Past Lectures
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2022-Jun : Graham Cross : Mare Nostrum - Sea Power in the Ancient World.
A Brief HIstory of Seafaring in the Mediterranean World - 700 BC to 400
2022-May : Miguel Lago and Rita Dias : ERA - 25 Years of Public Archaeology
2022-Apr : Campbell Price : Golden Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Graeco-Roman Egypt
2022-Mar : Rui Parreira : The Carnac alignments and the megalithic builders of Western Europe.
2022-Feb : Sandra Cavaco & Jaquelina Covaneiro – Tavira in the 16th Century through the eyes of archaeology
2022-Jan : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Dec : Aleksandar Brzic - The use of Austrian ducats in jewellery in some regions of the Balkans
ca. 1800 - today'.
2021-Nov : Filipe Henriques & Ana Pratas - 'Cerro da Vila, Vilamoura'
2021-Oct : Pedro Horta - Dissecting the latest discoveries from Bacho Kiro Cave
(Bulgaria) Understanding the first (human) Europeans
2021-Jun : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-May : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Apr : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Mar : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Feb : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Jan : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
ca. 1800 - today'.
2021-Nov : Filipe Henriques & Ana Pratas - 'Cerro da Vila, Vilamoura'
2021-Oct : Pedro Horta - Dissecting the latest discoveries from Bacho Kiro Cave
(Bulgaria) Understanding the first (human) Europeans
2021-Jun : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-May : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Apr : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Mar : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Feb : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2021-Jan : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-Dec : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-Nov : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-Oct : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-June : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-May : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-April : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-Mar : Robert M Chapple - An archaeologist among the gravestones: reading two Irish graveyards.
2020-Feb: Tiago Gil Curado - Contact and commerce between Portugal and United Kingdom during Medieval and Post-Medieval periods, from a numismatic perspective.
2020-Jan : Inês Vaz Pinto - Roman Troia: discovering a large fish-salting production centre in Western Lusitania
2020-Nov : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-Oct : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-June : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-May : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-April : Canceled (due to Covid-19)
2020-Mar : Robert M Chapple - An archaeologist among the gravestones: reading two Irish graveyards.
2020-Feb: Tiago Gil Curado - Contact and commerce between Portugal and United Kingdom during Medieval and Post-Medieval periods, from a numismatic perspective.
2020-Jan : Inês Vaz Pinto - Roman Troia: discovering a large fish-salting production centre in Western Lusitania
2019-Dec: Elena Moran & Rui Perreira - Alcalar,
- a settlement of the 3rd. millennium BC in the far south-western corner of Europe.
2019-Nov: Will Rathouse - The Archaeology of the Thames Foreshore (continuation from March 2019)
2019-Oct: Pedro Horta (continuation of the May lecture topic listed above)
- The emergence and expansion of Modern Humans throughout the Old World
2019-June: Caterina Viegas, Rui de Almeida
- Loule Velho (Quarteira) - Archaeology of memory at a Roman site
2019-May: Pedro Horta - Neanderthals, Denisovians and Modern Humans
2019-Apr: Florian Hermann - The fish sauce production centre of Boca do Rio.
2019-Mar: Will Rathouse - The Archaeology of the Thames Foreshore (London).
2019-Feb: Joao Marreiros - The Paleocoast Project.
2019-Jan: Mervyn Samuel - The Royal Alcazar of Seville.
- a settlement of the 3rd. millennium BC in the far south-western corner of Europe.
2019-Nov: Will Rathouse - The Archaeology of the Thames Foreshore (continuation from March 2019)
2019-Oct: Pedro Horta (continuation of the May lecture topic listed above)
- The emergence and expansion of Modern Humans throughout the Old World
2019-June: Caterina Viegas, Rui de Almeida
- Loule Velho (Quarteira) - Archaeology of memory at a Roman site
2019-May: Pedro Horta - Neanderthals, Denisovians and Modern Humans
2019-Apr: Florian Hermann - The fish sauce production centre of Boca do Rio.
2019-Mar: Will Rathouse - The Archaeology of the Thames Foreshore (London).
