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CAHO next seminar series will be presented by Dr Rivka Rabinovich of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Visit http://cahoseminars.soton.ac.uk/events/tbc/to view her abstract and all other details. Continue reading →

The first seminar of 2014 will be given by Natasha Reynolds from the University of Oxford. She will talk about the exiting yet lesser known Upper Palaeolithic of Russia. For further details see the abstract below. The seminar will take place as usual on Friday, 17th January  at 5pm in the Wymer Lab (bld 65a). Continue reading →

  Dear all, We are pleased to announce that the annual CAHO Christmas Lecture will be given by dr Penny Spikins from the University of York. In the spirit of  the festive season she will talk about: Angels or Demons?:  Can the archaeological record tell us what motivated our earliest ancestors? For more details please see the abstract below. The lecture will take place on 12 December (Thursday) 2014 at 4pm in the Wymer Lab, bld 65a, Avenue Campus. Wine and mince pies will be served. Continue reading →

Its been great to see so many of you at the seminars. Thanks once again to Mac and Nick for the first two sessions. Continue reading →

    The first CAHO seminar of the new academic year will be given by our own John “Mac” McNabbwho will talk about the new site that him and his team have been working on this summer. This is really exciting as it represents the first major Lower Palaeolithic site in Greece, so don’t miss out! You can read up on it here. Title:  ”Recent work on Lesvos, the Lower Palaeolithic of Greece.” Place: Wymer Lab. Time: this Friday, 25 October, at 5 p.m. Continue reading →

This year’s speakers list starts to look very promising. Nick Ashton, curator of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic collections at the British Museum, will be visiting us in early November to talk about Early Palaeolithic in Britain. Continue reading →

 We’re currently planning this year’s Centre for Archaeology of Human Origins seminar series after the great success of the series last year.  Thanks again to all those speakers from 2012-13 and to see the range and quality of last year check out the past events on the seminars page.  Thanks must go to the Humanities Graduate School for funding of the series last year. Keep checking in to see who and when speakers are presenting. Continue reading →