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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
