Price:£5 early career (CIfA member or non-member)
£10 CIfA or Finds group member
£20 non-member

 Pottery studies in archaeology: New research and resources

Description

The CIfA Finds Special Interest Group 2024 AGM will be accompanied by a day of pottery talks and networking.

This online event will include presentations from pottery specialists from multiple periods and sub-disciplines on new research and resources in pottery studies.

It will be followed by an optional networking session aimed at aspiring and current pottery specialists, An expert panel of speakers and Finds SIG/ Early Careers SIG committee members will be answering audience questions on ceramics, careers and more!

Speakers

Kayt Hawkins, Lucy Cramp, Imogen Wood, Rachel Cubitt, Grace Jones, Alice Lyons, Lorraine Mepham

Agenda

9:30: Welcome
9:40 – 10:50 Session 1, Techniques and Resources
9:40: Introducing the Toolkit for Finds: Pottery (Kayt Hawkins)
10:00: Organic residue analysis of archaeological ceramics (Lucy Cramp)
10:20: Petrography, Title TBC (Imogen Wood)
10:40: Historic England regional pottery types projects (Rachel Cubitt)
11:00: Break
11:10 – 12:10 Session 2, Pottery Studies Groups
11:10: Title TBC (Grace Jones, PCRG)
11:30: Roman pottery studies: Current status and future challenges (Alice Lyons, SGRP)
11:50: Reference collection project: MLPRG's strategic role (Lorraine Mepham, MLPRG)
12:10: Lunch
12:45: AGM
13:00:  Networking/ meet the specialists/ extended discussion
15:00: End of day

There will be a representative presenting from the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group (PCRG), Study Group for Roman Pottery (SGRP), and MLPRG (Medieval and Later Pottery Research Group (MLPRG).

Bursaries

There are complimentary bursary places available. To request a place, please email conference@archaeologists.net

Additional info

The event start/end times indicated below are for British Summer Time (GMT+1). The Zoom link will be sent out to all registrants the morning of the event.

Contact us
If you have any questions at all or require any assistance in registering or accessing this event, please contact the CIfA Events team: conference@archaeologists.net