Listening to Historic Places
A series of poems and soundscapes exploring historic places and Corinium Museum artefacts that have sonorous and musical stories to tell.
By Chris Cundy & Adam Horovitz
Supported by Help Musicians UK and Arts Council England
An evening of music, soundscapes, and poetry inspired by the Stone Age to Corinium gallery at Corinium Museum, Cirencester.
22nd September 2022
March 2022
a flickering line between two points in the landscape by Chris Cundy
a place in the river by Adam Horovitz
April 2022
Earth-bound, Wind-bound
at Hazleton North long barrow by Adam Horovitz
a soundscape from Hazleton North
by Chris Cundy
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EAR | Season Two, Episode One
A Land Between Two Rivers
Presented by musician and composer Chris Cundy and featuring poet Adam Horovitz who look at ancient objects on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. In this episode we talk to museum director Katharine Walker about a Lower Paleolithic handaxe, and archaeologist Timothy Darvill shows us a Neolithic arc pendant. Botanist Mike Ward ventures back into the landscape where these objects were found, and we meet up with Boss Morris, an all female Morris dancing side.
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EAR | Season Two, Episode Two
The Earliest Known Family Tree in the World
Presented by musician and composer Chris Cundy and featuring poet Adam Horovitz looking at ancient objects on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
In this episode we talk to archaeologist Timothy Darvill about the fascinating finds and grave goods from Hazleton North, an early Neolithic tomb in the central Cotswolds. And archaeologist Chris Fowler talks about an ancient DNA study that has revealed the earliest known family tree in the world.
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EAR | Season Two, Episode Three
Beneath the Barrow
Presented by musician and composer Chris Cundy and featuring poet Adam Horovitz who look at ancient objects on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
In this episode museum director Katharine Walker shows us a selection of tiny harpoons and bladelets made by Mesolithic hunter gatherers. Archaeologist Timothy Darvill tells us about a house that was discovered beneath the Neolithic long barrow at Hazleton North. And we visit Matt Grimmitt at Winchcombe Pottery to talk about a six thousand year old soup bowl.
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EAR | Season Two, Episode Four
An Early History of Money
Presented by musician and composer Chris Cundy and featuring poet Adam Horovitz who look at ancient objects on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
In this episode we take a prehistoric leap forwards into the Iron Age. We visit an unassuming village called Bagendon where, two thousand years ago, the Dubonnian tribe discovered a flair for taming wild horses and where they minted Britain’s first ever coinage. And Corinium Museum’s Emma Stuart talks to us about the early history of money.
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EAR | Season Two, Episode Five
Wolf Under Glass
Presented by musician and composer Chris Cundy and featuring poet Adam Horovitz who look at ancient objects on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
In this episode we talk to Corinium Museum’s James Harris about our enduring relationship with animals and we follow the footprints of an Iron Age hunting dog. All female Morris dancing side Boss Morris talk about wearing papier mache beast heads, and archaeologist Timothy Darvill contemplates a Neolithic animal totem at Hazleton North long barrow. We also hear from archaeologist Chris Fowler who talks about the symbology of animals in the ancient world.
