9th November 2013 150 years of Roman Yorkshire
Conference marking 150 years of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Full details found here.
30th November 2013 Romano-British Towns Conference
Assessing the Impact of Commercial Archaeology on the Towns of Roman Britain. One day conference at the University of Reading. Organised by the Roman Society in collaboration with the University of Reading, English Heritage and Cotswold Archaeology.
2nd November 2013 Health and Medicine in the Roman World British Museum
In collaboration with the Association for Roman Archaeology. Full details found here.
Online Course: Pompeii and the Cities of the Roman World
Sera Baker, who attended the RFG Meeting at the British Museum this year has sent details of a new course being run online by the University of Oxford. The course is Pompeii and the Cities of the Roman World and is run by the University of Oxford…
Conference Dates
27es Rencontres de l’AFAV # 9-10 novembre 2012 # Musée d’Aquitaine # Bordeaux Les 27es Rencontres de l’A.F.A.V., Association Française pour l’Archéologie du Verre, ont lieu à Bordeaux en Aquitaine les 9 et 10 novembre 2012. Un des buts de ces rencontres est de faire…
Roman Altars
An altar has been discovered during recent excavations at Maryport, the first for 142 years. See the news story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19224154 AOC have just started a conservation programme on two amazing Roman altars. The rare carved Roman altars, one dedicated to the Roman God Sol and…
Catch our committee member Sally Worrell on ITV Secret Treasures this week!
Catch our committee member Sally Worrell on ITV Secret Treasures this week! The programme, timed to coincide with this week’s Festival of British Archaeology, features the top 50 finds made by members of the British public in the last 20 years, and runs on ITV1 for…
Society of Museum Archaeologists training courses
June 29 10am to 3.45pm Archaeological Conservation York Archaeological Trust, Barley Hall, York A training session run by specialist archaeological conservators looking at common problems with archaeological collections in museums and how to treat them. FEE: £25 members, £30 non-members August 18 10am to 3.45pm…
Archaeological Evidence for Glassworking – Guidelines for Best Practice
Sarah Paynter and David Dungworth English Heritage, Swindon, 2011 This latest edition in the English Heritage Guidelines series focuses on the identification, investigation and interpretation of glassworking evidence at sites in England from the Bronze Age until the 20th century. Comprising 12 chapters, with numerous…
Please help us to make the Roman Finds Group even better!
Since 1988, the RFG has been a useful forum for everyone with an interest in Roman finds. What else could or should we be doing to promote the study of Roman finds, and those who work in the Roman finds field? Please share your thoughts with…