The Institute’s 2016 Summer Meeting

The Royal Archaeological Institute’s Summer Meeting 2016 was held in Wiltshire, focusing on recent archaeological research in the county from prehistory to recent times. The Institute had last visited the county in 1947, and the opportunity to encounter new ways of presenting sites and monuments to the public were considered, as well as results from excavations and building analyses. In a change from the usual format, it was decided that this Report should contain longer general statements of research achievements and opportunities for future investigation than previously, and that summaries of the places visited should be available online so that they can be accessed without restriction through the Institute’s website. This has allowed more illustrations and information to be in each entry, and helps to promote the Institute’s role as an academic and educational charity. The online entries can be accessed from http://www.royalarchinst.org/publications/summer-meetingreports and then ‘Wiltshire’. The Institute is grateful to those who were guides and hosts during the visit, particularly John Hare, who also gave the introductory lecture, and Tim TattonBrown. Others were David Cornelius-Reid (Amesbury), Timothy Darvill and Susan Greaney (Stonehenge), Adrian Green (Salisbury Museum), John Waddington (Old Deanery, Salisbury), Mary South and Amanda Richardson (Clarendon Palace), Bryn Walters (Littlecote), Marden henge (Amanda Chadburn and Jim Leary), Devizes Museum (David Dawson), Pam and Ivor Slocombe and Bruce Eaton (Bradford-onAvon), Anthony Emery, Paul Jack and Robert Fuller (Great Chalfield), Joshua Pollard (Avebury), Ed McSloy (Malmesbury), and David Field (Salisbury Plain Training Area). The meeting was organized by David A. Hinton (former President RAI) and Caroline Raison (Assistant Meetings Secretary, RAI).

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