A Millennium of Prehistory with Archaeologist Nick Card

This program is FREE of charge, but you must RSVP to Cort Morgan '80 (cmorgan@potomacschool.org)

A Millennium of Prehistory with Archaeologist Nick Card

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Speaker:        Scottish Archaeologist Nick Card
                MA, MIFA, FSAScot
                Senior Projects Manager, Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA)
                Site Director of The Ness of Brodgar

Title           A Millennium of Prehistory
                New Discoveries at the Ness of Brodgar
                in the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney" World Heritage Site

Summary:        For nine years, Nick Card has supervised the excavation of a remarkable neolithic ceremonial site in Orkney, Scotland.  Pre-dating both Newgrange and Stonehenge, the Ness of Brodgar has recently overturned the timeline of prehistoric developments in the British Isles 5,000 years ago.  This fascinating period witnessed the transition in Western Europe between hunting-and-gathering and agricultural  societies.  Our modern concepts of religion, social organization, architecture, the sacred and the profane are rooted in this epoch.  Nick's presentation will include a thought-provoking review of               discoveries to date and the many questions they are prompting.  In the stunning, elemental landscape of Orkney, journey back 5,000 years to a unique temple precinct which set a precedent for a                        millennium of regional development.

Web-Links:      The Ness of Brodgar excavation website
                http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/nessofbrodgar/excavation-background-2/

                A 2012 BBC film about the site
                http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01971gm

                The site honored in 2011 at The British Museum
                http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/02/28/ness-of-brodgar-excavation-named-research-project-of-the-year/

Date:           Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Time:           6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

                6:00 - 6:30     light refreshments
                6:30-7:30       lecture and visual presentation 
                7:30-8:30       questions and discussion

Admission:      Free to Harvard alumni

Food:           Free light refreshments before the presentation

Parking:        Free parking on site

Address:        The Potomac School
                1301 Potomac School Road
                McLean, VA   22101

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RSVP:   Cort Morgan, AB 1980
                cmorgan@potomacschool.org