2019-Feb: Joao Marreiros - The Paleocoast Project.
2019-Jan: Mervyn Samuel - The Royal Alcazar of Seville.
2018-Dec: Maria João Valente & Cristina Tété Garcia -
In between life and death: the archaeology of Poço Antigo in Cacela.
2018-Nov: Roger Tomlin - Roman London's First Voices: the new Bloomberg writing tablets.
2018-Oct: Andy Weaver - Ritual Protection Marks (or 'witch marks')
2018-June: Juliette Desplat - Gertrude Bell.
2018-May: Paul Breeze - When the Sahara and Arabia were green - How prehistoric climate change
influenced human movements and culture in the deserts of the Middle East.
2018-April: Matt Pope - In and out of Northern Europe - Hunting the Neanderthals of the English Channel.
2018-Mar: Joao Pedro Bernardes - The Boca do Rio necropolis.
The archaeology of death in a coastal community in Roman times.
2018-Feb: Robert Chapple - The Persistent Place: 5000 yrs of archaeology at Gortlaunaght, Co Cavan, Ireland.
2018-Jan : Lecture canceled
In between life and death: the archaeology of Poço Antigo in Cacela.
2018-Nov: Roger Tomlin - Roman London's First Voices: the new Bloomberg writing tablets.
2018-Oct: Andy Weaver - Ritual Protection Marks (or 'witch marks')
2018-June: Juliette Desplat - Gertrude Bell.
2018-May: Paul Breeze - When the Sahara and Arabia were green - How prehistoric climate change
influenced human movements and culture in the deserts of the Middle East.
2018-April: Matt Pope - In and out of Northern Europe - Hunting the Neanderthals of the English Channel.
2018-Mar: Joao Pedro Bernardes - The Boca do Rio necropolis.
The archaeology of death in a coastal community in Roman times.
2018-Feb: Robert Chapple - The Persistent Place: 5000 yrs of archaeology at Gortlaunaght, Co Cavan, Ireland.
2018-Jan : Lecture canceled
2017-Dec : Pete Siegfried - Monomatapa & King Solomon's mines.
2017-Nov : Tatyana Kytmannow - Irish megalithic tombs & a comparison with Southern Iberian megaliths.
2017-Oct : Ana Margarida Arruda - Indigenous Phoenicians in the far west.
2017-June : Robert Loynes - The Egyptian Mummy – Ancient Craft; Modern Science.
2017-May : Jorge Correia & Antonio Rodrigues - Silves through the ages –
Archaeological evidence of human presence since the Upper Paleolithic.
2017-Apr : Hampus Norrgren - A Viking legacy - Iron Age journeys and findings.
2017-Mar : Robert M Chapple - The Swastika in Irish art & Archaeology:
Origins, associations, and general decorations.
2017-Feb: João Cascalheira - Neanderthal to Modern Human transition in Portugal.
2017-Jan: Maria João Valente - Bon appétit! - Eating in Roman and Medieval Islamic times in Southern Portugal.
2017-Nov : Tatyana Kytmannow - Irish megalithic tombs & a comparison with Southern Iberian megaliths.
2017-Oct : Ana Margarida Arruda - Indigenous Phoenicians in the far west.
2017-June : Robert Loynes - The Egyptian Mummy – Ancient Craft; Modern Science.
2017-May : Jorge Correia & Antonio Rodrigues - Silves through the ages –
Archaeological evidence of human presence since the Upper Paleolithic.
2017-Apr : Hampus Norrgren - A Viking legacy - Iron Age journeys and findings.
2017-Mar : Robert M Chapple - The Swastika in Irish art & Archaeology:
Origins, associations, and general decorations.
2017-Feb: João Cascalheira - Neanderthal to Modern Human transition in Portugal.
2017-Jan: Maria João Valente - Bon appétit! - Eating in Roman and Medieval Islamic times in Southern Portugal.
