Fascinating ANS lecture on April 23rd in New York... I will be attending!
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This is what I am going to attend to help lay the groundwork for Lordmarcovan's and my trip to England to search for buried coins............
I hope to network as much as possible to make this pending trip more meaningful
ANS Lecture - Coin hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive deposits? with Dr. Roger Bland
Monday
23 April 2012
5:30pm Reception
6:00pm Lecture
75 Varick Street, Floor 11
New York, NY 10013
RSVP required to (212) 571-4470 ext 117, membership@numismatics.org Government issued photo i.d. required for entry
about the lecturer
Dr. Roger Bland is Head of Portable Antiquities and Treasure Portable Antiquities and Treasure, British Museum. Dr. Bland was formerly a curator in the Department of Coins and Medals and was seconded to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for seven years. Roger is responsible for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, a project to record all archaeological objects found by the public in England and Wales, and for the Museum’s operation of the Treasure Act.
about the lecture
Recent spectacular discoveries of hoards from England such as the hoard of 52,503 Roman coins from Frome or the Staffordshire hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver reported under the Treasure Act have raised the question why these were buried in the ground. We have generally assumed that hoards such as these were buried in times of trouble by people who intended to recover them later. Certainly the few documented cases of the burial of coin hoards, such Samuel Pepys’s account of how he gave his wealth to his wife to bury in their country house when Dutch ships were threatening London in 1667, fit this pattern.
But the archaeological recovery of the Frome hoard has led us to believe that whoever put it in the ground did not intend to recover it, and instead we are looking for other reasons such as votive deposition or deliberate abandonment. It is generally accepted that metalwork was deposited in the ground in the prehistoric period for votive reasons: could this also be an explanation for Roman and later hoards?
Before the Treasure Act of 1996 it was difficult to debate these issues because under the old law, hoards were only deemed to be Treasure Trove if they were buried with the intention of recovery and the suggestion that they might be votive would mean that they would not be Treasure Trove and so offered to a museum. This lecture will consider these questions with a focus on Britain to see if practices from one period can inform another.
I hope to network as much as possible to make this pending trip more meaningful
ANS Lecture - Coin hoards and hoarding in Britain: buried with the intention of recovery or votive deposits? with Dr. Roger Bland
Monday
23 April 2012
5:30pm Reception
6:00pm Lecture
75 Varick Street, Floor 11
New York, NY 10013
RSVP required to (212) 571-4470 ext 117, membership@numismatics.org Government issued photo i.d. required for entry
about the lecturer
Dr. Roger Bland is Head of Portable Antiquities and Treasure Portable Antiquities and Treasure, British Museum. Dr. Bland was formerly a curator in the Department of Coins and Medals and was seconded to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for seven years. Roger is responsible for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, a project to record all archaeological objects found by the public in England and Wales, and for the Museum’s operation of the Treasure Act.
about the lecture
Recent spectacular discoveries of hoards from England such as the hoard of 52,503 Roman coins from Frome or the Staffordshire hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver reported under the Treasure Act have raised the question why these were buried in the ground. We have generally assumed that hoards such as these were buried in times of trouble by people who intended to recover them later. Certainly the few documented cases of the burial of coin hoards, such Samuel Pepys’s account of how he gave his wealth to his wife to bury in their country house when Dutch ships were threatening London in 1667, fit this pattern.
But the archaeological recovery of the Frome hoard has led us to believe that whoever put it in the ground did not intend to recover it, and instead we are looking for other reasons such as votive deposition or deliberate abandonment. It is generally accepted that metalwork was deposited in the ground in the prehistoric period for votive reasons: could this also be an explanation for Roman and later hoards?
Before the Treasure Act of 1996 it was difficult to debate these issues because under the old law, hoards were only deemed to be Treasure Trove if they were buried with the intention of recovery and the suggestion that they might be votive would mean that they would not be Treasure Trove and so offered to a museum. This lecture will consider these questions with a focus on Britain to see if practices from one period can inform another.
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It would be wonderful if Lord M's dream of going treasure hunting in England could really happen. And I'm still willing to make a modest contribution to the whole, "Send Lord M to England" idea.
I'd consider it a down payment on reading "The Chronicles" someday.
The metal detecting for coins and old treasures is a HUGE business and hobby in England these days!!!
Lordmarcovan and I are best off going on an organized metal detecting trip with other collectors in England as they know where to go and have the approvals already lined up.