10th May 2014 Chertsey Hall, Chertsey A Day Conference organised by the Roman Studies Group of Surrey Archaeological Society Just how ‘Roman’ life was in Roman Britain is still hotly debated. Issues to be covered during the Conference will include: What was the situation prior…
Roman Antiquities Section, Yorkshire Archaeological Society The following Roman-period Yorkshire Archaeological Reports are now available at greatly reduced prices: YAR 2 Excavations on the Roman villa at Beadlam by D S Neal (1966), pp 137 + x, 1 colour and 60 b&w illustrationsPublished price £15…
A date for your diaries. We are going ahead with arrangements for an exciting meeting in Manchester in the autumn and the date is now confirmed as Wednesday 8th October, (not as given in the last Lucerna).
The Roman Society is trying to gather data on how it can better develop links with museums, local societies and schools. Please contribute your views via our online survey. Thanks! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q63JD9X
Project title: Ringing the changes: the social significance of finger-rings in Roman Britain Department/School: Archaeology Supervisors: Dr Hella Eckardt (School of Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science) & Dr Richard Hobbs (British Museum) Project Overview: The project proposes a study of the significance of Romano-British finger-rings…
Project title: Tools in Roman London: industry, household practice and ritual deposition across the ancient city Department/School: Archaeology Supervisors: Dr Hella Eckardt (School of Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science) & Caroline McDonald (Museum of London) Project Overview: Tools represent an important aspect of archaeological assemblages…
“We run a dual meeting over 6 days; the first half is a ‘Reunion Weekend’ for members old and new, the Second half a conference proper titled THE ROMAN ARMY SCHOOL. The RAS has been running annually for over 30 years and the list of…
The University of Reading is proud to host the Biennial International Roman Archaeology Conference in collaboration with the Roman Society The conference will take place on Friday 28 to Sunday 30 March 2014, returning to where it began 20 years ago in 1994. It will…
Saturday Feb 22nd and Sunday 23rd 2014 – An introduction to archaeological Illustration. 9.30am–4pm each day. This weekend workshop covers aspects and techniques of archaeological illustration under the personal tuition of Mark Hoyle BA(hon);P.G.C.E.;MAAIS; MIfA http://www.markhoyle.com The course will look at general techniques and methods of…
More than 600 Ancient Seals and Amulets Found Classical scholars from the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” made an unusually large find of seals in an ancient sanctuary in Turkey. They discovered more than 600 stamp seals and cylinder seals at the sacred site…
