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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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 […]
Katie Mountain is an MA student at Newcastle University, working on a study under the supervision of SGRP member Dr James Gerrard on Portchester D/Overwey white ware. Katie is looking at the distribution of the ware and would like information on further find spots to determine the extent of its […]
Study Group for Roman Pottery Annual Conference Saturday 16th June – Sunday 17th June 2018 Venue: The King’s Centre, Osney Mead, Oxford Theme: Late Roman Pottery and other ceramic matters This year the SGRP conference will be a one-day conference with an optional second day and is being held at […]
An interesting query came through to Study Group members by way of website’s comment form. Keith Lowndes, a member of the South Oxfordshire Archaeological Group (SOAG), asked: “I was wondering if you could advise me as to a contact relating to a translation of a motto on a Trier motto […]
The annual conference of the Study Group for Roman Pottery was held this year at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle. During a weekend in July, delegates heard talks on Roman pottery from Carlisle, other sites in north-west England, and the results of work on larger projects, both in Britain and […]
The SGRP 2017 conference will be held at Tullie House in Carlisle from Friday 14th July to Sunday 16th July. Over the weekend we hope to address several themes, including Roman pottery from North-West Britain and pottery from other larger projects. There will also be a visit to the Hadrian’s […]
Pottery is one of the most common artefacts recovered from archaeological excavations. While it is widely regarded as a reliable tool for dating, pottery is also significant as evidence for technology, tradition, modes of distribution, patterns of consumption, and site formation processes. But when simple, basic tasks have not been […]
The Insight from Innovation conference, held in honour of David Peacock, provided an opportunity for representatives of the three main pottery groups (SGRP, PCRG and MPRG) to collaborate on a joint paper in honour of David Peacock. The paper reflected on Peacock’s contribution to pottery studies and reviewed some strengths […]