Roman Britain

  • Programme runs: Wednesday 18th July to Friday 10 August 2012
  • Facilitated by the School of Historical Studies

    The School of Historical Studies Roman Britain Summer School is devoted to promoting the archaeology of Roman England. The course will start with 4 days centered around London visiting the British Museum, the Museum of London and various sites around the area. Once in Newcastle there will be 2 weeks of teaching on campus, with a week away on excavation at Maryport on the Cumbrian Coast. This part of the course offers the chance to learn excavation skills on a project run jointly by Newcastle University and English Heritage. The teaching will be a mixture of in classroom learning study tours to the Roman Wall (and surroundings) and handling sessions in the world-class Great North Museum. Teaching will be given by various members of staff from the School of Historical Studies and beyond, including Professor Ian Haynes and Ms. Lindsay Allason-Jones.

    Depending on individual credit transfer needs, students will be assessed by a mix of on-going and final stage assessment. At the end of the summer school students will be awarded a certificate stating the programme studied and their grade. Students will be given advance notice of all pre-programme reading material. The programme below is provisional and the teaching sessions may change slightly but the content will remain mostly the same.

    Timetable of Programme

    Arrive in London on Wednesday 18th July.

    Thursday 19th- Sunday 22nd July.
    Based in London there will be trips to Verulamium, Fishbourne, Bignor, Portchester Castle, the British Museum and the Museum of London.

    Monday 23rd July- Sunday 29th July
    In Newcastle. Teaching will be with the Archaeology Summer School and will consist of the following sessions;

    • Introduction to Archaeology
    • Introduction to archaeological observation and recording
    • Introduction to small finds and the Portable Antiquities Scheme

    Monday 30th July- Friday 3rd August.
    5 days excavation at Maryport in Cumbria. An exciting Roman site being excavated jointly by Newcastle University and English Heritage. Whilst there you will receive training in a range of excavation skills as well as receiving some further teaching on Roman Britain.

    Friday 3rd August- Friday 10th August.
    Return to Newcastle where you will re-join the Archaeology Summer School group for the final week of teaching. This week there will be the following sessions;

    • Inscriptions and Epigraphy
    • Roman Army (with an afternoon trip to a nearby site)
    • Life on the Roman frontier.

    Please note that the supplementary payment to participate on the Roman Britain Summer School will cover the following costs;

    • Accommodation and breakfast for 4 nights in London
    • Travel and entry fees to all sites for the 4 days around London
    • Accommodation and food for the 5 days and 4 nights whilst excavating in Maryport
    • Train ticket from London to Newcastle

    It will NOT cover;

    • Lunch and evening meals whilst in London

    A full programme timetable is available to view and download.