Theoretical Roman Archaeology: First Conference Proceedings. Aldershot: Avebury (1993)
Edited by Eleanor Scott

Front Matter (pp. i–xii)

Foreword. Bridging the divide: A Commentary on Theoretical Roman Archaeology (pp. xiii–xx)
Ian Hodder

Introduction. TRAC (Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference) 1991 (pp. 1–4)
Eleanor Scott

Writing the Roman Empire (pp. 5–22)
Eleanor Scott

Attitudes to Roman Imperialism (pp. 23–27)
Richard Hingley

Theory and Roman Archaeology (pp. 29–38)
Richard Reece

The Study of Roman Technology: Some Theoretical Constraints (pp. 29–47)
Kevin Greene

The Pre–Industrial City in Roman Britain (pp. 49–66)
Simon Clarke

When (and What) was the End of Roman Britain (pp. 67–78)
Kurt Hunter–Mann

‘Villas as a Key to Social Structure’? Some Comments on Recent Approaches to the Romano–British Villa and Some Suggestions Towards and Alternative (pp. 79–101)
Robert Rippengal

A Theoretical Framework for the Study of Romano–British Villa Mosaics (pp. 103–114)
Sarah Scott

The Hoarding, Deposition and Use of Pewter in Roman Britain (pp. 115–132)
Rob Poulton & Eleanor Scott

Roman–Period Activity at Prehistoric Ritual Monuments in Britain and in the Armorican Peninsula (pp. 133–146)
Kenneth Rainsbury Dark

Comparative Frontier Studies (pp. 147–154)
Patricia Southern

Spaced–Out Sanctuaries: The Ritual Landscape of Roman Greece (pp. 155–165)
Susan Alcock

Roman Peasant and rural Organisation in Central Italy: An Archaeological Perspective (pp. 167–186)
Peter van Dommelen

Theoretical Roman Archaeology: Second Conference Proceedings. Aldershot: Avebury (1995)
Edited by Peter Rush

Front Matter and Introduction (pp. i–xiii)

Gender in Question (pp. 3–21)
Carol van Driel-Murray

‘Sexing’ Small Finds (pp. 22–32)
Lindsay Allason-Jones

Roman Finds Assemblages, Towards an Integrated Approach? (pp. 33–58)
Jeremy Evans

Collapse Theory and the End of Birdoswald (pp. 59–69)
Tony Wilmott

Analysis of Social and Cultural Diversity on Rural Burial Sites in North-Eastern Raetia (pp. 70–80)
Manuela Struck

Location Models and the Study of Romano-British Small Towns (pp .81–91)
Simon Clarke

Prologue to a Study of Roman Urban Form (pp. 92–104)
Simon P. Ellis

Symbols of Power and Nature: The Orpheus Mosaic of Fourth Century Britain and Their Architectural Contexts (pp. 105–123)
Sarah Scott

Romans and Britons on the Northern Frontier: A Theoretical Evaluation of the Archaeology of Resistance (pp. 124–131)
Bernice Kurchin

A Shoppers’ Paradise: Consumers in Roman Britain (pp. 132–140)
Iain Ferris

Economy and Space in Roman Britain (pp. 141–147)
Pete Rush

Roman Pottery Research for the 1990s (pp. 148–157)
Jason Monaghan

Theory, Practice, and Research in an Urban Unit: A Personal Perspective (pp. 158–173)
Michael J. Jones

Women and Gender Relations in the Roman Empire (pp. 174–189)
Eleanor Scott

Theoretical Roman Archaeology & Architecture: The Third Conference Proceedings. Glasgow: Cruithne Press (1999)
Edited by Alan Leslie

Front Matter (pp. i–iii)

Alchemy of Suffering: Hope and Faith Beyond the Healing Art in Roman Britain (pp. 1–13)
Iain M. Ferris

Britannus/Britto: Roman Ethnographies, Native Identities, Labels, and Folk Devils (pp. 14–32)
Keith J. Matthews

