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Research paper thumbnail of Imagining Hadrian's Wall: Developing and Assessing Explanations Behind its Construction

Current Approaches to Roman Frontiers: Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Volume 1, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Failure on the frontier: a response to Price & Jaffe

Antiquity, 2023

Price and Jaffe (2023) argue that acknowledging failure humanises the past. It can also serve as ... more Price and Jaffe (2023) argue that acknowledging failure humanises the past. It can also serve as a lens through which to reflect on archaeological reasoning. Here, we turn to the Roman world, and the frontier of northern Britain in particular, to consider how intentionality, distributed agency and moral judgement intersect with the recognition of failure in the past and with the failures of archaeologists themselves.

Book Reviews by Paul Kitching

Research paper thumbnail of Review: ''Collins, Rob and Jane Harrison. 2024. Excavations along Hadrian's Wall 2019-2021: Structures, their Uses, and Afterlives''

Current Archaeology, 2024

This monograph presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken as part of the He... more This monograph presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken as part of the Heritage-at-Risk strand of the Hadrian's Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP), with fieldwork focussed on understanding and mitigating the threats to the monument, both natural and human-made. Over three years, seven sites were subject to archaeological survey and excavation (whilst a watching brief took place during consolidation work at a further three), the detailed discussion of which forms the book's six central chapters. With the exception of Corbridge, the focus is on the frontier's linear elements: the Vallum at Heddon, the Wall-crossing at Cam Beck, and the curtain at Thirlwall, Drumburgh, Port Carlisle, and Walltown Crags.

Research paper thumbnail of Review: “Hodgson, Nick and Bill Griffiths (eds). 2022. Roman Frontier Archaeology – in Britain and Beyond''

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Imagining Hadrian's Wall: Developing and Assessing Explanations Behind its Construction

Current Approaches to Roman Frontiers: Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Volume 1, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Failure on the frontier: a response to Price & Jaffe

Antiquity, 2023

Price and Jaffe (2023) argue that acknowledging failure humanises the past. It can also serve as ... more Price and Jaffe (2023) argue that acknowledging failure humanises the past. It can also serve as a lens through which to reflect on archaeological reasoning. Here, we turn to the Roman world, and the frontier of northern Britain in particular, to consider how intentionality, distributed agency and moral judgement intersect with the recognition of failure in the past and with the failures of archaeologists themselves.

Research paper thumbnail of Review: ''Collins, Rob and Jane Harrison. 2024. Excavations along Hadrian's Wall 2019-2021: Structures, their Uses, and Afterlives''

Current Archaeology, 2024

This monograph presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken as part of the He... more This monograph presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken as part of the Heritage-at-Risk strand of the Hadrian's Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP), with fieldwork focussed on understanding and mitigating the threats to the monument, both natural and human-made. Over three years, seven sites were subject to archaeological survey and excavation (whilst a watching brief took place during consolidation work at a further three), the detailed discussion of which forms the book's six central chapters. With the exception of Corbridge, the focus is on the frontier's linear elements: the Vallum at Heddon, the Wall-crossing at Cam Beck, and the curtain at Thirlwall, Drumburgh, Port Carlisle, and Walltown Crags.

Research paper thumbnail of Review: “Hodgson, Nick and Bill Griffiths (eds). 2022. Roman Frontier Archaeology – in Britain and Beyond''

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 2024

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