{"id":395,"date":"2018-05-24T13:20:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T12:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/?page_id=395"},"modified":"2020-07-14T14:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:40:25","slug":"interim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/interim\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-452 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/20180530_112627-e1527676240943-1024x802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"501\" \/><\/h6>\n<h4>Each year we aim to publish a summary report of our current research and excavations for each of our projects.<\/h4>\n<h4>Links to the PDFs for these reports are below.<\/h4>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/Baths-final_compressed.pdf\">Silchester Baths Interim Report 2019<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Season two at the bathhouse expands upon 2018&#8217;s work. A new trench (4) completes a full suite of rooms from east to west across the structure revealing a series of redeveloped tepidaria. Work outside the eastern side of the building continues to expose a number of drains and external surfaces. Trench 3 examines the relationship between the baths and the Iron Age ditch to the east &#8211; revealing a number of surprises<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/11\/Silchester-Baths-Interim-Report-2018.pdf\">Silchester Baths Interim Report 2018<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The first season of excavations at the Calleva bathhouse details the uncovering of the frontage of the structure and the attached latrines, revealing a complicated series of redevelopments of the structure. A focus on the western side of the building also reveals a late tepidarium hypocaust, the Iron Age ditch that flanks the baths and a number of important external surfaces<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/PDFs\/2017-Silchester-Kilns-report-small.pdf\">2017 Little London Tile Kilns report<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The excavation of a long-rumoured tile kiln complex to the south-west of Silchester reveals ties to the first-century emperor Nero<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/PDFs\/2017-Silchester-Temple-report-small.pdf\">2017 Silchester Temple report<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>An incomplete building discovered by the Victorians within the <em>temenos<\/em>\u00a0area of Silchester turns out to be the third of three first century temples<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017-Silchester-Environs-report-small.pdf\">2017 Silchester Environs report<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A summary of 2017&#8217;s finding from the Environs Project including excavations at Pamber Forest and Simm&#8217;s Copse<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/04\/Silchester-Interim-2016.pdf\">2016 Silchester and its Environs<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Excavations continue in Insula III whilst our Environs team tackle a number of nearby monuments<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/silchester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Unorganized\/Silchester-Interim-Report-2015.pdf\">2015 Silchester and its Environs\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>New excavations begin at Insula III whilst the Environs team excavate the nearby hillfort at Pond Farm<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/web\/files\/silchester\/Silchester_interim_report_2015.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">2014 The Town Life Project<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The final season of the Town Life Project with a summary of the second year of our Insula III excavations<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/web\/files\/archaeology\/Silchester_Interim_report_2013.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">2013 The Town Life Project<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The 2013 excavations focus on the early Iron Age buildings found within Insula IX. The opening of a new trench in Insula III begins the hunt for Nero&#8217;s influence in Silchester<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/web\/files\/silchester\/Silchester_Glossy_2013-web.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">2012 Insula IX Town Life Project<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Silchester&#8217;s wettest year provides lots of challenges for our team. The emergence of the Iron Age town and a later Roman well at least provide some archaeological highlights<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/web\/files\/silchester\/Silchester_Glossy_2012-web.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">2011 Insula IX Town Life Project<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The layout of the Iron Age town begins to reveal itself. What does a dog skeleton tell us about one of Silchester&#8217;s largest timber buildings?<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/web\/files\/silchester\/2011-05-09_Glossy_FINALs.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">2009-2010 Insula IX Town Life Project\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>What evidence was there for military presence at Calleva and how does it relate to the Boudican rebellion? Plus, an intaglio of Minerva and a statue of the Egyptian god Harpocrates provides two of our best ever finds<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/web\/files\/silchester\/Silchester_Insula_IX_Brochure_2009opt.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">2006-2009 Insula IX Town Life Project<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Our first glimpses of the Iron Age offers explanations as to why, and how, the town declined and recovered<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year we aim to publish a summary report of our current research and excavations for each of our projects. 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