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 […]
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A new website focused on the Gloucester City Roman and medieval type fabric series has been launched.
n July, members of the Study Group for Roman pottery, students, researchers and others interested in Roman Britain and its ceramics came together for the study group's annual conference, which this year was held at the Red Lion Hotel in Atherstone in Warwickshire.
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 […]
Roman pottery specialists gathered at the King’s Centre in Oxford in June for the annual conference of the Study Group for Roman pottery. The theme of the meeting was late Roman pottery, though talks were not confined to that topic. Paul Booth from Oxford Archaeology began proceedings with an introduction […]
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 online version of the National Roman Fabric Reference Collection: A Handbook, is now live on the Study Group for Roman Pottery website. The handbook, which was originally published in 1998, is an essential resource for researchers and anyone interested in Roman pottery wishing to identify and describe major regional […]
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 […]