2016-Dec : Nuno Bicho - Stone age Archaeological investigations in Mozambique
2016-Nov : Peter and Sonja Schroeder - Archaeological Travels in Turkey
2016-Oct : Augusto Salgado - The U-35 project
2016-June : Alice Toso - Study of diet in Islamic medieval Portugal
2016-May : Pedro Barros , Samuel Melro & David Gançalvo
New insights into the Iron age necropolises in southern Alentejo and Algarve
2016-Apr : James Campbell Price - New light under ancient wrappings.
Studying Egyptian mummies at Manchester museum
2016-Mar : Tiago Fraga - The lost city of the Ria Formosa.
2016-Feb : Lara Bacelar Alves - Prehistoric Rock Art
2016-Jan : Otávio Mateus - Vertebrate Paleontology in Algarve
2016-Nov : Peter and Sonja Schroeder - Archaeological Travels in Turkey
2016-Oct : Augusto Salgado - The U-35 project
2016-June : Alice Toso - Study of diet in Islamic medieval Portugal
2016-May : Pedro Barros , Samuel Melro & David Gançalvo
New insights into the Iron age necropolises in southern Alentejo and Algarve
2016-Apr : James Campbell Price - New light under ancient wrappings.
Studying Egyptian mummies at Manchester museum
2016-Mar : Tiago Fraga - The lost city of the Ria Formosa.
2016-Feb : Lara Bacelar Alves - Prehistoric Rock Art
2016-Jan : Otávio Mateus - Vertebrate Paleontology in Algarve
2015-Dec : Ismael Medeiros & João Bernardes - Garum in Lusitania.
The archaeological site of Boca do Rio: Structure and peripheral occupation
2015-Nov : Ron B. Thomson - The Agricultural Revolutions of the Middle Ages
2015-Oct : Antonio Almeida - Some Further Issues on Language and Archaeology
2015-Jun : Rita Roussos - The proud and pure women of Republican Rome.
Women and the fallen women of the Empire.
2015-May : Peter Daughtrey - Plato, Atlantis and South-West Iberia
2015-Apr : Joana Baço - Anhors Ahoy- Anchors through history; the case for Lagos
2015-Mar : Maria del Carmen Moreno Escobar - Rome's Mediterranean Ports
2015-Feb : John Needham - A late Jurassic petrified tree and other fossils from Wiltshire
2015-Jan : Jorge Russo - Diving on the wreck of the SS Dago
The archaeological site of Boca do Rio: Structure and peripheral occupation
2015-Nov : Ron B. Thomson - The Agricultural Revolutions of the Middle Ages
2015-Oct : Antonio Almeida - Some Further Issues on Language and Archaeology
2015-Jun : Rita Roussos - The proud and pure women of Republican Rome.
Women and the fallen women of the Empire.
2015-May : Peter Daughtrey - Plato, Atlantis and South-West Iberia
2015-Apr : Joana Baço - Anhors Ahoy- Anchors through history; the case for Lagos
2015-Mar : Maria del Carmen Moreno Escobar - Rome's Mediterranean Ports
2015-Feb : John Needham - A late Jurassic petrified tree and other fossils from Wiltshire
2015-Jan : Jorge Russo - Diving on the wreck of the SS Dago
2014-Dec : Ana Osório - Experimental insights on pottery interpretation
2014-Nov : J A Riquelme - Faunal remains from Alcalar
2014-Oct : Dennis Graen - The Romans in the Algarve hinterland
2014-June : Antonio Almeida - Language and Archaeology
2014-May : Campbell Price - Secrets under the Sand -Geophysical discoveries at Saqqara in Eygpt
2014-Apr : Karina Croucher - Mortuary practices of Neolithic Near East
2014-Mar : Rita Roussos - Women in Ancient Greece:
The image of motherhood in Classical Greek art and Literature
2014-Feb : Delminda Moura - Preservation of underwater remains - Environmental variables
2014-Jan : Sonja Frisell and Peter Schroeder - Roman Holiday! - not the film but an archaeological holiday
2014-Nov : J A Riquelme - Faunal remains from Alcalar
2014-Oct : Dennis Graen - The Romans in the Algarve hinterland
2014-June : Antonio Almeida - Language and Archaeology
2014-May : Campbell Price - Secrets under the Sand -Geophysical discoveries at Saqqara in Eygpt
2014-Apr : Karina Croucher - Mortuary practices of Neolithic Near East
2014-Mar : Rita Roussos - Women in Ancient Greece:
The image of motherhood in Classical Greek art and Literature
2014-Feb : Delminda Moura - Preservation of underwater remains - Environmental variables
2014-Jan : Sonja Frisell and Peter Schroeder - Roman Holiday! - not the film but an archaeological holiday
2013-Dec : Tiago Fraga - Project Patacho Pedro Dias
2013-Nov : Trevor Watson - Gobekli Tepe (South Turkey). Time for another Neolithic Revolution
2013-Oct : Antonio Carvalho - Migration or Acculturation in Neolithic Europe?
