REMADE Conference: The Science of Metals and its Role in UK Heritage
Roman and Early Medieval Alloys Defined (REMADE), University of Reading, Tuesday 12th September 2023
The conference focused on interconnected themes: Roman and Medieval metallurgy; science in UK heritage; increasing access to analysis of small finds; ethics and protocols for sampling archaeological material; displaying and communicating scientific results to the public; open access research.
Links to the presentations and recordings at the event are detailed below.
Presentations
Peter Bray, University of Reading – Introduction and background to REMADE project
Philippa Walton, University of Reading, Project Team – Analysing the Cunetio Hoard, A.D. 260-275: New chemical and numismatic insights.
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Frances McIntosh, English Heritage, Partner Presentation – Wirral Brooches; regional bling
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Alex Smith, Headland Archaeology, Partner Presentation – The use of scientific techniques within developer-led archaeology
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Gail Boyle, Society for Museum Archaeology, Partner Presentation – Enabling scientific research: the museum perspective
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Gemma Lewis, Durham Castle Museum, Partner Presentation – Using collections to revive the Museum of Archaeology: England’s second oldest university museum that no one has ever heard of
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Glynn Davis, Colchester Museums, Partner Presentation – REVIEWED and REMADE: New Research into Colchester Museums’ Roman Archaeology Collections
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Peter Bray, University of Reading, REMADE lead – Chemical analysis is a social tool: people and stories in the European copper-alloy scientific dataset
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Sam Moorhead, Portable Antiquities Scheme, Partner Presentation – What we need to know about the metallurgy of the coinages of Carausius and Allectus.
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Artwork created by MoreThanMinutes following presentations at the Conference.