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Category Archives: What’s Gone
Rock Art
Rock art was the subject of this month’s meeting – an opportunity to find out more about pictographs (paintings or drawings) and petroglyphs (carvings). First everyone had to make their own piece of rock from a mixture of sand and … Continue reading
Marvellous Mosaics
This month at YAC it was mosaic madness! Members were set the challenge of creating a mosaic to act as a display for this year’s National Archaeology Day. They were split into four groups, each with its own brief. The … Continue reading
Re: Writing History
This month at YAC the theme was writing through history. Members were first shown alphabets from 7 different ancient languages: Cuneiform, Greek, Hieroglyphic, Ogham, Phoenician, Roman and Runic. Then they wrote their name in all 7 different languages and found … Continue reading
Fun, Food and Fancy Dress!
This year’s Christmas party had a fancy dress theme. Costumes ranged from a cave girl, to the Romans, Queen Victoria and Howard Carter. The first of many games was ‘pass the penny’. The next games played were everybody’s old favourite … Continue reading
Bewildering Buildings
This month at YAC, members took an active approach to learning about standing buildings. This involved completing a quiz around Salisbury Cathedral Close. Members not only had to answer a specific question about each building but also had to use … Continue reading
Bones, Burials & Beliefs
This month at YAC, following a Halloween-y theme, bones were the focus of the session. The task for the day was to cut out and assemble a skeleton. Then members learned about different burial rites and practices, including what different … Continue reading
Potty about Pottery
This month at YAC, members learned all about pottery – when and how it was first made and how it changed over time from coil pots to wheel-thrown pots. They thought about how and why shapes and designs varied and … Continue reading
A very un-Civil War
In order to learn more about the Civil War, this month’s session included a visit from members of the Sealed Knot. The re-enactors came along in costume and talked about what role their characters would have played during the Civil … Continue reading
The Variable Vikings
This month at YAC, members were given a chance to see what Viking life was like. Donna – a Viking re-enactor – brought along a range of objects to give a real hands-on element to this month’s session. Members had … Continue reading