The Roman Finds Group Autumn Conference
in association with
The Museum of London
and
MOLA
Monday October 15th 2018
The
conference comprises three sessions of papers with twelve talks covering various
aspects of Roman funerary archaeology and finds, primarily in London. We are
getting more and more people to our meetings and this meeting will also be
widely advertised by the Museum of London and MOLA marketing teams so early
booking is strongly advised. The cost of the meeting is £18 for fully paid up
RFG members, £15 for students and £22 for non-members. Attendance applications
can be made by filling out the form below and returning it with the required
payment to the address stated.
What’s included?
·
Access to all conference sessions and poster viewings.
·
Tea, coffee, and biscuits as per the conference programme.
·
Visit to the ‘The Roman Dead’ Exhibition during the lunch
break.
Book Sales/Poster Displays
There will be space for
posters, and discussion during all breaks. There will also be space for the
sale of books should anyone wish to do so. If so, please contact Stephen Greep in
advance. MOLA will be offering Roman cemetery excavation reports for sale at a discount
and PCA (Pre-construct Archaeology) will be selling discounted copies of their Roman Burials in Southwark and other reports
Getting to the Museum of The London Docklands
The closest tube station is
West India Quay - the museum entrance is two minutes’ walk. To find more
information about getting to the museum please visit their website:
Questions and Further Information
Finds for the dead in Roman London and beyond
Conference
Schedule
10.00 Registration (with tea, coffee and biscuits)
10.30 Welcome: Jackie Keily,
Senior Curator, Prehistory and Roman, Museum of London
Session one:
Chair: Mike Marshall, MOLA
10.40 Alison Telfer,
MOLA – A
watery grave: funerary activity in the upper Walbrook valley
11.05 Angela Wardle,
Roman Finds Group – Grave goods from high status Roman burials at Spitalfields
11.30 Victoria Ridgeway, PCA - Something fishy going on in
Southwark: diet, mobility and burial practices in Londinium's southern
Cemetery
11.55 Jackie Keily and Meriel Jeater, Museum
of London – Designing the ‘Roman Dead’
12.20 Lunch and The Roman Dead Exhibition Viewing
Session Two
Chair: Stephen Greep, Roman Finds Group
13.50 Julian Bowsher, MOLA – Roman coins
from cemeteries in London
14.15 Rebecca Redfern, Museum of London – Jane/John Doe: identifying Roman mobility using
bioarchaeology
14.40 Kevin Hayward, PCA – Commemoration and Internment of the Roman dead in
London: The use of stone
15.05 John Pearce, Kings College London – Marking the dead in Roman London: text, sculpture,
monument
15.30 Coffee,
Tea and biscuits – viewing of posters
Session Three
Chair: Jackie Keily, Museum of London
16.00 Stephen Greep, Roman Finds Group – Scroll Holders and the
Funerary Pyre: an example from Roman London
16.15 Owen Humphreys, University of Reading
– Tombs of the unknown craftsmen? Carpenter
burials in Roman Britain and Europe
16.30 Adam Parker, York Museum Trust – Mystery Solved: A Gold Plaque in the Collections of the Yorkshire
Museum
16.45 Glynn Davis, Colchester
Museums – Colchester’s Roman
Dead: Collections, Cremations and Coffins
17.00 Closing remarks: Jenny Hall, Roman Finds Group
