The latest season of excavations in the field adjacent to Cocks Farm Roman villa will take place 3rd July - 2nd August 2022.
Actual dates are as follows: July 3-5, 8-12, 15-19, 25-26, 28- 2nd Aug 2022.
If you are interested in taking part please contact us via romanstudiesgroup@btinternet.com
Priority will be given to RSG members and members of SyAS, but it is hoped to accommodate all those interested in taking part.
Clare Randall, Senior Publications Officer at Cotswold Archaeology, will be telling us about a multi-period site at Tongham. Whilst there is evidence for Roman activity, including possible bustum burials, indications suggest a greater level of prehistoric activity. Clare will also give us a flavour of other work being carried out by Cotswold Archaeology,
A Zoom link will be sent to RSG members a week in advance of the talk.
Anne Sassin will be talking to us about a series of excavations at Old Park, Farnham. The site was first idetified by John Hampton in 1969 on aerial photography and geophysics revealed a number of likely Late Iron Age/Roman enclosure ditches. Anne wil enlighten us to what has been found during excavation of this rural site. Interim reports can be found at:
https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/SAS%20Bulletin%20482.pdf
Emma Corke, director of the Cocks Farm Abinger project will update us on the excavations that took place in 2021 in an area of Roman agricultural activity. You will find past interim reports from the site at https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/excavations-at-cocks-farm-roman-villa-abinger-2009-present-interim-reports
The Roman period AD 43-410
Study of the Romans has always been a popular period in British archaeology, although research in more recent years has shifted emphasis away from military expansion to themes of change and continuation – e.g. transitions from the Iron Age and to the Saxon era – as well as the everyday life of ordinary citizens in the countryside.
A presentation by Lyn Spencer will provide a focus for a discussion on slavery in Roman Britain. Some of the questions that may arise include: evidence for slavery , how people became slaves and how they escaped slavery, differences in Iron Age and Roman slavery, roles allocated to slaves and how slavery was viewed in Roman society. Do come along with something to contribute to the discussion.
Members only event
Alan Hall, a founder member of RSG, is re-joining us from Oxfordshire where he has directed the excavation of a Romano-British building complex at High Wood in the Chiltern Hills. Before finalising his report on this site, he offers his presentation in the expectation that his interpretation of the site will be enhanced by the input and discussion between other members of RSG.
