QRA/BCRA Joint Field Meeting: Cave archaeology and karst geomorphology in NW England

This field meeting is jointly organised by the Quaternary Research Association and the British Cave Research Association, including the newly-formed BCRA Cave Archaeology Special Interest Group. It will consider recent research into cave archaeology and aspects of karst geomorphology in Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales, where the latest results are informing us about glaciations since MIS15 or earlier, the later stages of the Devensian glaciation, and human influences since the Late Glacial.  

Preliminary programme

Three field days are planned, preceded by introductory talks on Thursday evening. Additionally, other visits and talks will be arranged each evening.

Day 0 (Thursday evening)

Registration and introductory talks

Day 1 (Friday)

The Quaternary development of Kingsdale. Leader: Tony Waltham

Drumlins at Ribblehead and the Whernside glacier. Leader: Wishart Mitchell

Archaeology, sediments and speleogenesis at Jubilee Cave and Victoria Cave. Leaders: Tom Lord and Phil Murphy

Friday evening - exhibition about Victoria Cave at the Museum of North Craven Life, Settle. Leader: Tom Lord

Day 2 (Saturday)

Archaeology of caves at Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria. Leaders: Hannah O'Regan and Ian Smith

Lowland limestone pavements and grike erratics in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB: Hale pavement and Gait Barrow. Leaders: Peter Standing and Helen Goldie

Day 3 (Sunday)

Cosmogenic dates and pedestal studies from Norber and OSL dates from loess at Winskill. Leaders: Peter Wilson and Helen Goldie  

Recent palaeoecological and archaeological work in the Settle area.   

Accommodation

The meeting will be based at the Dalesbridge Centre, Austwick, near Settle, North Yorkshire

See link below for further information and online registration.

further information:
Trevor Faulkner and Hannah O'Regan (trevor[at]marblecaves.org.uk and H.J.O'Regan@ljmu.ac.uk)
https://buyonline.ljmu.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=72&deptid=61&catid=9

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