Adventus, Patrocinium, and the Urban Landscape in Late Roman Britain (pp. 33–47)
Alex Woolf

Reading the Roman House: The Social Interpretation of Spatial Order (pp. 48–74)
Mark Grahame

Theories of Circulation in Roman Houses (pp. 75–98)
Simon P. Ellis

Greek Households under Roman Hegemony: The Archaeological Evidence (pp. 99–110)
Lisa Nevett

Architectural and Social Change During the Roman Period (pp. 111–121)
Simon Clarke

Slavish Nonsense or the Talking Tool (pp. 122–140)
Ross Samson

Death into Life: Population Statistics from Cemetery Data (pp. 141–161)
Keith J. Matthews

Function and Symbol: The Development of Towns in Roman Dacia (pp. 162–190)
Michael Dawson

Invisible Architecture: Inside the Roman Memory Palace (pp. 191–199)
Iain M. Ferris

The Interpretation of Roman Coins – Practice and Theory (pp. 200–212)
Peter Guest

TRAC 94: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Durham 1994. Oxford: Oxbow Books (1994)
Edited by Sally Cottam, David Dungworth, Sarah Scott & Jeremy Taylor

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–iv)

The Just War: Graeco-Roman Texts as Colonial Discourse (pp. 1–10)
Jane Webster

Britannia, Origin Myths and the British Empire (pp. 11–23)
Richard Hingley

Insignificant Others: Images of Barbarians on Military Art from Roman Britain (pp. 24–31)
Iain Ferris

Patterns of Worship in Roman Britain: Double-Named Deities in Context (pp. 33–44)
Amy Zoll

An Archaeology of Brief Time: Monuments and Seasonality in Roman Britain (pp. 45–56)
Raphael Isserlin

Ritual and Archaeology in Early Latium (pp. 57–64)
Christopher Smith

Lighting in Late Roman Houses (pp. 65–71)
Simon Ellis

A Quantitative Analysis of the Finds from the Roman Fort of Newstead – Some Preliminary Findings (pp. 72–82)
Simon Clarke

Use of Space and Variability of Ground Plans: A Study of Legionary Centurions’ Quarters (pp. 83–89)
Birgitta Hoffmann

Reading the Tea Leaves, Signalling as a Means of Prophesy on Roman Frontiers (pp. 90–98)
D. J. Woolliscroft

Treasure: Interpreting Roman Hoards (pp. 99–106)
Martin Millett

Treasure: Romano-British Precious Metal Hoards: Some Comments on Martin Millett’s Paper (pp. 107–117)
Catherine Johns

An Archaeology of Homosexuality? Perspectives from the Classical World (pp. 118–132)
Keith Matthews

You Are What You Eat: Diet, Identity and Romanisation (pp. 133–140)
Karen I. Meadows

Roman Imports into Late Iron Age British Societies: Towards a Critique of Existing Models (pp. 141–150)
Steven Willis

TRAC Proceedings not published in full, but see R. Laurence & J. Berry (eds), Cultural Identity in the Roman Empire. London: Routledge (1998), based on two sessions held at TRAC 1995 in Reading.

TRAC 96: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Sheffield 1996. Oxford: Oxbow Books (1997)
Edited by Karen Meadows, Chris Lemke & Jo Heron

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–iv)

Theorising Roman Archaeology (pp. 1–7)
J. C. Barrett

‘Romanization – Imperialism’ – What are We Talking About? (pp. 8–14)
P. Freeman

Beyond ‘Romanization’: Technologies of Power in Roman Britain (pp. 15–21)
C. Forcey

The Enemy Without, The Enemy Within: More Thoughts on Images of Barbarians in Greek and Roman Art (pp. 22–28)
I. Ferris

Post Processual Economics: The Role of African Red Slip Ware Vessel Volume in Mediterranean Demography (pp. 29–37)
J. W. J. Hawthorne

