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Research paper thumbnail of Crisis or continuity? Hoarding and deposition in Iron Age and Roman Britain, and beyond.

by Adrian Chadwick, Tom Brindle, Philip de Jersey, Eleanor Ghey, Helle Horsnaes, Fleur Kemmers, Adam Rogers, Nico Roymans, Philippa Walton, David Wigg-Wolf, and Rachel Wilkinson

This major international conference, to be held at the British Museum on Friday 11th March and Sa... more This major international conference, to be held at the British Museum on Friday 11th March and Saturday 12th March 2016, will explore the deposition and hoarding of coins and other artefacts in later prehistoric and Roman Britain and Europe, and will critically reexamine the evidence for social, economic and political instability during the third century AD.

Papers will cover a range of diverse topics including the evidence for ‘ritual’ deposition in the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age, the significance of landscape to Iron Age and Roman hoarding practices, hoarding and status at rural sites in the Romano-British countryside, the Piercebridge Roman river metalwork deposits, Britain and the continent in the 3rd century AD, hoarding inside and outside the Empire in northern Europe during the Roman period, Carausius, Allectus and the British Empire, and hoarding patterns and monetary change.

In addition, on the evening of Friday 11th March, Philip de Jersey will be giving a public lecture on the recent finding and excavation of the large hoard of Iron Age coinage, torcs and other objects on the island of Jersey.

The conference and the evening lecture are all free, but booking is essential, via the British Museum events website.

Papers by Adam Rogers

Research paper thumbnail of Roman towns as meaning-laden places: reconceptualising the growth and decline of towns in Roman Britain, Volume 1

The copyright of this thesis rests with the author or the university to which it was submitted. N... more The copyright of this thesis rests with the author or the university to which it was submitted. No quotation from it, or information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the author or university, and any information derived from it should be acknowledged.

Research paper thumbnail of Exploring Late Iron Age Settlement in Britain and the Near Continent

Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Water and the Urban Fabric: a study of towns and waterscapes in the Roman period in Britain

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 2012

This paper highlights the ways in which components of waterscapes-rivers, lakes, pools, wetlands ... more This paper highlights the ways in which components of waterscapes-rivers, lakes, pools, wetlands and waterfronts-formed elements of the urban fabric in the Roman period. Urban archaeology has focused mainly on features relating to land whilst nautical archaeology, encouraging studies of rivers, ports and harbours, trade and seafaring, reminds us of the importance of watery contexts. By examining waterscapes in the urban setting we can start to break down some of the traditional dichotomies in archaeology between land and water. Water could form an integral part of the lived environment and acquire cultural meanings that can be studied archaeologically.

Research paper thumbnail of The Development of Towns

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2014

This chapter examines urban foundation and development in the Roman period and the issues relatin... more This chapter examines urban foundation and development in the Roman period and the issues relating to town origins and purpose in Britain. It focuses on the chartered towns and reviews relating to the three main types of urban settlement—the coloniae, municipia and civitas-capitals—and the practice of settlement categorization. The chapter also contextualizes debate on urban development by discussing aspects of the history of approach to the documentation and interpretation of Roman town foundation in Britain. It discusses the practicalities of town construction and then moves on to emphasizing the need for Roman urban studies to embrace archaeological theory in order to avoid normative assumptions in interpreting urban material and town life. In particular it argues for greater recognition of the relationship between the development of urban spaces, the lived experience within towns, and the existing significance attached to places and landscapes in prehistory.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Archaeological Approaches in Port and Harbour Studies

Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2013

This introductory article to the special issue of the Journal of Maritime Archaeology offers a co... more This introductory article to the special issue of the Journal of Maritime Archaeology offers a comparative perspective on the theme of archaeological theory and social archaeological approaches to ports and harbours. As a specialist in Roman archaeology I was keen to explore the way in which specialists in other areas of archaeology approached the archaeology of ports and harbours and whether different approaches and perspectives may be able to add nuances to the way in which material is interpreted. The volume brings together a collection of exciting new studies which explore social themes in port and harbour studies with the intention to encourage debate and the use of new interpretative perspectives. This article examines a number of interpretative themes including those relating to architectural analyse, human behaviour, action and experience and artefact analysis. These themes help us to move towards a more theoretically informed ports and harbour archaeology which focuses on meaning as well as description. The emphasis on theory within archaeology allows us to be more ambitious in our interpretative frameworks including in Roman archaeology which has not tended to embrace the theoretical aspects of the archaeological discipline with as much enthusiasm as some other areas of archaeology.

Research paper thumbnail of Reimagining Roman Ports and Harbours: The Port of Roman London and Waterfront Archaeology

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2011

This paper explores some theoretically informed ways in which to use the rich evidence relating t... more This paper explores some theoretically informed ways in which to use the rich evidence relating to ports, harbours and other waterfront installations in archaeology. It argues that studies of waterfront structures within the specialisms of nautical/maritime and wetland archaeology are extremely important in their own right but they could also be used to explore broader issues connected with their use and context. These include the cultural and religious significance of water and its dangers, the symbolic significance of landscape change, the relationship between people and their environment and the negotiation of the land/water interface. Examining the evidence of the port of Roman London as a case study, this paper explores the archaeology in its local setting and addresses a number of subjects relating to both its temporal and spatial position. It focuses on the religious significance of water and the implications of altering waterscapes through artificial construction.

