{"id":500,"date":"2018-10-22T11:06:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/tuba\/?p=500"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:58:53","slug":"500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/2018\/10\/22\/500\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Trip – 10th Hadrian\u2019s Wall Archaeology Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello all!<\/p>\n

This weekend, Helga and I attended the\u00a010th Hadrian\u2019s Wall Archaeology Forum at Queen\u2019s Hall Arts Centre, in Hexham. A whole decade since the first forum! This was a day conference dedicated to the general public, with talks about new discoveries or ongoing work along the frontier of Hadrian\u2019s Wall. This year, TUBA were invited to talk about some of the work we have been doing at Vindolanda.<\/p>\n

\"\"
A very keen audience looking forward to the ‘new\u2019 archaeology of Hadrian\u2019s Wall!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/p>\n

Settled in the very cosy theatre room, reminiscent of the intermissions and ice cream trays, we had a warm welcome from David mason followed by some fascinating and masterful geophysics work at Corbridge from Ian Haynes. Following on was Jane Laskey talking about the excavations, history and catastrophic fires of Senhouse Museum collection, Maryport. Honestly, I had never heard of Maryport before but now I know, it looks cute and dainty (minus the fires)!<\/p>\n

After a delightful tea and cake break, Rob Collins updated us on the WallCAP project<\/a> (noting that it\u2019s quite reasonably no longer called WallCLAP). This is a key project at getting locals involved with managing, sustaining and studying Hadrian\u2019s Wall. Finishing off the morning sessions was David Mason again, reviewing the excavations and museum construction at Binchester. This included some \u00a0fabulously renovated and decorated Roman bath houses, with one of the best preserved underfloor heating systems in Britain. This marked the end of the morning sessions, with our Vindolanda session starting after. But first, a wander around the Matisse exhibit and a delicious lunch at\u00a0Buongiorno, which Vindolanda\u2019s resident Italian Marta gave her two thumbs up to!<\/p>\n

\"\"
A wealth of research projects at Vindolanda, so sit back, relax and explore!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marta Alberti began the hour-long Vindolanda session with a great review of all the exciting work undertaken this year, and what was coming up next year. I took the stage afterwards, talking about the work I\u2019ve been doing with 3D imaging, ox crania, and pXRF (the X-ray gun I spoke about\u00a0earlier<\/a>). Helga spoke after about her collection of leather studies and exciting new techniques. This was a fantastic opportunity to introduce the public to some of the science work that TUBA have been doing with Vindolanda!<\/p>\n

Concluding the day was Juergen Obmann talking about the various excavations and investigations of wood carried out along the Raetian Limes (with some fantastic photos from ye olden days), and closing remarks from David Mason. And that wrapped out visit to the Hadrian\u2019s\u00a0Wall Archaeology Forum – bring on next year! And to those looking to volunteer at Vindolanda<\/a> next year, applications are open from the 6th November.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Saying farewell to Queen\u2019s Hall and the Hadrian\u2019s Archaeology Forum… for now!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See you all soon,<\/p>\n

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

Hello all! This weekend, Helga and I attended the\u00a010th Hadrian\u2019s Wall Archaeology Forum at Queen\u2019s Hall Arts Centre, in Hexham. A whole decade since the first forum! This was a day conference dedicated to the… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1739,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}