Samian: Beyond Dating (pp. 38–54)
S. Willis

Symbols, Pottery and Trade (pp. 55–64)
P. Rush

NATIVE or ROMAN? Ironwork Hoards in Northern Britain (pp. 65–72)
A. R. J. Hutcheson

Abandonment, Rubbish Disposal and ‘Special’ Deposits at Newstead (pp. 73–81)
S. Clarke

Economy and Ritual: The Use of Animal bone in the Interpretation of the Iron Age to Roman Cultural Transition (pp. 82–90)
J. E. Richardson

Thinking the Unthinkable: Human Sacrifice in Roman Britain? (pp. 91–100)
R. M. J. Isserlin

Elite Settlements in the Roman and Sub-Roman Period (pp. 101–112)
D. Petts

Negotiating Nuraghi: Settlement and the Construction of Ethnicity in Roman Sardinia (pp. 113–119)
E. Blake

Immaterial Culture: Invisible Peasants and Consumer Subcultures in North-West Britannia (pp. 120–132)
K. J. Matthews

Aspects of Romanization in the Wroxeter Hinterland (pp. 133–143)
R. H. White & P. M. van Leusen

Pooling Resources – The Use of Water for Social Control in the Roman Empire (pp. 144–150)
S. Ellis

Towards a Theory of Roman Urbanism: Beyond Economics and Ideal-Types (pp. 151–162)
M. Grahame

‘Roman’ Urban Form and Culture Difference (pp. 163–172)
S. Clarke & D. J. Robinson

TRAC 97: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Nottingham 1997. Oxford: Oxbow Books (1998)

Edited by Colin Forcey, John Hawthorne & Robert Witcher

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–iv)

Redefining Romanization: Material Culture and the Question of Social Continuity in Roman Britain (pp. 1–10)
Mark Grahame

Motivation and Ideologies of Romanization (pp. 11–19)
Ralph Häussler

The Romanization of Italy: Global Acculturation or Cultural Bricolage? (pp. 20–27)
Nicola Terrenato

Social Change and Architectural Diversity in Roman Period Britain (pp. 28–41)
Simon Clarke

Ritual, Space and Politics. Reflections in the Archaeological Record of Social Developments in Lepcis Magna, Tripolitania (pp. 42–52)
Frances Condron

Theoretical Influences on Two Reports of Romano-British Land Division (pp. 53–59)
John W. M. Peterson

Roman Roads: Phenomenological Perspectives on Roads in the Landscape (pp. 60–70)
Robert Witcher

The Ancient Monument in Romano-British Ritual Practices (pp. 71–86)
Howard M. R. Williams

Whatever Happened to the Heroes? Ancestral Cults and the Enigma of Romano-Celtic Temples (pp. 87–98)
Colin Forcey

From Death to Deposition: The Sequence of Ritual in Cremation Burials of the Roman Period (pp. 99–111)
John Pearce

Burial and Gender in Late- and Sub-Roman Britain (pp. 112–124)
David Petts

Brooches and Identities in First Century AD Britain: More Than Meets The Eye? (pp. 125–137)
S. Jundi & J. D. Hill

Tales from a Romanist: A Personal View of Archaeology and ‘Equal Oppertunities’ (pp. 138–147)
Eleanor Scott

Mystifying Roman Nails: Clavus Annalis, Defixiones and Minkisi (pp. 148–159)
David Dungworth

Pottery and Paradigm in the Early Western Empire (pp. 160–172)
John W. J. Hawthorne

TRAC 98: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Leicester 1998. Oxford: Oxbow Books (1999)

Edited by Patricia Baker, Colin Forcey, Sophia Jundi & Robert Witcher

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–iv)

Architecture, Performance and Ritual: The Role of State Architecture in the Roman Empire (pp. 1–13)
Ralph Häussler

The Community of Soldiers: A Major Identity and Centre of Power in the Roman Empire (pp. 14–25)
Simon James

