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First Millennia Studies Group

@firstmillennia.bsky.social

The First Millennia Studies Group is a discussion forum for all aspects of archaeology in the first millennia BC and AD. There is no geographical limit but the majority of discussions centre around Scotland. Open to all. firstmillennia.wordpress.com

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First Millennia Studies Group @firstmillennia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're not quite ready to announce our speakers and their topics yet, but please save the dates below for our 2026-27 Seminar Series. Keep an eye here and on our website for the finalised programme firstmillennia.wordpress.com/lecture-cale...

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First Millennia Studies Group @firstmillennia.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our next seminar is on Tuesday 7 April at 18.00. Sophia Adams will be talking about the extraordinary finds in the Melsonby Hoard "Accumulating wealth: the growing story of the Melsonby Iron Age hoard" For this seminar we return to the Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre in Old College

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First Millennia Studies Group @firstmillennia.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Our next seminar is tomorrow (03/02). Martin Carruthers is venturing south to tell us all about the excavations of Iron Age households at The Cairns #broch & settlement 18:00 hours in the Usha Kasera lecture theatre, Old College

Oblique aerial view of The Cairns during the 2024 excavation © UHI Archaeology Institute

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First Millennia Studies Group @firstmillennia.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

🎉We can finally reveal our seminar programme for the rest of 2026! 📆We start next Tuesday (13/01) with the traditional unit roundup showcasing some recent commercial archaeology projects. ➡️Please note that we are now meeting in the Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre in Old College (except for March)

Tuesday 13 January, venue Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Old College, speaker various, title/theme Unit Round-up

Tuesday 3 February venue Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Old College, speaker Martin Carruthers, title/theme Making and Breaking the Broch:
Excavating Iron Age Households at The Cairns settlement, Orkney

Tuesday 3 March, venue Lecture Theatre A, University of Edinurgh, 40 George Square, Speaker Andrew Fitzpatrick, Title/Theme La Tène:
everything you wanted to know but never felt strong enough to ask

Tuesday 7 April venue Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Old College, speaker Sophia Adams, title/theme Accumulating wealth: the growing
story of the Melsonby Iron Age hoard

Tuesday 5 May, venue Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre Old College, speaker various, title/theme Finds Medley

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