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URL:https://www.visitribblevalley.co.uk/events/neolithic-pottery-workshop-
 and-talk-at-clitheroe-castle/
SUMMARY:Neolithic Pottery Workshop and Talk at Clitheroe Castle
DESCRIPTION:Pottery was first made in Britain 6000 years ago in the Neolith
 ic period.  If you were a hunter-gatherer or an early farmer\, how do you
  think making and using pottery would change how you lived?  As part of t
 he Festival of Archaeology join Dr Rick Peterson from the University of La
 ncashire for a pottery workshop and find out how this new material would h
 ave had a radical effect on how people lived their lives.\n\nThe session w
 ill start with a short introduction to the period and what the pottery loo
 ks like and was used for.  After a chance to handle replicas of distincti
 ve round-based Neolithic carinated bowls\, participants will be set a chal
 lenge.  Each participant will be given a supply of clay and some instruct
 ions to work on the challenge.  How would you make a pot with a rounded b
 ottom? With help from experienced potters and archaeologists\, attendees w
 ill spend the workshop making their own bowl.  The team will support the 
 participants as they work and will also provide demonstrations of key tech
 niques. At the end of the session participants will get to keep the pot th
 at they made.\n\nDr Peterson teaches on modules across archaeology and cul
 tural anthropology\, with a focus on prehistory and archaeological fieldwo
 rk. His primary research interests are the Holocene prehistory of caves an
 d Neolithic pottery. Rick has directed major excavation projects all over 
 Britain.\n\nNow\, he is particularly interested in the agency of artefacts
 \, natural places and the environment. This is reflected in his recent and
  current fieldwork projects in the Forest of Bowland and the Yorkshire Dal
 es and his 2019 book Neolithic Cave Burials: agency\, structure and enviro
 nment\, which was published by Manchester University Press.\n\nThis sessio
 n is aimed at adults and young people 13yrs +\n\nThis session is £5 per p
 erson and includes the pot to take home and a free pass to visit the museu
 m (you will receive your free pass on arrival to be used within 30 days).
   The session lasts approximately 1.5hrs.  Doors open 6.30pm for a 7pm s
 tart.\n\nBooking essential.  Follow the link to book your place https://w
 ww6.apps.lancashire.gov.uk/w/webpage/event-details?eventid=3498427\n\nClit
 heroe Castle Museum is managed by Lancashire County Council's Museum Servi
 ce on behalf of Ribble Valley Borough Council.
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CATEGORIES:Heritage
LOCATION:Clitheroe Castle Museum\, Clitheroe Castle\, Clitheroe\, Lancashir
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