Silchester News

February

20/02/2010 University Department of Archaeology honoured by HM The Queen

HM The Queen has presented the Department of Archaeology at the University of Reading with the distinguished Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at Buckingham Palace. Read more at http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/newsandevents/releases/PR270125.aspx

16/02/2010 2010 Open Day Dates.

Saturday July 17th and Saturday July 31st are the open days for 2010! Put them in your diaries

12/02/2010 Public Lecture by Professor Fulford

Looking for something to do on Tuesday 27th April? Why not come to the University of Reading Public Lecture by Professor Fulford? Entitled 'Facing up to Rome', it is a must for all Silchester fans! The event is free, but see for more details.

09/02/2010 Silchester related paper in the Computing Applications in Archaeology proceedings

The Computing Applications in Archaeology Conference 2009 contained a selection of papers on the VERA project at Silchester. The paper by Amanda Clarke and Emma O'Riordan can be downloaded for free (yes free!) at http://www.caa2009.org/articles/Clarke_Contribution203_a.pdf.

January 2010

01/12/2009 Applications for the 2010 Field School are now open

Applications are now open, but please read through the application pack and Terms and Conditions before applying!

December

03/12/2009 VERA Winter Workshop

The Silchester related VERA project had its final workshop yesterday in the University of Reading. The day went really well and we have a lot to think about for future seasons!

01/12/2009 Queens Anniversary Prize 2009

The University of Reading has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize 2009 in recognition of the excellence of the University's department of archaeology, which, uniquely within the study of archaeology, combines ground-breaking research, enterprise and teaching.See more here http://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/about/news/arch_QAP.aspx

November

20/11/2009 Silchester on TV!

Silchester will be on 'Inside Out' 23rd November, 7.30pm BBC1. If you missed then the link is available here but may not last forever! link to the BBC Inside Out page

03/11/09 Interactive Excavation Timeline released

New! Interactive Excavation Timeline available. It is a prototype so let us know what you think. We will shortly be releasing a Roman timeline to accompany the excavation one.

01/11/09 Inner workings of the website updated

We updated our Drupal based website and added new modules and content.

October

26/10/09 Silchester goes live on YouTube

Check out the new Silchester YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/SilchesterExcavation for all the latest videos on how we excavate the site. More to come soon.

26/10/09 VERA Extension: Winter Workshop

There will be a Winter workshop on the 2nd December as part of the Silchester based VERA project. More details will be posted soon, so keep an eye out on this News page, the Silchester Events or on our Twitter feed.

14/10/09 Think you might be bored over the long winter nights?

Check out our updated Events page!

September

23/09/09 Visiting the site? Try an audio tour!

Why not take an audio tour with you? English Heritage have produced a set of podcasts you can take as you walk around the walls. Download them here http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.21218

14/09/2009 New images added to Gallery

Didn't make it to site this year? See a few of the images in our 2009 web gallery http://www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk/gallery

14/09/2009 Times Online article

Article in the Times Online about the Iron Age at Silchester

01/09/2009 Be a real Indiana Jones!

Childrens museum and culture website 'Show.me.uk' shows you how to be an archaeologist at Silchester http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO1355.html

August

Roman Life! New section of the website launched today

Check out the new section of our website, http://www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk/roman_life. Designed to paint a picture of roman life here in insula ix through some of the finds.

05/08/09 Culture24 website review

Silchester proves a hit with families, check out the Culture24 website review of our open day, http://www.culture24.org.uk/history/art70782

July

29/07/2009 BBC Radio Berkshire come to visit.

Read what presenter Maggie Philbin had to say about visiting our site

20/07/2009 Caroline Lawrence (childrens author) writes about Silchester

Caroline Lawrence, the author of famous Roman childrens books - the 'Roman Mysteries' was here for the open day and gave talks and signed books. Read about her visit on her blog here.

18/07/2009 Guardian article on Silchester

Guardian article that appeared in Friday the 16th July edition. Check out the image gallery as well!

16/07/2009 BBC News feature on the site!

Check out the BBC News Feature at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/8151385.stm

11/07/2009 Find of the Week - Week 1 now available

See what has been the star find of the week so far!

04/07/2009 First Blogs of the Season now available

Blogs from various members of the team can help you keep up to date with what is happening on site.

June

19/06/2009 Silchester Events Calendar Launched

Check out the new Public Events Calendar to see when things are happening on site.

11/06/2009 Research at Silchester

The Silchester town life project is about more than excavation - find out about related research projects on the new Research page.

08/06/2009 Only 3 weeks till the 2009 season begins!

The thirteenth season of excavation is quickly approaching. Look out for more enriched content from the website with blogs and diaries from the Site Director, Finds and Environmental amongst others. Video will also feature in the coming weeks so you won't miss out on the action if you can't manage to visit. Remember though, the site is open from 9 - 5 every day except Fridays so why not visit us?

03/06/2009 Festival of British Archaeology

Find out what involvement Silchester will have in the CBA 2009 Festival of British Archaeology by going to http://www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk/festival

April

07/04/2009 The 2009 Field School is now full.

The 2009 Field School is now fully booked and applications are closed. Applications for the 2010 Field School will be open from January 2010. Thank you for your interest and do come and visit us on site this summer!

March

19/03/2009 Field School filling up: Weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4 are now full.

Places on the first four weeks of the field school are now full. Places are however still available for Weeks 5 and 6.

12/03/2009 Silchester Movies: Excavating Well 5100

The first Silchester Movie is now available! Showing the excavation of well 5100 in just over 8 minutes of glorious technicolour!

February

27/02/2009 Guide to Silchester updated!

The Guide to Silchester section of the website has now been moved over to Drupal. This section was written a few years ago to accompany the published booklet from Reading Museum.

11/02/2009 Silchester Image Gallery updated!

You can now view a selection of images from 2001 to 2008! Before 2001, there was no digital camera on site, so anyone awaiting pictures from then get your slide scanners ready :p

11/02/2009 Search Box has been added to the left hand menu!

Now you can easily search the site for all your Silchester queries!

06/02/2009 The first Silchester.rdg.ac.uk poll!

Is the online application form more useful than a paper one? Cast your vote here.

06/02/2009 Silchester Image Gallery updated!

05/02/2009 Have you checked out the latest Archaeological Newsfeeds? http://www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk/aggregator

January 2009

20/01/2009 There is a new contact form available to get in touch with the Silchester team: http://www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk/contact

05/01/2009 The Online Application form for the 2009 field season is now online: here

December 2008

05/12/08 Silchester Web Site wins the British Archaeological Jobs Resource award

01/12/08 Applications for the Field School are now open

November 2008

28/11/08 Applications for the 2009 Field School will open on the 1st December 2008.

28/11/08 The dates for the field school are 29th June - 9th August 2009.

21/11/08 Silchester Picture Gallery: new!

14/11/08 Site Directors Blog: New pictures throughout! updated

05/11/08 'Field School' page updated

05/11/08 '2008 Finds Diary' page updated

04/11/08 Silchester Website nominated for award.

The Silchester Town Life project website has been nominated for an award! The Heritage Web Award is given for websites that show Innovation, Education, Design and Content in Archaeology and Heritage and is voted for by visiting the British Archaeological Jobs Forum at http://www.bajr.org/BAJRForum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1895. Voting closes on the 1st December 2008.

03/11/08 'About the website' page updated

04/08/08 Excavation season is now finished

The 2008 excavation season is now over, many thanks to all our staff, students and volunteers. We would also like to thank our many visitors throughout the summer.