Archaeology Conference
8th October 2014, Manchester Museum
Programme
9.30-10.00 Registration + Tea/Coffee
10.00 Paul Holder (University of Manchester) – Recent finds of Roman Military Diplomas from Britain
10.30 Norman Redhead (Greater Manchester Archaeology Advisory Service) – Finds from Castleshaw Roman Fort
11.00 Vanessa Oakden (Portable Antiquities Scheme) – Finds beneath our Fields: The Knutsford Hoard
11.30 Bryan Sitch (Manchester Museum) – Manchester Museum collections
12.00-1.30pm Lunch (will feature visits to Museum store)
A relatively long lunch break is planned so there will be time to see material in the reserve collection as well as exxploring the museum and finding something to eat.
1.30-2.00 Barbara Birley (Vindolanda Trust) – Keeping up appearances: the wooden hair combs from Vindolanda
2.00-2.30 Gill Dunn – Recent finds from Chester focusing on finds from the amphitheatre
2.30-3.00 Justine Bayley – Enamelled Roman objects
3.00-3.30 Tea
3.30-4.00 Matthew Ponting (University of Liverpool) – Recent analysis of Roman coins (title tbc)
4.-4.30 Rob Philpott – Roman finds from Meols on the North Wirral shore
4.30-5.00 Discussion and closing remarks
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