The Portable Antiquities Scheme website provides information about Scheme, eg contact details for the finds liaison officers and reports on recent finds. The main purpose of the site however is to allow researchers access to data gathered under the Scheme. The site has recently been…
Museum of London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre – Introduction to Finds Processing and Recording Monday 18 July – Friday 22 July or Monday 1 August – Friday 5 August During this week-long course you will learn the basics of processing finds from archaeological excavations….
The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court On December 6th 2000 the Queen opened the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court after nearly three years of building work. The courtyard is vast, which is the first impression you get on entering, especially when you raise your eyes…
Another development which is worth saying something about is the Study Centre. This is located a short distance away from the main Museum site on New Oxford Street. The current projected date for completion is 2004. Although the Study Centre is still at the planning…
Over at the Diggers’ Forum we’re relaunching our newsletter and we are planning on including factsheets and short informative pieces on subjects that are of interest to our membership. We’d love to include any articles from Roman Finds Group members whether they be on First…
Landward Research have been commissioned by the Higher Education Academy’s History, Classics and Archaeology Subject Centre and English Heritage to conduct a survey of archaeological specialists. Individual archaeological specialists, providing commercial services are now invited to complete a short questionnaire. Doing this should take approximately ten…
The RFG has been in crisis – you may have noticed the absence of meetings and a winter newsletter in 2010. Since the appeal in Lucerna 39 (September 2010), we have recruited several new committee members – thank you! But if there is anyone out there who is prepared to…
IfA Workplace Learning Bursaries Museum of London Archaeology will be hosting two IfA-funded opportunities for training from late summer / early autumn – a 10-month Artefact Specialist (Roman small finds) traineeship, designed to develop the key skills of artefact recognition and research, specialising in finds of the Roman period, as well as…