Monumental Architecture & Becoming Roman in the First Centuries BC and AD (pp. 26–35)
Kenneth Aitchison

Contact, Architectural Symbolism and the Negotiation of Cultural Identity in the Military Zone (pp. 36–45)
Simon Clarke

Poverty or Power? The Native Responce to Roman Rule in the Fenland? (pp. 46–51)
Garrick Fincham

Constructing Romanitas: Roman Public Architecture and the Archaeology of Practice (pp. 52–58)
Louise Revell

Usurping the Urban Image: The Experience of Ritual Topography in Late Antique Cities of the Near East (pp. 59–71)
Richard Bayliss

A Pilgrimage Experience at Sacred Sites in Late Antique Anatolia (pp. 72–85)
Mark Jackson

Christianity and the End of Roman Britain (pp. 86–95)
David Petts

Identities and Cemeteries in Roman and Early Medieval Britain (pp. 96–107)
Howard Williams

Quoit Brooches and the Roman-Medieval Transition (pp. 108–120)
Geoff Harrison

Change or No Change? Revised Perceptions of Urban Transformation in Late Antiquity (pp. 121–130)
Anna Leone

And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time… Feet and Shoes as a Material Projection of the Self (pp. 131–140)
Carol van Driel-Murray

Soranus and the Pompeii Speculum: The Sociology of Gynaecology and Roman Perceptions of the Female Body (pp. 141–150)
Patricia Baker

The Dispersed Dead: Preliminary Observations on Burial and Settlement in Rural Roman Britain (pp. 151–162)
John Pearce

Ideological Biases in the Urban Archaeology of Rome: A Quantitative Approach (pp. 163–171)
Giovanni Ricci & Nicola Terrenato

TRAC 99: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Durham 1999. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2000)
Edited by Garrick Fincham, Geoff Harrison, René Rogers Holland & Louise Revell

Front Matter and Editors’ Introduction (pp. i–x)

The Creation of Multiple Identities in Roman Italica (pp. 1–7)
Louise Revell

Illuminating Roman Britain (pp. 8–21)
Hella Eckardt

In Search of a Different Roman Period: The Finds Assemblage at the Newstead Military Complex (pp. 22–29)
Simon Clarke

Romanisation, Status and the Landscape: Extracting a Discrepant Perspective from Survey Data (pp. 30–36)
Garrick Fincham

Social Organisations within the Roman Army (pp. 37–43)
Andrew Pegler

Taberna Economics (pp. 44–52)
Ardle Mac Mahon

Roman Maritime Activities Around Britain: What is the Evidence and How Might it be Enhanced? (pp. 53–63)
Michael Walsh

Cattle, Culture, Status and Soldiers in Northern England (pp. 64–73)
Sue Stallibrass

Food, Ritual and Rubbish in the Making on Pompeii (pp. 74–82)
Mrina Ciaraldi & Jane Richardson

Wood, Masonry and the Construction of Identity: Comparing Southern Britain and Gaul, 4th to 7th Centuries (pp. 83–89)
Dominic Janes

From Periphery to Core in Late Antique Mauretania (pp. 90–103)
Alan Rushworth

The Application of GIS to the Study of Settlement Patterns: Silchester, a Case Study (pp. 104–117)
Devon Tully

Use of a GIS for Regional Archaeological Analysis: Application of Computer-based Techniques to Iron Age and Roman Settlement Distribution in North-West Portugal (pp. 118–141)
Kris Strutt

TRAC 2000: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, London 2000. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2001)
Edited by Gwyn Davies, Andrew Gardner & Kris Lockyear

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–vi)

Representing the Romans in the Museum of Scotland (pp. 1–11)
David Clarke & Fraser Hunter

Representing Londinium: The Influence of Colonial and Post-Colonial Discourses (pp. 12–24)
Francis Grew

