee
11.10-11.35: Further Excavations at Landmark Court, Southwark
Antonietta Lerz, MOLA
11.35-12.00: Newgate Street revisited: recent excavations at the former GPO site
Kathy Davidson, Pre-Construct Archaeology
12.00-12.20: Affluence and Industry in Post-Medieval Southwark: Excavations at 67–71 Tanner Street
Becky Haslam/Les Capon, AOC Archaeology Group
12.20-12.40: The Greater London Historical Environment Record
Sandy Kidd/Stuart Cakebread, GLAAS
12.40-1.00: Built on Words and Fire: Excavations at Stationers’ Hall, London
Ian Hogg, Archaeology South-East
1.00-2.00: LUNCH
Afternoon session: The DUA and DGLA, 50 and 40 Years On
2.00-2.30: Some major DUA sites 1974-84, and innovations along the way
John Schofield
2.30-3.00: On Mudbricks and Marxism: the revolutionary intent of single-context-recording and ‘the Early Development of Roman London West of the Walbrook’.
Dominic Perring
3.00-3.30: Solving the enigma of ‘the lost centuries’: the discovery of Lundenwic
Robert Cowie
3.30-4.00: BREAK
4.00-4.30: The DUA’s Trig Lane excavations 1974-6: the medieval waterfront project takes off
Gustav Milne
4.30-5.00: Top ceramics from 50 years of excavation in London
Jacqui Pearce
5.00-5.30: The Rose Theatre and the DGLA
Harvey Sheldon
Enquiries regarding the programme or bookstalls should be addressed to Jon Cotton on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Past conferences:
The 2023 Conference: Recent Work in Roman towns. Programme
The 2019 Conference: The Thames and its tributaries. Programme
The 2018 Conference: The Bloomberg Site. Programme
The 2017 Conference: The Crossrail Project. Programme
The 2016 Conference: London Bodies: Some Recent Advances. Programme
The 2015 Conference: Recent finds research. Programme
The 2014 Conference: Arenas of entertainment in Tudor and Jacobean London. Programme
The 2013 Conference: 50 Years of London Archaeology – Past, Present and Future. Programme.
The 2012 Conference: Roman Greater London. Programme
The 2011 Conference:The Archaeology of Modern London. Programme
The 2010 Conference: Saxon and Medieval London – Forty Years On. Programme
The 2009 Conference: London icons. Programme
The 2008 Conference: Londinium and Beyond. Programme
The 2007 Conference: The Archaeology of the East End. Programme
The 2006 Conference: Recent work on Roman towns. Programme
The 2005 Conference: the LAMAS 150th Anniversary Great Archaeological Balloon Race: The Final Five. Programme
The 2004 Conference: The Archaeology of the Recent Past. Programme
The 2003 Conference: London before London: prehistory in the Capital
The 2002 Conference: The London Archaeological Archive. Programme
The 2001 Conference: Archaeology in the landscape. Programme
The 2000 Conference: Romans in the suburbs. Programme
The 1999 Conference: the Archaeology of the River Thames. Programme
The 1998 Conference: 25 Years of Digging in the City of London Programme