AEA Spring Conference
“Pests of Society” was the theme of the day and proved popular:
“This was my first Association for Environmental Archaeology conference. I greatly appreciated being given the opportunity to attend by my company and I found the day interesting and enlightening.
The presentation I enjoyed the most was the Powder-post beetles oak wood decay under the microscope. This caught my attention as it was an intricate and very scientific study, with results displayed clearly and discussed analytically.”
“Thank you, Border, from all of us. As you can tell from the happy faces it was a Saturday well spent. Thank you again”
Carolina Sanchez – Ignacio BSc (Hons) Milton Keynes Administration Supervisor
Holly Christine BSc (Hons) MSc Environmental Science Assistant
“Intense but thoroughly enjoyable two days”
Kath Hunter-Dowse BA (Hons) Environmental Science Manager
(Kath also attended a Charcoal Workshop on the Sunday)
“I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to attend the AEA conference on Saturday. Whilst there were many talks that interested me, the one that stood out the most was the talk on the ‘Recording of insect pests in commercial archaeology: a comparative pilot study’. I would love the opportunity to visit another conference in the future.”
Anna Rigg BA (Hons) MSc Environmental Science Assistant
“The Pests of Society conference was an illuminating day, underlining the benefits of pest identification in archaeology- commercial and academic. Discussion of the Elm Decline; Insect pests of pulse crops in Prehistoric Europe and snails in the household, were just a few of the highlights. But most educational for me, was the fact that grain pests are only found from the Roman period onwards, and thus can be used as a rough relative dating technique”
Emily Dutton BA (Hons) MSc Environmental Science Assistant
Border Archaeology is committed to training. We offer a challenging and rewarding commercial environment with unrivalled mentoring and career development.
Photo Left to Right:
Craig Lathwell BSc (Hons) Environmental Science Assistant
Amy Bunce BSc MA AClfA Director: UK Operations & Palaeoenvironmental Sciences
Kath Hunter-Dowse BA (Hons) Environmental Science Manager
Emily Dutton BA (Hons) MSc Environmental Science Assistant
Robert Gait BSc (Hons) Trainee Environmental Science Assistant
Anna Rigg BA (Hons) MSc Environmental Science Assistant
Holly Christine BSc (Hons) MSc Environmental Science Assistant
Lee Baylis HND Environmental Science Assistant (Back row)