Introduction to the Archaeology of Roman Warwickshire

ONE DAY SCHOOL JUNE 12th 2012 HILL CLOSE GARDENS Introduction to the archaeology of Roman Warwickshire

The picture above is a fragment of decorated Samian ware, from central Gaul, found on SE Warwickshire rural site. Organised by Adult and Community Learning, Warwickshire County Council,

WarmDigSept29 010:! Roman wall under excavation, Introduction to the archaeology of Roman Warmington. Warwickshire; Warwickshire County Council

What!the Romans did for us (and how do we know that?) On Tuesday 12th June 2012 Tutor: David Freake At Hill Close, Bread and Meat Close, Warwick CV34 6HF FEES: £12.00, inclusive of morning coffee and afternoon tea. The course is intended for those who have an interest in local Roman archaeology, who maybe follow time team, or who are intrigued by the Payable in advance to Karen Kemp, Adult and Community Learning, bits and pieces they find in their gardens or read about in the Orion House, Athena Park, Tachbrook Park, Warwick CV34 6RQ (01926 731230), from whom further details and joining instructions may also be newspapers, and are keen to know more about what archaeologists obtained. do, and how they interpret the evidence from Roman times.! The course will look at the iron age communities the Romans ALL CHEQUES should be made payable to the 'Warwickshire County encountered in the midlands and the initial military phase, illustrated Council". by the sites and materials related to it.! We will examine the relatively settled!centuries of Roman control – the towns, industries, villas, CLOSING DATE FOR ENROLMENTS - Friday, June 1st , 2012 roads, artefacts and the rural economy and landscape – and briefly !------peer into the following “dark ages”.! Participants will be able to appreciate the impact of the Romans in Warwickshire, what Introduction to the archaeology of Roman archaeologists are still discovering about the period, and what Warwickshire. remains to be uncovered. Please reserve me______place(s) for this day school PROGRAMME: NAME ...... …… 9.45 a.m. Course Starts. ADDRESS ...... …… Session 1: ...... …… TELEPHONE ...... ……. 11.15 a.m. Coffee I enclose my remittance of £_____. Session 2: Return this enrolment form to Karen Kemp as soon as possible and in any case not later than Friday June 1st 2012. .

12.45 p.m. Lunch 1.45 p.m. Course reconvenes

Session 3: 3.00 p.m. Tea Session 4:

4.30 p.m. Course closes.