Theoretical Expectations and Palaeogenetic Evidence.
2013-Jun : Andrew Souter - Maritime trade, interprovincial relations and amphorae :
Understanding commercial mechanisms in a provincial setting.
2013-May : Paul Hyland - Portugal, so great, so small - Colonial obesity & post-revolutionary anorexia
2013-Apr : Pedro de Avillez - Malta and the Portuguese
2013-Mar : Catarina Viegas – The Roman Occupation of the Algarve
2013-Feb : Chris Pollard – The Spanish Civil War and Portugal
2013-Jan : Jonathan Wilson – The Alvor Massacre, the Conquest of Silves and Sancho 1.
2013-Nov : Trevor Watson - Gobekli Tepe (South Turkey). Time for another Neolithic Revolution
2013-Oct : Antonio Carvalho - Migration or Acculturation in Neolithic Europe?
Theoretical Expectations and Palaeogenetic Evidence.
2013-Jun : Andrew Souter - Maritime trade, interprovincial relations and amphorae :
Understanding commercial mechanisms in a provincial setting.
2013-May : Paul Hyland - Portugal, so great, so small - Colonial obesity & post-revolutionary anorexia
2013-Apr : Pedro de Avillez - Malta and the Portuguese
2013-Mar : Catarina Viegas – The Roman Occupation of the Algarve
2013-Feb : Chris Pollard – The Spanish Civil War and Portugal
2013-Jan : Jonathan Wilson – The Alvor Massacre, the Conquest of Silves and Sancho 1.
2012-Dec : Peter Wibaux - The India Road - The beginning of globalization
2012-Nov : Angela Perri - Dog the Hunter: Climate change, Hunting Adaptations and Dog Burials in Prehistory
2012-Oct : Sara Garces - Rock art in the Tagus valley
2012-Sep : Will Bowden - Caistor Roman town and the Iceni tribe
2012-Jun : Miquel Serra and Eduardao Porfirio - Outeira de Circo - Bronze Age site Beja
2012-Apr : Miguel Almeida - Excavating Lagos Slave Cemetery at Valle da Gafaria.
2012-Mar : Magdalena Gorrell Guimaraens - Henry Edward Wilby’s Incredible Voyage.
2012-Feb : Fantina Maria Santos Tedim: Implications for the Algarve of the 1st November 1755 earthquake.
2012-Jan : James Stewart - Pre-Hispanic Meso- American Sites
2012-Nov : Angela Perri - Dog the Hunter: Climate change, Hunting Adaptations and Dog Burials in Prehistory
2012-Oct : Sara Garces - Rock art in the Tagus valley
2012-Sep : Will Bowden - Caistor Roman town and the Iceni tribe
2012-Jun : Miquel Serra and Eduardao Porfirio - Outeira de Circo - Bronze Age site Beja
2012-Apr : Miguel Almeida - Excavating Lagos Slave Cemetery at Valle da Gafaria.
2012-Mar : Magdalena Gorrell Guimaraens - Henry Edward Wilby’s Incredible Voyage.
2012-Feb : Fantina Maria Santos Tedim: Implications for the Algarve of the 1st November 1755 earthquake.
