Wirt Ghawdex has said that due to the fact that their next public lecture – New Light on Ancient Gozo from fresh fieldwork – has produced such a heavy demand for seat reservations, they are changing to a larger venue, in order to accommodate everyone, and not have to turn down requests. Therefore booking is now open again.

The purpose of Wirt Ghawdex lectures, it said, is to promote and share knowledge about our history. Details of the new venue are shown in the maps and details below.

Friday's lecture by Prof. Caroline Malone and Dr. Simon Stoddart, will report on the recent work on Gozo in 2014 and 2015 at the sites of Tac Cawla, In- Nuffara, Ggantija and Santa Verna, and the soils of the surrounding landscape.

This fieldwork has uncovered a sequence from the earliest Neolithic (older than 5,000 BC) to the later Bronze Age (c. 1000 BC), with systematic recovery of sediments, seeds and bones for under- standing the food, economy and its dating. "This is teamwork and we are giving the opportunity to younger colleagues to contribute to the reporting of the results."

This fieldwork is complementary to the work currently being undertaken by Ronika Power and Bernadette Mercieca on the human remains from the Brochtorff Xaghra Circle, and the work on deep cores recovering pollen, sediments and land snails by Patrick Schembri, Christopher Hunt, Katrin Fenech, Rory Flood and Michelle Farrell.

The work is also complementary to the study of the Mgarr Ix Xini valley by Anthony Pace and his team in recent years. The lecture will be taking place next Friday, the 8th of April, starting at 6.30pm, at the Boys' Secondary Secondary School, Europe Street, Victoria (near The Gozo Sports Complex). Please see the maps above. There is ample parking in the underground parking at the school.

Wirt Ghawdex has asked that everyone gives themselves extra time if needed, they are requesting that everyone be seated by 6:15pm so they can start on time.

Those of you who have already written in requesting seating and have not yet received confirmation, Wirt Ghawdex said you should be receiving it soon.

The lecture will be delivered in English.

Requests for reservations can be made by emailing membership@wirtawdex.org or through the website.

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