Research paper thumbnail of Crisis or continuity? Hoarding and deposition in Iron Age and Roman Britain, and beyond.

by Adrian Chadwick, Tom Brindle, Philip de Jersey, Eleanor Ghey, Helle Horsnaes, Fleur Kemmers, Adam Rogers, Nico Roymans, Philippa Walton, David Wigg-Wolf, and Rachel Wilkinson

This major international conference, to be held at the British Museum on Friday 11th March and Sa... more This major international conference, to be held at the British Museum on Friday 11th March and Saturday 12th March 2016, will explore the deposition and hoarding of coins and other artefacts in later prehistoric and Roman Britain and Europe, and will critically reexamine the evidence for social, economic and political instability during the third century AD.

Papers will cover a range of diverse topics including the evidence for ‘ritual’ deposition in the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age, the significance of landscape to Iron Age and Roman hoarding practices, hoarding and status at rural sites in the Romano-British countryside, the Piercebridge Roman river metalwork deposits, Britain and the continent in the 3rd century AD, hoarding inside and outside the Empire in northern Europe during the Roman period, Carausius, Allectus and the British Empire, and hoarding patterns and monetary change.

In addition, on the evening of Friday 11th March, Philip de Jersey will be giving a public lecture on the recent finding and excavation of the large hoard of Iron Age coinage, torcs and other objects on the island of Jersey.

The conference and the evening lecture are all free, but booking is essential, via the British Museum events website.

Research paper thumbnail of Roman towns as meaning-laden places: reconceptualising the growth and decline of towns in Roman Britain, Volume 1

The copyright of this thesis rests with the author or the university to which it was submitted. N... more The copyright of this thesis rests with the author or the university to which it was submitted. No quotation from it, or information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the author or university, and any information derived from it should be acknowledged.

Research paper thumbnail of Exploring Late Iron Age Settlement in Britain and the Near Continent

Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Water and the Urban Fabric: a study of towns and waterscapes in the Roman period in Britain

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 2012

This paper highlights the ways in which components of waterscapes-rivers, lakes, pools, wetlands ... more This paper highlights the ways in which components of waterscapes-rivers, lakes, pools, wetlands and waterfronts-formed elements of the urban fabric in the Roman period. Urban archaeology has focused mainly on features relating to land whilst nautical archaeology, encouraging studies of rivers, ports and harbours, trade and seafaring, reminds us of the importance of watery contexts. By examining waterscapes in the urban setting we can start to break down some of the traditional dichotomies in archaeology between land and water. Water could form an integral part of the lived environment and acquire cultural meanings that can be studied archaeologically.

Research paper thumbnail of The Development of Towns

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2014

This chapter examines urban foundation and development in the Roman period and the issues relatin... more This chapter examines urban foundation and development in the Roman period and the issues relating to town origins and purpose in Britain. It focuses on the chartered towns and reviews relating to the three main types of urban settlement—the coloniae, municipia and civitas-capitals—and the practice of settlement categorization. The chapter also contextualizes debate on urban development by discussing aspects of the history of approach to the documentation and interpretation of Roman town foundation in Britain. It discusses the practicalities of town construction and then moves on to emphasizing the need for Roman urban studies to embrace archaeological theory in order to avoid normative assumptions in interpreting urban material and town life. In particular it argues for greater recognition of the relationship between the development of urban spaces, the lived experience within towns, and the existing significance attached to places and landscapes in prehistory.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Archaeological Approaches in Port and Harbour Studies

Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2013

This introductory article to the special issue of the Journal of Maritime Archaeology offers a co... more This introductory article to the special issue of the Journal of Maritime Archaeology offers a comparative perspective on the theme of archaeological theory and social archaeological approaches to ports and harbours. As a specialist in Roman archaeology I was keen to explore the way in which specialists in other areas of archaeology approached the archaeology of ports and harbours and whether different approaches and perspectives may be able to add nuances to the way in which material is interpreted. The volume brings together a collection of exciting new studies which explore social themes in port and harbour studies with the intention to encourage debate and the use of new interpretative perspectives. This article examines a number of interpretative themes including those relating to architectural analyse, human behaviour, action and experience and artefact analysis. These themes help us to move towards a more theoretically informed ports and harbour archaeology which focuses on meaning as well as description. The emphasis on theory within archaeology allows us to be more ambitious in our interpretative frameworks including in Roman archaeology which has not tended to embrace the theoretical aspects of the archaeological discipline with as much enthusiasm as some other areas of archaeology.

Research paper thumbnail of Reimagining Roman Ports and Harbours: The Port of Roman London and Waterfront Archaeology

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2011

This paper explores some theoretically informed ways in which to use the rich evidence relating t... more This paper explores some theoretically informed ways in which to use the rich evidence relating to ports, harbours and other waterfront installations in archaeology. It argues that studies of waterfront structures within the specialisms of nautical/maritime and wetland archaeology are extremely important in their own right but they could also be used to explore broader issues connected with their use and context. These include the cultural and religious significance of water and its dangers, the symbolic significance of landscape change, the relationship between people and their environment and the negotiation of the land/water interface. Examining the evidence of the port of Roman London as a case study, this paper explores the archaeology in its local setting and addresses a number of subjects relating to both its temporal and spatial position. It focuses on the religious significance of water and the implications of altering waterscapes through artificial construction.