We’re pleased to announce that a new online pottery resource is now live and available for use. The website of the Kay Hartley Mortarium Archive Project promises to be a hugely useful resource for those of us encountering stamped mortaria on a regular basis. The first stage of the project […]
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As part of the Study Group for Roman Pottery’s recent online conference, Roman food historian, chef and experimental archaeologist Sally Grainger gave a fabulous talk on fish sauces at the Roman table. The lecture has been uploaded to the SGRP’s YouTube channel and can be viewed here or below.
The 2021 Autumn Roman Finds Group Conference held in association with King’s College London is entitled Roman Finds from Infrastructure Projects. The meeting will be held online using the Teams platform, supported by King’s College. The day will consist of illustrated papers presented in blended content (some pre-recorded and some […]
The AHRC-funded Arch-I-Scan Project (School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester) is in the process of developing a state-of-the-art image-recognition and machine-learning service which can identify Roman pottery vessels and sherds. The service will ‘learn’ from photos of ceramics in collections around England, including those from MOLA (Museum […]
We are pleased to announce that the videos of talks from the recent SGRP50 conference are now online via the SGRP YouTube channel. Click here to view papers presented at the conference that celebrated 50 years of the group, showcased new research and collaborative projects, and looked to the future […]
BAR is celebrating the launch of its Open Access publishing programme with a new award worth up to £10,000 in value. The award winner, chosen by an independent panel of expert judges, will receive the free Open Access publication of their monograph. Interested in this exciting opportunity? Or know somebody […]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Study Group for Roman Pottery and we are celebrating with a two-day conference. The conference is FREE and open to both members and non-members.
This year's annual pottery conference will be a special two-day event to celebrate 50 years of the Study Group for Roman Pottery. And for the first time, the annual conference will held on online.
As a consequence of the current pandemic, we have not been able to hold an AGM for this year (2020). As a substitute, the following AGM-related documents can be downloaded: AGM 2020 – Committee reports AGM 2020 – Accounts 2019 AGM 2020 – Treasurer and Membership Secretary’s report Minutes of […]
A new website focused on the Gloucester City Roman and medieval type fabric series has been launched.