LAMAS 59th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGISTS

SATURDAY 25 MARCH 2023 - Zoom Webinar

Morning session - Recent Work

11.00-11.10: Welcome, introduction, and presentation of the 2022 Ralph Merrifield Award. Harvey Sheldon, Chair of Archaeology Committee

11.10-11.35: Excavations at Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Staines: Evidence for Neolithic occupation and early Bronze Age burials, as well as later activity. Andy Hood, Foundations Archaeology

11.35-12.00: Fine dining, quarrying, and manufacturing. Medieval and later landuse beyond Aldgate. Dougie Killock, Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited

12.00-12.10: BREAK

12.10-12.35: Who was Frederick? And other stories from recent excavations at 4-5 Frederick’s Place, in the heart of the City. Alison Telfer, MOLA

12.35-1.00: Roman London West of the Walbrook: Preliminary interpretations on recent excavations between Coleman Street and Moorgate, City. Ireneo Grosso, Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited

1.00-2.00: LUNCH

Afternoon session: Recent Work in Roman towns

2.00-2.30: Canterbury. Jake Weekes, Canterbury Archaeological Trust

2.30-3.00: Gladiators at Roman Colchester: Spectacula and the Colchester Vase. Glynn Davis, Colchester + Ipswich Museums

3.00-3.30: Mapping Verulamium: highlights from the recent geophysical surveys of the Roman city. Kris Lockyear, Institute of Archaeology

3.30-4.00: BREAK

4.00-4.30: Silchester: recent excavations: the highlights. Mike Fulford, University of Reading

4.30-5.00: Shaping the transition to late antiquity: London and the plagues of the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Dominic Perring, Institute of Archaeology

5.00 - Close