The anniversary of our first MAYA session! We’ll be looking back at the past year and updating the Time Line we did with Laura in July 2016.
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Our next session will be on Saturday 1st April and will be all about geophysical surveying!
We will be meeting at Stapleton Mead Farm, near Martock. Please email contact@yacsomerset.co.uk for exact directions.
PLEASE NOTE: We have a limited amount of survey equipment and so in order to accommodate as many members as possible we will be holding two sessions. Please email for more information and to book a place and say if you would prefer the morning or the afternoon session or if you have no preference.
Morning session: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Afternoon session: 1.30 – 3.30pm
What can we learn from tiny artefacts which are too small and fragile to dig up? How do we get them out of the soil and what sorts of things can we find?
This session will take place in the Learning Rooms of the Museum of Somerset.
Please note this is the Second Saturday in June.
A visit to the Somerset Heritage Centre, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton. Please note: This is the second Saturday in the month as the Somerset Records Office in the Heritage Centre will be open.
How did people in the past preserve animal skins, hides and furs and what did they use them for? A lively session with the return of Sally Herriett from our Launch event.
Many of you will remember Peeps, the star of our Launch event last April (with apologies to Phil Harding!) In January Peeps will be returning for a unique MAYA session where we will be finding out what Peeps and other owls eat and learn how tiny animal bones can be useful to archaeologists.
Come along to the launch of Mick Aston’s Young Archaeologists, with special guest Phil Harding from TV’s “Time Team”!
10am – 4pm Saturday 9th April in the Learning Room at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton.
- Handle and identify archaeological artefacts
- Indoor archaeological dig… Try your hand at being an archaeologists!
- Make your own Bronze Age brooch out of paper
- Find out how the “geophys” machines of the “Time Team” work
- Meet Bony Tony!
And lots more… 
All welcome!
The South West Heritage Trust presents an Experimental Archaeology Day with MAYA! 10am – 3.30pm. Family event with free entry.
Join the Hands on Heritage Team for a day of making, moulding, melting and getting messy!
Delve into the crafts of our ancestors to discover how wood is turned on a pole lathe, how to melt metal into jewellery or make pottery from clay. Explore our re-constructed Roman Dining Room and venture into our Saxon Longhall. A chance to meet Julian Richards from TV’s Meet the Ancestors!
Sensible clothing and footwear advised.
With Laura Burnett.
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