{"id":1461,"date":"2018-07-26T19:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1461"},"modified":"2019-07-18T16:39:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T15:39:22","slug":"the-builders-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1461","title":{"rendered":"5th Roman MANCENT Conference: The Roman army and Mining in Scotland and elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joint Roman Gask Project and MANCENT conference<\/p>\n

Birgitta Hoffmann and others<\/p>\n

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This conference will look at the association between the Roman army and the exploitation of mining resources. What is the evidence for the army involvement? How far was the Roman army involved? What do we know about the evidence for mining in a given area?
\nThis conference will present the results from the Roman Gask Project survey in Glenesk and elsewhere in Scotland, and offer comparisons with other mining areas.<\/p>\n

Preliminary Programme:<\/b><\/p>\n

10.30 Arrival and Registration<\/p>\n

11.00 \u2013 11.15 Birgitta Hoffmann,\u00a0 Introduction.<\/p>\n

Part I: The Roman Army and Mining \u2013 What were they doing and how do we know?\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

11.15-12.00 Birgitta Hoffmann, The Roman army and mining. An introduction to the archaeology<\/b><\/p>\n

12.00-12.30 Claire Millington (London), Mining and the Army: Thoughts about the quality of the evidence.<\/b><\/p>\n

12.30 \u2013 13.15 Lunch<\/p>\n

13.15 -14.00\u00a0 <\/span>Mike Nevell, The Roman mining at Alderley Edge, Cheshire\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Part II: Roman Mining in Scotland? \u2013 The work of the Roman Gask Project in Glenesk and beyond.<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

14.00-14.30 David Woolliscroft (Roman Gask Project), \u2018The Flavian forts in Scotland and the role of the ore deposits.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

14.30- 15.00\u00a0 <\/span>Coffee<\/p>\n

15.00-15.30 Birgitta Hoffmann (The Roman Gask Project), \u2018Stracathro, the Iron Age hill forts and the ores of Glenesk\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

15.30-16.00\u00a0 <\/span>Paolo Trezzi (The Roman Gask Project), Working on the historical parallels. Glenesk mining in the historical period<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n

16.00-16.30 John Donovan (The Roman Gask Project), Visualising the evidence, bringing the past to a virtual life.<\/b><\/p>\n

16.30-17.00 Conclusions and Farewell<\/p>\n

Dayschool<\/strong>: Saturday, 22 September 2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Time<\/strong>: 10.30am\u2013 4.30pm.<\/p>\n

Venue<\/strong>:
\nVenue<\/strong>:
\nCross<\/a> Street<\/a> Chapel<\/a>
\nCross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\nConcessions<\/strong><\/td>\nMinimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a340<\/td>\n<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

To book, complete the\u00a0MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to<\/p>\n

Birgitta Hoffmann,\u00a055 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL
\nemail<\/strong>: latinteacher@btinternet.com\u00a0phone<\/strong>: 07747 533 070<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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