2012-Jan : James Stewart - Pre-Hispanic Meso- American Sites
2011-Dec : Michèle Carron - Vienna Pulchra - Beautiful Vienne in the Rhone Valley
2011-Nov : Marta Diaz-Guardamino - Digging into the Biography of Lagos.
2011-Oct : João Bernardes (University of the Algarve) - Excavations at Boco do Rio and Martinhal.
2011-Jun : Charles Frew -On the Wrong Side. Overland journey from Hong Kong to Portugal.
2011-May : Michael Pease - Portugal - World War II Enigma
2011-Apr : Joyce Tyldesley- Re-Writing Nefertiti: The History & Historiography of Egypt’s “Most Famous Queen"
2011-Mar : Alexandra Gradim – Investigating the Cultural Heritage of Alcoutim
2011-Feb : Gonçalo Cruz - Citânia de Briteiros and the Late Iron Age of North-western Portugal.
2011-Jan : Tiago Tomé - Prehistoric Collective Burials in the Tagus and Guadiana River Valleys.
2011-Nov : Marta Diaz-Guardamino - Digging into the Biography of Lagos.
2011-Oct : João Bernardes (University of the Algarve) - Excavations at Boco do Rio and Martinhal.
2011-Jun : Charles Frew -On the Wrong Side. Overland journey from Hong Kong to Portugal.
2011-May : Michael Pease - Portugal - World War II Enigma
2011-Apr : Joyce Tyldesley- Re-Writing Nefertiti: The History & Historiography of Egypt’s “Most Famous Queen"
2011-Mar : Alexandra Gradim – Investigating the Cultural Heritage of Alcoutim
2011-Feb : Gonçalo Cruz - Citânia de Briteiros and the Late Iron Age of North-western Portugal.
2011-Jan : Tiago Tomé - Prehistoric Collective Burials in the Tagus and Guadiana River Valleys.
2010-Dec : Tiago Fraga - Diving in the Bay of Lagos
2010-Nov : Sally Church - Archaeology and Text – Two Shipyards in Ming China.
2010-Oct : Jason Webster - Guerra - Living in the Shadows of the Spanish Civil War.
2010-Jun : Luiz Oosterbeek – Evidence of Complexities of Prehistoric Farming Societies in Brazil
2010-May : John Moreland - Landscape and belief in medieval England
2010-Apr : Peter Drewett - Digging up Neolithic Hong Kong
2010-Mar : Jonathan Wilson - The Siege and Conquest of Silves 1189
2010-Feb : Michael Harris - Invasions of Armies and Ideas into India
2010-Jan : Elisabeth Szlezak-Wittmann - The Romans in Vienna.
2010-Nov : Sally Church - Archaeology and Text – Two Shipyards in Ming China.
2010-Oct : Jason Webster - Guerra - Living in the Shadows of the Spanish Civil War.
2010-Jun : Luiz Oosterbeek – Evidence of Complexities of Prehistoric Farming Societies in Brazil
2010-May : John Moreland - Landscape and belief in medieval England
2010-Apr : Peter Drewett - Digging up Neolithic Hong Kong
2010-Mar : Jonathan Wilson - The Siege and Conquest of Silves 1189
2010-Feb : Michael Harris - Invasions of Armies and Ideas into India
2010-Jan : Elisabeth Szlezak-Wittmann - The Romans in Vienna.
2009-Dec : Richard Harrison: Lost Worlds from the Spanish Bronze Age.
2009-Nov : Jean-Yves Blot : Jean Boudriot and the Battle of Lagos of 1759.
2009-Oct : Carolyn Perry : Islam in Art.
2009-Jun : John Bennet : Mycenaean Greece seen through the lens of Late Bronze Age Pylos, Messenia.
2009-May : Mike Pease : The Roman Legions – A British Soldier’s perspective.
2009-Apr : Derek Roe and Sarah Milliken : Two and a half million years of stone tools.
2009-Mar : John Burland : A Tale of Two Towers – Rescuing Pisa and Big Ben.
2009-Feb : John Crook : Living Stones – The foundations of Chichester, Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals.
