Stone Age man on Islay

'Eating the Wildlife' - tonight at the Field Centre

Just a reminder that it is the September talk this evening at the INHT Field Centre.  Carl Reavey will be looking at Islay's first human settlers and the animals and plants they may have been sharing their world with -and eating for dinner!

Entitled  'Eating the Wildlife' the illustrated talk will also feature a short presentation of Mesolithic flint tools found on Islay by local archaeology enthusiast Susan Campbell.

The INHT September talk! - Wednesday 29th Sep

This month's talk at the Natural History Centre is from our very own Carl Reavey. Carl will be taking a night off from his prolific blogging to talk to us about Eating The Wildlife - A look at what may have been on the menu for Islay's first settlers.

Carl's long-promised talk will look at the kinds of food and animals that our ancestors would have been hunting and gathering here on Islay and the surrounding islands as far back as the Mesolithic era, which I think is when this talk was first proposed. I've had a sneak preview and can promise a bit of everything, some  archaeology, paleontology, anthropology and geography accompanied by some of Carl's terrific photos.

The talk will take place at 7:30pm on Wednesday 29th September at the Natural History Centre in Port Charlotte, and INHT members continue to get free admission. There's a small entrance charge for non-members, but refreshments are included. Hope to see you all there.