Archaeology of the Essex Landscape – HIAG Talk
With Maria Medlycott, Senior Historic Environment Consultant,Essex County Council on Monday15th March 2021 at 7:30 pm
The talk will consist of an overview of 40,000 years of archaeology in Essex and how the archaeological finds are shaped by and in turn shape the landscape of the county. It will cover the end of the Ice Age, the introduction of farming, the creation of large-scale monuments, the development of the road network, villages and towns and the exploitation of the coastal marshes and woodlands. The talk will include examples from the areas of Essex closest to Cambridgeshire and the results of recent excavations.
It is hoped that the talk will demonstrate the range and significance of the archaeology of what is often a misunderstood county, and that it will enable comparisons and contrasts to be drawn with the archaeology of the Histon and Impington area.
Maria Medlycott was born and studied in Ireland. She came to work in Essex by accident in 1986, starting on the large-scale excavations in advance of the development of Stansted Airport The late 1980s and early 1990s were spent in the field excavating and fieldwalking sites across Essex. In 1995 she moved indoors to undertake the Essex Historic Towns Project. Since 1999 she has worked as an archaeological development control officer, providing archaeological advice on planning applications, primarily to Maldon and Harlow District Councils. She also has an ongoing programme of projects, on a wide-range of subjects from the publication of the unpublished archives of Roman Great Chesterford to the study of the Essex Coastal Grazing-Marshes.
If you would like to register for the talk please use the HIAG Contact Us page and they will send you a Zoom link 3 days in advance of the talk. There is no charge for this event and you do not have to be a member.
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Image at top – Excavating a Beaker burial near Harlow