2009-Jan : Trevor Haywood : The Romans in Iberia.
2009-Nov : Jean-Yves Blot : Jean Boudriot and the Battle of Lagos of 1759.
2009-Oct : Carolyn Perry : Islam in Art.
2009-Jun : John Bennet : Mycenaean Greece seen through the lens of Late Bronze Age Pylos, Messenia.
2009-May : Mike Pease : The Roman Legions – A British Soldier’s perspective.
2009-Apr : Derek Roe and Sarah Milliken : Two and a half million years of stone tools.
2009-Mar : John Burland : A Tale of Two Towers – Rescuing Pisa and Big Ben.
2009-Feb : John Crook : Living Stones – The foundations of Chichester, Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals.
2009-Jan : Trevor Haywood : The Romans in Iberia.
2008-Dec : Sonja Frisell and Peter Schroeder : Further Archaeological Journeying in Peru.
2008-Nov : João Marreiros and Luis Jesus : Nautical Archaeology as applied to Ship Construction.
2008-Oct : Nuno Bicho : The Last Neanderthals of Southwestern Iberia.
2008-Jun : Jorge Pereira : Radiology, Art and Archaeology
2008-May : Tiago Fraga: Investigation into the wreck of the Santo António de Tanná in Mombasa Harbour.
2008-Apr : Peter Drewett: The People Columbus Met: Prehistoric Archaeology in the Caribbean.
2008-Mar : John Bennet: Understanding the Minoans: life in Crete in the mid-second millennium BC.
2008-Feb : Luiz Oosterbeek: Housing the Ancestors/ Empowering the living:
Changing landscapes during the Neolithic Period in the North Ribatejo, Portugal.
2008-Jan : Mark Merrony: The Nemesis of the Caesars, the First Jihad.
2008-Nov : João Marreiros and Luis Jesus : Nautical Archaeology as applied to Ship Construction.
2008-Oct : Nuno Bicho : The Last Neanderthals of Southwestern Iberia.
2008-Jun : Jorge Pereira : Radiology, Art and Archaeology
2008-May : Tiago Fraga: Investigation into the wreck of the Santo António de Tanná in Mombasa Harbour.
2008-Apr : Peter Drewett: The People Columbus Met: Prehistoric Archaeology in the Caribbean.
2008-Mar : John Bennet: Understanding the Minoans: life in Crete in the mid-second millennium BC.
2008-Feb : Luiz Oosterbeek: Housing the Ancestors/ Empowering the living:
Changing landscapes during the Neolithic Period in the North Ribatejo, Portugal.
2008-Jan : Mark Merrony: The Nemesis of the Caesars, the First Jihad.
2007-Dec : Peter Booker: Implantation of the Republic in Portugal.
2007-Nov : Jill Lisk: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great: creators of modern Russia.
2007-Oct : João Marreiros and Luis Jesus: Nautical Archaeology as applied to Ship Construction.
2007-Jun : Peter Booker: The Fortifications of Tavira.
2007-May : Sonja Frisell & Peter Schroeder : An Archaeological Journey in Peru and Bolivia.
2007-Apr : Derek Roe: Working with the Leakeys at Olduvai Gorge.
2007-Mar : Mark Merrony : Roman Mosaics: New discoveries, New perspectives.
2007-Feb : Peter Booker: Prince Henry, “the Navigator”
2007-Jan : Tiago Fraga: The Lagos Survey
2007-Nov : Jill Lisk: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great: creators of modern Russia.
2007-Oct : João Marreiros and Luis Jesus: Nautical Archaeology as applied to Ship Construction.
2007-Jun : Peter Booker: The Fortifications of Tavira.
2007-May : Sonja Frisell & Peter Schroeder : An Archaeological Journey in Peru and Bolivia.
2007-Apr : Derek Roe: Working with the Leakeys at Olduvai Gorge.
2007-Mar : Mark Merrony : Roman Mosaics: New discoveries, New perspectives.
2007-Feb : Peter Booker: Prince Henry, “the Navigator”
2007-Jan : Tiago Fraga: The Lagos Survey
