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LEGACY NCMD Legacy Affiliated

2009-11-02T01:49:00.000-08:00

The Landscape Explores Group in South East : National Council for Metal Detecting Southern Region LEGISE:NCMD (SR) have agreed to affiliate with WKAS.

The aims are:

1. To facilitate a spirit of co-operation between Museum Services, Archaeologists,
Historical/Research Societies, and Detectorists, with the aim of opening up a wider
range of activities for member clubs / organisations.

3. To provide a means of communication between individual member clubs,
organisations and the National Council for Metal Detecting.

4. To encourage member clubs / organisations to work responsibly within the Code of
Practice for Metal Detecting in England & Wales.

The LEGACY NCMD Committee is very pleased that the WKAS have affiliated to LEGISE:NCMD(SR), as this now provides an opportunity for LEGISE to realise its objective to join forces with local archaeologists to work together in various projects that will add knowledge to the historical record in West Kent.

CBA Affiliated

2009-11-02T01:47:00.000-08:00

The West Kent Archaeological Society is proud to be officially affiliated to the Council for British Archaeology CBA AS OF 20th October 2009

WKAS Announcements

2009-10-15T16:43:00.000-07:00

The West Kent Archaeological Society (Formely Trust) has elected the committee for 2009 to 2010. Positions are as follows:

Trustees:

Brian M Powell; Trustee & Chairman

Sally Sabin; Trustee & Treasurer

Claire Taylor; Trustee & Secretary

Markus Milligan; Trustee, IT Officer and Field Officer

Rob Wallace; Trustee & Site Director.

Officers:

Dairmaid Walshe; Site Director

Lesley & Geoff Burr; Metal Detecting & Recording Officers

Catherine Holtham-Oakley; Finds Processing Officer.

Apollonia Arsuf Expedition

2009-08-14T08:43:00.001-07:00

Hey WKAT’s… your intrepid team of archaeologists have returned from their overseas trip to the archaeological paradise that is Israel, and survived the ordeal of working the under supervision of yours truly… (I can be very demanding!!.. )

I’m proud to say, that all attendees who worked in Area L has made a significant contribution to the ongoing study of Apollonia Arsuf and proposals for future excavations at the national park.

Area L consisted of:

Claire Taylor
Christopher Luche
Francesca Adams
Stephen Russell
Markus Milligan
Wan-fung Yeung
Arlene Brenda Borsuk-Muallem
Christiane Jansen

Members from the Tel Aviv Institute of Archaeology

And not forgetting the LOVELY Hillary…

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Throughout the excavation, we unearthed a complex series of walls, all from different periods making our site a difficult multi context area to interpret.

The main discovery of two particular walls, the first from the Early Arab period (Pre 1099) caused a major stir, as the wall was believed to have been some 50 metres away from our excavation area.

To add to that, we found the corner joust, enabling surveyors/planners to align the Arab wall in two directions from Area L for future reference…

In addition, our team unearthed the corner of the Crusader city walls of Apollonia Arsuf that connects to the Southern tower. After alittle help from a JCB, we revealed a similar style of fortifications to that found at Caesaria with the wall reaching a depth of about 7-10 metres..

Area L will remain exposed, and will be the first thing visitors and tourists to Apollonia Arsuf see when they enter the national park. In conversation, future plans are considered for opening up the site further to reveal more….

More information can be found on the Apollonia Blog:

http://www.apollonia-arsuf.blogspot.com