WKAS Conference

WKAS OFFICIAL CONFERENCE:

"The Twilight of the Empire: A view from Kent & Sussex" As part of the AD410 Festival

To be held at the Sevenoaks Museum and Library, Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1LQ.
Saturday April 10th 2010.

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Program

0930-1000    Tea and Coffee
1000-1015    Opening address
1015-1045     David Rudling, University of Sussex. Late Roman Sussex: continuity and change'

1045-1100    Questions.
1100-1130    Break
1130-1200    Andrew Richardson, Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 'An Age of Transformation: Identity and Elitism in Kent after the Romans'

1200-1215     Questions
12.15-12.30    BREAK
1230-13.00    Kevin Fromings 'Roman archaeology of richborough'
13.00-13.15    Questions

13.15-14.15    Lunch
14.15-14.45     Dr Ellen Swift, University of Kent 'Roman objects after the 'end': survival, development and reuse'
14.45-15.00    Questions

15.00-15.30    Panel Questions
15.30-15.45    Closing address
15.45 - onwards    After Conference Function - All welcome
 

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David Rudling, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Centre for Community Engagement, University of Sussex.

Title: Late Roman Sussex: Continuity and Change.

Overview:

This paper will examine the varying fortunes of a variety of fourth and early fifth century sites in East and West Sussex. We will look at Chichester (our one major town), villas, non-villa farmsteads, industrial sites and the Shore Fort at Pevensey. By the fifth century the settlement pattern of Sussex was much different from that two centuries earlier.

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Andrew Richardson, Finds Manager, Canterbury Archaeological Trust.

Title: An Age of Transformation: Identity and Elitism in Kent after the Romans.

Overview:

This paper will examine the evidence for cultural and social transformation, and the emergence of new elites, in  Kent in the 5th and 6th Centuries. It will chart, primarily through material culture, the transformation of a society coping with the collapse of established provincial and Imperial Roman power and the rise of new power structures both in Britain and on the continent.

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Dr. Ellen Swift FSA, Senior Lecturer in Classical & Archaeology Studies, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent.

Title: Roman objects after the 'End': survival, development and reuse.

Overview:

A dramatic reduction in the quantities and types of material culture in use is evident at the end of the Roman period in Britain. Some objects continue to be produced in the fifth century, however, including artefacts of the Quoit brooch style regional to Kent and Sussex in particular. In recent years new research has also begun to identify other objects, with a wider geographical distribution, which also appear to have been produced in the fifth century. In tandem with this, there is also growing evidence for the re-use of Roman artefacts in various ways. This paper will give an overview of this recent research and discuss its implications for our knowledge of the late-post Roman transition period.

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WKAS MEMBERS ATTENDENCE £10.00 (Only available to full WKAS members)	STUDENT FEE ATTENDENCE £5.00 (For Students only - VALID FROM 01/04/2010)	GENERAL PUBLIC ATTENDENCE £15.00 (For Non WKAS members)

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"The Twilight of the Empire: A view from Kent & Sussex" is part of the A410 Festival - Click here to find out more about AD410 and events across the country.