The hoards that we have discussed in the blog so far have been found in southern England but there are also number of hoards found … Read more
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Studying the Containers
Last month, James visited Wiltshire Museum Devizes to examine and photograph the Stanchester hoard container. A bronze ring fragment, three gold coins (solidi), thirty-three miliarenses and … Read more
Analysing the metal artefacts
Following the end of Roman rule in Britain, imports of coinage and other precious metals ended abruptly and the existing supply of precious metals such … Read more
A Late Roman Hoard from Dorchester
Ellen and Kelly recently visited Dorset Museum and Art Gallery to study the coins and objects from a late Roman hoard found in Dorchester (Dorset) in … Read more
Meet the Team
Collectively, the 50+ hoards that we have chosen to study contain thousands of coins and hundreds of other artefacts. For a number of these hoards, … Read more
A Glass Bead Game
Here’s a picture of some objects from the Icklingham hoard, on display in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge. You might be surprised to … Read more
Time Travel
One of the fascinating aspects of researching hoards is that the material also illustrates the history of artefact studies through the centuries. Some of our … Read more
A Local Treasure
One of the hoards in our project is very easy for Ellen to study – it’s only a stone’s throw from the University of Kent, … Read more
Decisions, decisions
We’re studying around fifty hoards in our project, but how did we choose which ones to focus on? Fortunately, researchers have compiled lists of the … Read more