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We'd also like to mention our two poster presenters @ELucyJanes and Stefano Bordoni @EdinburghUni who gave us a small but fascinating poster display.
Its 5:30pm and #pgca2019 is officially done! A massive thank you to everyone who attended, speakers and delegates it wouldn't have happened without all of you and the amazing support @GUARD_Archaeol @hunterian @UofGlasgowASC and @UofGWarstudies Thank you and goodnight!
Our closing keynote is a piece of ephemera - @ProfTonyPollard's premier of new material on early visitor accounts and the aftermath of The Battle of Waterloo #PGCA2019
Final paper on Panel 5 is @_PaulHamilton, a man of many hats, about his experience visiting @DigHill80 and interactions between young people and a mass grave.
Starting Panel 5 on Day 2 of #PGCA2019 is @ArchConflict talking about chairities using #conflictarchaeology as therapy. Balancing public engagement with care and recovery.
The impact of conflict on everyday life - @LucieWhitmore on the relationship between war and fashion and how to interpret these connections - Plus #vegetsbledolls from @MuseumofLondon
#pgca2019 engagement ring recovered from the wreck of HMS Opal - now in @OrkneyMuseums a poignant amd very personal fragment of what was once the largest naval base on earth...
Our closing keynote for Day 1 of #PGCA2019 is freelance curator Allan Carswell speaking about how military museums approach archaeological finds and displaying them as museum artefacts. Looking specifically at #scapaflow
Our second special guest speaker at #pgca2019 @RyanKMcNutt closes panel 4 turning our attention to the #archaeology of internment and the @CampLawtonGSU project.
Panel 4 continues with Emiel Picard from @DigWaterloo looking at lead shot from the battle of #Waterloo. demonstrating how we can distinguish between French and British munitions due to standardisation of calibre.
Its standing room only as Slawomir Konik @NovetusA starts off Panel 4 'Nineteenth Century Conflict'. Highlighting amazing material from the #napoleonic battle of Wagram in Austria
Questions for our presenters Panel 1 - @drjennovotny opens with our first for Kurt Readman @UofGArchaeo - is there a language of propaganda in the attacking of religious sites in scotland?
Panel 1 - talk 2 features @JPGallacher of @UofGHistory on remembering the crusades in the 14th century. Started off medieval presentation in a very modern way with identification of #WW2 medals as mnemonic objects.
Panel 1 - Chaired by @ELoarridge begins with Kurt Readman @UofGlasgow focusing on use of churches in Scottish Conflict. How people did (or didn't) respect the sanctuary of religious buildings in wartime.
After a year of planning, @drjennovotny of @scotcivictrust and @DrTashaFerguson of @GUARD_Archaeol have kicked off the conference with a fantatic discussion of why the #pgca2019 conference series was founded.
Thats everything delivered and ready to start packing for conference packs @hunterian. Sneak preview for everyone attending #pgca2019 tomorrow.
