27th–30th March 2014
Roman Finds Group joined the Study Group for Roman Pottery in sponsoring a session at the Roman Archaeology Conference at the University of Reading. Our session was titled Roman Metal Small Finds in Context:
Ellen Swift – Design, function and everyday social practices: a case study on Roman spoons
Emma Durham – Metropolitan styling. The figurines from London and Colchester
Michael Marshall, Natasha Powers , Sadie Watson – ‘Treasure’, ‘trash’ and taphonomy: Approaches to the excavation and interpretation of Roman finds from the Walbrook valley
Martin Pitts – First generation urban communities: comparing ceramic and brooch assemblages in Roman Britain
Tatiana Ivleva – What’s in the name? ‘Britishness’ of British-made brooches abroad
Hella Eckardt – Immigrant soldiers at Hollow Banks Quarry, Scorton? New work on crossbow brooches, burial rites and isotopes
There were many other sessions of interest to members of the group including:
- Insularity and Identity in the Roman Mediterranean
- Small Finds and Ancient Social Practices
- Return to the Sauce: new investigations concerning amphorae and their contexts
- ‘Deposits Full of Character’
- Clay and Cult: Roman terracottas and their production and use in domestic, religious and funerary contexts
- Continuity and Change – the impact of foodways on provincial pottery traditions
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