Next meeting
2012 and 2013 RFG Meetings
Our Spring 2012 RFG meeting is due to be held in Reading on Monday 19 March, with a focus on new work on old sites, and a look at the finds from Silchester. Details and a booking form can be found below.
In Autumn 2012 we are likely to visit Vindolanda, and the new Roman Frontier Galleries at Tullie House Museum.
In Spring 2013 we hope to combine an RFG Meeting with an opportunity for members to visit the Pompeii exhibition at the British Museum.
Please check back for details!
Roman Finds Group Spring Meeting Monday 19th March 2012
The theme for the day is new insights onto old sites, whether newly excavated material or rethinking previously examined finds.
10.20-10.25 Intro
10.25-10.50 Hella Eckardt: New light on Lankhills
10.50-11.15 Ed McSloy: Recent work at Bridges Garage Site, Cirencester
11.15-11.45 Coffee
11.45-12.10 Justine Bayley: Revisiting the crucibles from Chapel Street, Chichester
12.10-12.30 Evan Chapman: Taking Stock of the Blocks: Investigating the armour found during the 2010 excavations at Caerleon
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2 AGM (a chance for members to discuss the future direction of the group)
2-2.25 Emma Durham: The Silchester Eagle
2.25-2.50 New finds from Silchester
2.50-3.20 Coffee
3.20 to close. Recent finds from the Silchester Insula IX excavations will be on display
Parking is available at the University but spaces are limited on campus during term so participants are encouraged to use public transport. There is a regular bus service from the train station onto the campus (bus numbers 20 and 21. Other buses do come to the University but stop outside the campus), and the bus stop is only a few minutes’ walk from the department. Directions and further information can be found on the University website at: http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.aspx
In order to park on campus drivers will need a temporary parking permit. When submitting your order form, please indicate whether you would like a permit, and supply the details of the driver’s name and make, model and registration of the vehicle. We will then post these permits to you before the meeting so please book in plenty of time.
For further information please contact: Emma Durham, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights PO Box 226, Reading RG6 6AB, email: xs903167@reading.ac.uk
Roman Finds Group Spring Meeting
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Booking information
includes registration, session, lunch & refreshments
(Students) £10 (RFG members) £12 (non-RFG members)
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Conference bookings will not be confirmed until payment has been received. No refunds can be given. All payments must be made payable to ‘University of Reading’ and be in Pounds Sterling drawn on a London Bank or by credit/debit (Visa / Mastercard)
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Emma Durham, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AB
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Autumn Meeting Monday 17 October 2011, York
Metal objects: how they were made and decorated
A joint conference organised by the Roman Finds Group, the Finds Research Group 700-1700, the Historical Metallurgy Society and York Archaeological Trust.
The Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, Fossgate, York YO1 9XD
From 9.45 Registration
10.15-10.45 Susan La Niece Anglo-Saxon jewellery
10.45-11.15 Hazel Forsyth The art and mystery of the Cheapside Hoard goldsmiths
11.15-11.45 tea/coffee
11.45-12.15 Sonia O’Connor Understanding iron mail
12.15-12.45 Tim Young Brazing: using copper alloys for joining and finishing iron objects
12.45-14.15 lunch (not provided)
14.15-14.30 Finds Research Group
14.30-15.00 James Gerrard Further research on the late Roman vessel hoard from Drapers Gardens, London
15.00-15.30 Peter Northover How many ways are there of making money?
15.30-16.00 tea/coffee
16.00-16.30 Mary Davies Technology or Design? ‘Enamel’ in the 1st century AD
16.30-17.00 Justine Bayley Casting metals in Roman and post-Roman Britain: continuity and innovation in mould technology
17.00-17.15 Concluding remarks and general discussion
Fee: £10 to include tea and coffee, students £5
There will be optional visits on Sunday 16th October, free of charge for those registering for the conference
11.30-12.30 Kurt Hunter-Mann Site visit and talk about the excavation of the Roman fortress at St Leonards Hospital, York
12.30-14.00 break for a pub lunch
14.00-15.00 Pete Connolly Tour of the Hungate excavations, York
Please contact Quita Mould (Eastmoor Manor, Eastmoor, Kings Lynn PE33 9PZ or quita@onetel.com) to book a place at the conference, and/or for the visits on the Sunday.
Spring Meeting Saturday 19 March 2011, Museum of London Weston Theatre
The 2011 RFG Spring meeting will take the forthcoming 'Roman Artefacts' publication as a starting point for papers and discussion (check the 'books' page for a summary of this book, edited by Lindsay Allason-Jones and containing contributions from many of the leading thinkers in recent Romano-British finds research.) Full programme below, in which many of these prominent Roman finds specialists will present papers.
Life in Roman Britain – Every Object Tells a Story
Museum of London in collaboration with the Roman Finds Group
10.30am Registration
11.00am Artefacts in Roman Britain, an introduction Lindsay Allason-Jones,
11.30am Domestic life in Roman London Angela Wardle,
12.00pm Lighting & heating Hella Eckardt,
There will be displays in the Clore Learning Centre during lunch and the opportunity to purchase a new book, Roman Artefacts, published by Cambridge University Press
2.30pm Health in Roman London Rebecca Redfern, Centre for Human Bioarchaeology,
3.00pm Funerary rites Hilary Cool, Barbican Associates
4.30 Writing & communication Roger Tomlin,
5.00 Roman London – the next story to tell Jenny Hall,
Spring meeting Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service in association with RFG
Remnants of Rome - current work on Roman finds from Norfolk and beyond
Saturday 30 January 2010, 10am-5pm, Castle Museum, Norwich
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10.30
10.40
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Registration and coffee
Welcome and Introduction
Dr Richard Hobbs (British Museum) The Stafford Allen box: a Victorian gentleman's collection of antiquities and curios
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11.10
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Dr Ralph Jackson (British Museum) Romano-British Oculists' stamps revisited
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11.40
12.10
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David Gurney (Norfolk Landscape Archaeology) 'A task of such peculiar interest': an introduction to Roman Norfolk
Dr Harriet Foster (Norfolk Museums Service) The late Romano-British glass from Hockwold in the wider archaeological context
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12.40
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Lunch - please make your own arrangements - and a chance to visit the Hockwold hoard and the Castle Museum
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2.10
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Dr Andrew Rogerson (Norfolk Landscape Archaeology) Roman Norfolk through the eyes of the Historic Environment Record
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2.40
3.10
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4.10
4.40
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Dr Will Bowden (Nottingham University) The 2009 Caistor Research Project
Coffee
Julie Curl 'Pets and Pastimes' - Roman Faunal Remains from East Anglia
Dr Adrian Marsden (Norfolk Landscape Archaeology) Coin forgery in Roman Norfolk
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Cost for the day (including tea and coffee): £10
Please send cheques (made payable to Norfolk County Council) to Dr John Davies, NMAS, Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 3JQ