Indoor Dig: Bringing the past to life
Event details
What’s it like to be an archaeologist? And what was daily life like in the prehistoric past?
Join archaeologist and broadcaster Julian Richards for an ‘indoor dig’ and find out. Our interactive session introduces families to excavation, evidence gathering, interpretation and rebuilding.
The clues are there, so why not become a dig detective and help unearth them?
Suitable for ages 5+. A second session of this event is on offer from 2pm to 3pm.
Image credit: Ian Martindale, York Festival of Ideas
Booking note: Please only book a ticket for each child attending. Accompanying adults do not require a ticket.
About the speaker
Julian Richards is an archaeologist and broadcaster. He specialises in the prehistory of Britain and has a long-standing involvement with Stonehenge. He has directed major fieldwork projects and worked in both commercial archaeology and for English Heritage before a career change to broadcasting and education. Julian presented programmes for the BBC, both on TV (Meet the Ancestors and Blood of the Vikings on BBC2) and on radio (Mapping the Town on Radio 4). Julian is passionate about bringing the past to life and is involved in writing, devising and delivering community archaeology projects, working with schools, making non-broadcast film and curating museum exhibitions.
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