REMADE - Roman & Early Medieval Alloys Defined

Just one of many stories we are uncovering!

Tracing rebellion in the chemistry of Roman coins - Connecting Research

In case you missed it earlier this week, read the lastest @uor-research.bsky.social blog to learn all about how REMADE is tracing rebellion during the Crisis of the 3rd century in the chemistry of Roman radiate coins! 🪙 rdg.ac/4notWE9

#FindsFriday #Archaeology #AncientSky

Check out the latest @uor-research.bsky.social blog post to learn more about how REMADE's analysis of the Cunetio Hoard coins is revealing details of rebellion & uprising during the Roman Empire's Third Century Crisis 🪙

#AncientSky #Archaeology #RomanEmpire 🏺

It's @askanarchaeologist.bsky.social day and today we have at the Palace:

Conservators
Archaeological chemists
Experimental archaeologists
Finds specialists
Field archaeologists
Geophysicists
Ecologists
Marine archaeologists

It's almost like we planned it.

Ask away!!

Researcher standing behind a table. There is a pop up banner that says REMADE. The table is covered with replica Roman coins, Roman artefacts and some real Roman coins

We're all set up at @romanpalace.bsky.social! Looking forward to chatting with lots of people and striking some replica Roman coins! #FestivalOfArchaeology

Tomorrow (Friday July 25) is the Meet the Experts event at @romanpalace.bsky.social & we have very kindly been included in the experts you can meet!

Come say hi, check out artefacts we've analysed, chat copper chemistry & design your own replica Roman coin!

Festival of Archaeology: Meet the Experts! - Sussex Past For one day only, go behind the scenes, meet archaeology experts, explore recent discoveries, and get hands-on with real artefacts and crafts.

Want to learn more about REMADE? See some objects that we've analysed? Make a replica #Roman coin? If you answered yes to any of those questions, come see us at the #FestivalOfArchaeology Meet the Experts event at Fishbourne @romanpalace.bsky.social on July 25!
sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...

4 women standing behind a display table. The table cloth reads "Roman and Early Medieval Alloys Defined"

We're all set up at the @uniofreading.bsky.social Community Festival! Come see some Roman artefacts & see how coins were made! Find us in the Time zone in Palmer Quad.

REMADE's data scientist, Kathryn, will be speaking at the @uniofreading.bsky.social Community Festival all about how the chemistry of Roman coins is revealing stories of rebellion & recycling in the 3rd century.

Come along to Palmer G10 at 14:45 this Saturday to hear all the details!

We're super excited to take part in the @uor-research.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social Community Festival this Saturday! Come learn about recycling & rebellion in Roman coins & copper artefacts.
Find us all day in the Time zone (Palmer Quad) & come along to Palmer G10 for our talk at 14:45!

Copper and brass coins struck with official and barbarous images of Tetricus, the REMADE logo and the University of Reading logo on a plank of wood, with a hammer and the metal dies behind them

The images on the 4 custom coin dies. All images are mirrored. Top left is the official Tetricus portrait, top right is the barbarous copy portrait, bottom left is the Celtic knot style design of the REMADE logo with a capital R in the middle, and the bottom right is the university of reading logo, which is a shield with 3 shells across the top.

We've been busy with some experimental #Archaeology & have been striking our own coins! We had some custom dies made - official & barbarous portraits of Tetricus, the project & the @uniofreading.bsky.social logo. We've got enough for a hoard now! #FindsFriday

A Roman plate brooch in the form of a crouched hare sits on a white backdrop. It is silvery coloured, which comes from.the surface being tinned. There are bands of black niello inlay, and the eye is a turquoise colour

A very hoppy #FindsFriday - an adorable little crouched hare plate brooch (only 2cm long!). It has a tinned surface with bands of niello inlay and a hinged pin. It was found in the Forum Basilica excavations at Silchester #Roman Town. #Easter #Archaeology

Map showing the line of Hadrian's Wall with the symbols representing the forts, milecastles and turrets, and lines for the Wall, Vallum and north ditch. The basemap is different shades of green, and there is a legend on the right side of the map.

I'm super excited to let you know that the WallCAP WallGIS is now available on @ads-update.bsky.social! Every feature of Hadrian’s Wall has a record in the WallGIS with detailed info & spatial data, which can all be searched/viewed online! shorturl.at/FSr2z #Archaeology 🏺

Progress Update October 2024 – Rose Karpinski, PhD Student - REMADE Since starting my PhD which a CDP project with the Ashmolean Museum I have been granted many great opportunities to broaden my understanding of my topic. Working with the Ashmolean...Read More >

We have several PhDs working alongside the REMADE team. Rose Karpinski is looking at Iron Age copper alloys from the Upper & Middle Thames Valley, working in collaboration with @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social. Check out her project here: research.reading.ac.uk/remade/progr...

🏺 #Archaeology #IronAge

Progress Update October 2024 – Owen Humphreys, Artefact Specialist - REMADE Hi all. For those who haven’t met me yet, I’m Owen. I joined the REMADE project in April (has it only been 6 months?), taking over from Philippa in the...Read More >

For #FindsFriday, we thought we should introduce Owen Humphreys, the REMADE Artefact Specialist. You can find out more about what Owen has been up to and which artefact assemblages we have analysed so far by reading his recent blog post! research.reading.ac.uk/remade/progr... #Archaeology 🏺

For the Romano-Britons among us, here's a lot of others you might like to follow.

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The team has a busy weekend ahead! Kathryn, our data scientist, is off to the CAA UK (data & digital #archaeology) conference in Canterbury. Owen, our finds specialist, is heading to King's Lynn to analyse medieval lead with Lynn Museum & the Medieval Ritual Landscapes project.

Three archaeologists around a table in a lab looking over different brooches in little plastic small finds boxes.

Archaeologists studying different brooches, which are stored in little plastic finds boxes. They are standing around a table in a lab.

Team day in the lab, looking over copper alloy finds from Silchester #Roman town. We were being quizzed on brooch identification by Owen, the REMADE finds specialist.
Many of these finds have already been chemically analysed by the project (non destructive pXRF & tiny samples too) 🏺 #Archaeology

REMADE is looking at the composition of Roman & early medieval copper alloy artefacts from across the UK. We are finding stories of reuse & recycling, & interesting craft choices. Learn more about the project & team here: research.reading.ac.uk/remade/, & follow us for updates! 🏺 #archaeology