Felix Schmid, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FIRSE, FPWI Felix Schmid graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland, with a master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering. He worked for two years as a software analyst in Zürich
Wall Roman site, near Lichfield
The site museum, manned by volunteers from the Friends of Letocetum, is open until 29 October on the last Saturday and Sunday of each month. Admission free. http://www.wallromansitefriendsofletocetum.co.uk/
Programme of Lectures 2016 – 2017
Our lecture series takes place from October to April and showcases research and projects which investigate the archaeology of Birmingham and Warwickshire – with some notable exceptions! Lectures normally take place on the first Tuesday of the month* at the Birmingham
Annual Lunchtime Lectures
Tuesday 10 January 2017, 1pm-2pm “I have come after them and made repair”: Understanding Stonehenge through petrology. Images show samples and a thin section through X-polar light The precise number, identity, geological provenance and prehistorical significance of
BWAS AGM
Tuesday 6 December 2016, 6.45pm-7pm Tuesday 6 December 2016 7pm-8pm New towns in medieval Warwickshire: the mystery of Bretford Bretford is a small hamlet in Warwickshire, lying roughly equidistant between Coventry and Rugby. A little to the south, the Fosse Way is carried
Mansio, Medieval Pottery, M6 Toll and Museum
Tuesday 4 October 2016, 7pm Mansio, Medieval Pottery, M6 Toll and Museum: a personal perspective on Wall Roman site (Letocetum), Staffordshire With Dr. Mike Hodder Wall originated as a series of 1st-century Roman forts on a hilltop overlooking Watling Street.
FIRST LECTURE OF 2016! TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER, 7pm, BMI
Tuesday 4 October 2016, 7pm Mansio, Medieval Pottery, M6 Toll and Museum: a personal perspective on Wall Roman site (Letocetum), Staffordshire With Dr. Mike Hodder Wall originated as a series of 1st-century Roman forts on a hilltop overlooking Watling Street.
Tuesday 1 November 2016, 7pm-8pm The Recording and Identification of Barns
A paper by Francis B. Andrews, a former President of the Society, for BWAS in 1900 described a number of major barns which had been lost and some which were still in existence. He talked about their importance and the
Tuesday 6 December 2016, 6.45pm-7pm BWAS AGM- Tuesday 6 December 2016 7pm-8pm New towns in medieval Warwickshire: the mystery of Bretford
With Prof. Chris Dyer Bretford is a small hamlet in Warwickshire, lying roughly equidistant between Coventry and Rugby. A little to the south, the Fosse Way is carried over the Avon on a medieval five-arch stone bridge. Although now a very
Tuesday 7 February 2017, 7pm-8pm Roman Burial in the Upper Thames Valley Region
With Paul Booth Aberrant burial with skull by knees and pot replacing head! Work in the Upper Thames Valley in the last twenty years has added considerably to our knowledge of Roman burial practice in the region, with discoveries ranging