Iincluding book launch and public lecture

The NAS AGM (details, pdf: 425KB) book launch and Public Lecture was held on Tuesday 10th November at The Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton, NN1 1LD.

Dennis Jackson bookAfter the meeting there was the launch of an exciting new book about the life and times of renowned local archaeologist, Dennis Jackson, pioneer of modern archaeology in Northamptonshire.

This was followed by the lecture "Roman Villas & Mosaics in Northamptonhsire and region" by Dr David S Neal who is a leading figure in the archaeology of Roman Britain.  He has excavated widely, including Stanwick Roman villa in Northamptonshire, and is a regular and characteristically enthusiastic guest with Time Team.  He is perhaps most renowned for his monumental research and co-authorship with Stephen Cosh of the corpus of Romano-British mosaics.  A highlight of these volumes, now approaching completion, is David's immensely accurate and detailed painted illustrations.  Examples from Northamptonshire include the Bellerophon mosaic from Croughton in the south of the county.