Roman Studies Group
RSG Zoom talk - Professor Ian Freestone on 'The Long Roman Glass Industry '
The Roman Studies Group's November talk is on the subject of Roman glass. Professor Ian Freestone has kindly offered to talk to us about 'The Long Roman Glass Industry'.
Excavation at Cocks Farm Abinger 2024
Our Summer excavation 2024 will take place at Cocks Farm Abinger. Following excavations on the scheduled Roman villa site our focus has moved to the field adjacent to the villa. Magnetometry indicated a series of field boundaries, ditches, pits and other anomalies (see https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/excavations-at-cocks-farm-roman-villa-abinger-2009-present-interim-reports).
Hangar Close Rapsley
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Middle Mead Rapsley
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Disposal of the Dead in Iron Age, Roman and Early Saxon SE England
This conference has been arranged in partnership with the Roman Studies Group of Surrey Archaeological Society.
Details and booking from: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disposal-of-the-dead-in-iron-age-roman-an...
This event will also be streamed live - tickets £12 from the above booking link
'Reinvestigating Richborough: A New Story for an Old Site' - a Zoom talk by Dr Philip Smither (FLO for Berkshire)
Dr Philip Smither, Finds Liaison Officer for Berkshire, has offered to talk to us on the subject of his PhD thesis at the University of Kent, the Roman site at Richborough. Hear about Philip's research - ‘Army Communities at Roman Richborough: An Analysis of the Roman Military Assemblage.' and how this has altered perception about this important Roman site.
This talk will take place on Zoom and is open only to RSG members. If you would like to join RSG you can join for £5 (see RSG page) if you are already a member of SyAS.
Zoom talk on Cocks Farm Abinger - excavations in 2023 - Emma Corke
Emma Corke, Site Director of Cocks Farm Abinger, will be updating us on findings from the 2023 season on the hill adjacent to the Cock Farm Roman villa. This is part of an ongoing series of excavations related to features identified in magnetometry surveys, done as part of a villa estate research project.
This talk will take place on Zoom and is open only to RSG members. If you would like to join RSG you can join for £5 (see RSG page) if you are already a member of SyAS.
Zoom talk on Iron ores and smelting in Surrey and the SE - Dr Tim Young
Dr. Tim Young is a Teaching Associate at the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff Unversity. His research interests include Archaeometallurgy and Geophysics.
Roman road research in Surrey - David Calow
Following on from a successful Surrey Roman Rural Settlement Project a Roman Road Group has formed. David Calow will lead the feed-back on geophysics and excavations which have confirmed part of a previously postulated road in SW Surrey.
This talk will take place on Zoom. Whilst attendance is restricted to RSG members, if you are already a SyAS member you are welcome to join the group at a cost of £5 (see RSG page).

