Role: Finds Liaison Officer
Database records prefix: WMID
Address: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 3DH
Short profile:
I've been working with finds since I finished my degree in 2002. Although on all university excavations, I tended to end up in the Finds Hut as opposed to out in the trenches with everyone else. Once I finished my degree, I started working for Cotswold Archaeology within their finds department. It was during my time there, that I gathered all the knowledge about the different types of pottery. Unfortunately due to the credit crunch, I was made redundant in June 2009. However this turned out to be very well timed, as I started working within the PAS West Midlands from August of that year. I left the West Midlands Team in March 2011 to cover Vanessa Oakden (Cheshire & Merseyside FLO)'s maternity leave, which was quite good fun and it made a nice change being a bit further north and seeing a different range of finds. Following that, I briefly went back into commercial archaeology as the Finds & Archives Officer for Wardell Armstrong Archaeology, based in Carlisle. However I never felt at home that far up north, so I couldn't wait to return back to the West Midlands PAS team.
I have worked with material from a wide variety of different sites and dates, from Neolithic collared urns and Bronze Age socketed axes to Iron Age log ladders (that required lifting from within their 6 foot deep pit) to Roman military finds out in Bulgaria to Post medieval urban deposits and finds.
I am more than happy to look at any pottery sherds or other 'eyes only' finds. Although I will admit that I am more fond of both Roman and medieval finds than pot sherds nowadays. At the moment I must admit I've got a particular interest in Medieval strap fittings, in particular the King's Head belt buckles / strap clasps.
Phone (work): 0121 348 8225 / 07766 925351
Phone (fax):
Email address: Teresa.Gilmore@birminghammuseums.org.uk
View all records created by: Teresa Gilmore
Period | Finds | Records |
---|---|---|
Bronze Age | 186 | 178 |
Byzantine | 1 | 1 |
Early Medieval | 254 | 146 |
Greek And Roman Provincial | 4 | 4 |
Iron Age | 584 | 423 |
Medieval | 2381 | 2008 |
Mesolithic | 40 | 34 |
Modern | 91 | 71 |
Neolithic | 91 | 68 |
Palaeolithic | 17 | 17 |
Post Medieval | 2541 | 2153 |
Roman | 6749 | 2341 |
Unknown | 194 | 177 |
Year | Quarter | Finds | Records |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | 4 | 970 | 648 |
2010 | 1 | 198 | 171 |
2010 | 2 | 1729 | 101 |
2010 | 3 | 2402 | 234 |
2010 | 4 | 277 | 238 |
2011 | 1 | 238 | 234 |
2011 | 2 | 413 | 372 |
2011 | 3 | 221 | 179 |
2011 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
2012 | 1 | 212 | 211 |
2012 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
2012 | 3 | 225 | 115 |
2012 | 4 | 511 | 384 |
2013 | 1 | 196 | 162 |
2013 | 2 | 248 | 190 |
2013 | 3 | 329 | 310 |
2013 | 4 | 402 | 396 |
2014 | 1 | 373 | 343 |
2014 | 2 | 311 | 305 |
2014 | 3 | 294 | 249 |
2014 | 4 | 347 | 300 |
2015 | 1 | 221 | 181 |
2015 | 2 | 319 | 210 |
2015 | 3 | 461 | 383 |
2016 | 4 | 82 | 75 |
2017 | 1 | 147 | 133 |
2017 | 2 | 406 | 189 |
2017 | 3 | 179 | 176 |
2017 | 4 | 116 | 97 |
2018 | 1 | 78 | 74 |
2019 | 2 | 118 | 105 |
2019 | 3 | 143 | 120 |
2019 | 4 | 263 | 242 |
2020 | 1 | 123 | 76 |
2020 | 2 | 171 | 170 |
2020 | 3 | 179 | 149 |
2020 | 4 | 145 | 21 |
2021 | 1 | 70 | 62 |