This book provides a twenty-first century perspective on Roman Britain, combining current approaches with the wealth of archaeological material from the province. This volume introduces the history of research into the province and the cultural changes at the beginning and end of the Roman period. The majority of the chapters are thematic, dealing with issues relating to the people of the province, their identities and ways of life. Further chapters consider the characteristics of the province they lived in, such as the economy, and settlement patterns. This Handbook reflects the new approaches being developed in Roman archaeology, and demonstrates why the study of Roman Britain has become one of the most dynamic areas of archaeology. The book will be useful for academics and students interested in Roman Britain.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Section 1: Nature of the Evidence
- 1: Richard Hingley: Early studies in Roman Britain: 1610 to 1906
- 2: Peter Wilson: Romano-British Archaeology Today
- 3: Martin Millett: Roman Britain since Haverfield
- 4: Ellen Swift: The Development of Artefact Studies
- 5: Henry Hurst: The Textual and Archaeological Evidence
- 6: Lacey Wallace: The Early Roman Horizon
- 7: Simon Esmonde Cleary: Britain at the End of Empire
- 8: Tim Champion: Britain before the Romans
- 9: Fraser Hunter: Beyond Hadrian's Wall
- 10: Hella Eckhardt and Gundula Müldner: Mobility, Migration, and Diasporas in Roman Britain
- 11: Claire Nesbitt: Multiculturalism on Hadrian's Wall
- 12: Tatiana Ivleva: Britons on the Move: Mobility of Britsh-born emigrants in the Roman Empire
- 13: Tom Moore: Briton, Gaul, and Germany: Cultural Interactions
- Section 2: Society and the individual
- 14: Val Hope: Inscriptions and Identity
- 15: Rebecca Gowland: Ideas of Childhood in Roman Britain: The Bioarchological and Material Evidence
- 16: Alison Moore: The Life Course
- 17: John Pearce: Status and Burial
- 18: Melanie Sherratt and Alison Moore: Gender in Roman Britain
- 19: Belinda Crerar: Deviancy in Late Roman Burial
- 20: Hilary Cool: Clothing and Identity
- 21: Jake Weekes: Cemeteries and Funerary Practice
- 22: Ian Haynes: Identity and the Military Community in Roman Britain
- 23: Lindsey Allason-Jones: Roman Military Culture
- Section 3: Forms of knowledge
- 24: Andy Gardner: Changing Materialities
- 25: Jeremy Evans: Forms of Knowledge: Changing Technologies of Romano-British Pottery
- 26: David Dungworth: Metals and Metalworking
- 27: Patty Baker: Medicine
- 28: Alex Mullen: Sociolinguistics
- 29: Ben Croxford: Art in Roman Britain
- 30: Amy Zoll: Names of Gods
- 31: Alex Smith: Ritual Deposition
- 32: David Petts: Christianity in Roman Britain
- 33: Zena Kamash: Memories of the Past in Roman Britain
- Section 4: Landscape and Economy
- 34: Martin Millett: 'By Small Things Revealed': Rural Settlement and Society
- 35: Martin Pitts: Rural Transformation in the Urbanised Landscape
- 36: Adam Rogers: The Development of Towns
- 37: Louise Revell: Urban Monumentality in Roman Britain
- 38: Mark Maltby: The Exploitation of Animals in Roman Britain
- 39: Marijke van der Veen: Arable Farming, Horticulture, and Food: Continuity, Change and Diversity
- 40: Sam Moorhead and Phillipa Walton: Coins and the Economy
- 41: James Gerrard: Economy and Power in Late Roman Britain