1st century AD dog-headed relief cavalry harness fitting, found in Lincoln. Image copyright Christopher Carswell, Allen Archaeology.
The Roman Finds Group Autumn Conference in association with Colchester and Ipswich Museums
Monday November 11th 2019 (with the option of a pre meeting (10th November) walking tour of Roman Colchester)
The 2019 RFG Autumn Meeting is based at the Colchester Castle Museum and will be a one-day conference on Monday 11th November. The conference comprises three sessions of papers with eleven talks covering various aspects of Finds from Roman Colchester. It coincides with a major exhibition at the Colchester Castle. There is a guided walk of Roman Colchester with Philip Crummy on Sunday 10th November and over lunchtime on the 11th there will be opportunities to visit the Castle Vaults as well as the Castle Roof (plus, of course, the exhibition).
To see all of the meeting information, costs and how to book please click here or for further information please contact Stephen Greep at sjgreep@romanfinds.org.uk
Conference Programme
- 10.00 Registration (with tea, coffee and biscuits)
- 10.30 Welcome: Glynn Davies, Colchester and Ipswich Museums
Session One
Chair: Jenny Hall, Roman Finds Group
- 10.35 Nina Crummy, Independent researcher. The early history of Colchester Museum and its collections.
- 11.00 Matt Fittock, Finds Liaison Officer, (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire), Portable antiquities Scheme. The Pipeclay Figurines from the Colchester Childs Burial.
- 11.25 Glynn Davis, Colchester and Ipswich Museums. An Amber distaff discovered in Colchester Museum’s collections.
- 11.50 Ben Paites, Colchester and Ipswich Museums. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Roman brooches of Colchester
- 12.15 Glynn Davis and Ben Paites, Colchester and Ipswich Museums: Adorn: The Exhibition
- 12.35 Lunch and
• viewing of ‘Adorn’ Exhibition
• tour of the Museum Vaults or Castle roof
Session Two
Chair: Glynn Davis Colchester and Essex Museums
- 4.00 Frank Hargrave, Colchester and Ipswich Museums. Gosbecks; Iron Age continuity or Roman appropriation? The material evidence.
- 14.25 Laura Pooley, Colchester Archaeological Trust. An animal headed linch-pin from Colchester’s Roman circus.
- 14.50 Emma Holloway, Colchester Archaeological Trust. Lead coffins from Colchester: An illustrator’s view
- 15.15 Coffee, Tea and biscuits – viewing of posters and finds
Session Three
Chair: Stephen Greep, Meetings Co-ordinator, Roman Finds Group
- 15.45 Sophie Flynn – Finds Liaison Officer (Essex), Portable Antiquities Scheme. Recent PAS finds from Colchester and Essex.
- 16.10 Edwin Wood, King’s College, London. The Roman Military Equipment from Colchester.
- 16.35 Adam Parker, Open University. Roman Magic: The Camulodunum Case Study
- 17.00 Closing remarks: Chairman Roman Finds Group.
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