Writing Colonial Conflict, Acknowledging Colonial Weakness (pp. 25–34)
Garrick Fincham

Identities in the Late Roman Army: Material and Textual Perspectives (pp. 35–47)
Andrew Gardner

Medicine, Culture and Military Identity (pp. 48–68)
Patricia A. Barker

Siege Works, Psychology and Symbolism (pp. 69–79)
Gwyn Davies

Animal Iconographies: Metaphor, Meaning and Identity (or Why Chinese Dragons Don’t Have Wings (pp. 80–93)
Miranda J. Aldhouse Green

An Archaeology of Food: A Case Study From Roman Britain (pp. 94–103)
Gillian Hawkes

Small Finds: Problems and Possibilities (pp. 104–111)
Kelly Spradley

‘Romanisation’ and the Body (pp. 112–124)
Gilly Carr

Infants, Cemeteries and Communities in the Roman Provinces (pp. 125–142)
John Pearce

Unpicking a Myth: The Infanticide of Female and Disabled Infants in Antiquity (pp. 143–151)
Eleanor Scott

Playing Dead: Implications of Mortuary Evidence for the Social Construction of Childhood in Roman Britain (pp. 152–168)
Rebecca Gowland

TRAC 2001: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Glasgow 2001. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2002)
Edited by Martin Carruthers, Carol van Driel-Murray, Andrew Gardner, Jason Lucas, Louise Revell & Ellen Swift

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–iv)

Considering Continuity of Deposition on Votive Sites in Northeastern France from 200 BC to AD 100 (pp. 1–12)
Imogen Wellington

Pots for Cash? A Critique of the Role of the ‘Free Market’ in the Late Roman Economy (pp. 13–23)
James Gerrard

A Topography of Death: The Buildings of the Emperor Maxentius on the Via Appia, Rome (pp. 24–33)
Lorraine Kerr

A Consumer Theory and Roman North Africa: A Post-Colonial Approach to the Ancient Economy (pp. 34–44)
Garrick Fincham

Wolves’ Nipples and Otters’ Noses? Rural Foodways in Roman Britain (pp. 45–50)
Gillian Hawkes

Material Culture Patterns and Cultural Change in South-West Britain (pp. 51–72)
Jason Lucas

Acculturation and the Temporal Features of Ritual Action (pp. 73–82)
Jake Weekes

Celts, Romans and the Coligny Calendar (pp. 83–95)
Cathy Swift

Regarding the Stars (pp. 96–103)
Carol van Driel-Murray

Measuring Time and Inventing History in the Early Empire: Roman and Germanic Perspectives (pp. 104–112)
Maureen Carroll

The Metamorphic Moment: Mythological and Heroic Narratives on Roman Sarcophagi (pp. 113–124)
Inge Lyse Hansen

TRAC 2002: Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Canterbury 2002. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2003)
Edited by Gillian Carr, Ellen Swift & Jake Weekes

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–v)

Seeking a Material Turn: The Artefactuality of the Roman Empire (pp. 1–13)
Andrew Gardner

An Empire in Pieces. Roman Archaeology and the Fragment (pp. 14–28)
Iain Ferris

Restoring Ontological Security: Roman and Native Objects in Early Roman Gallaecia (NW Iberia) (pp. 29–47)
Alfredo González-Ruibal

Transformation in Meaning: Amber and Glass Beads Across the Roman Frontier (pp. 48–57)
Ellen Swift

The Realms of Janus: Doorways in the Roman World (pp. 58–73)
Ardle Mac Mahon

Deconstructing the Frampton Pavements: Gnostic Dialectic in Roman Britain (pp. 74–83)
Dominic Perring

Becoming Consumers: Looking Beyond Wealth as an Explanation for Villa Variability (pp. 84–99)
Chris Martins

Late Roman Economic Systems: Their Implication in the Interpretation of Social Organization (pp. 100–112)
Paul Johnson

Creolisation, Pidginisation and the Interpretation of Unique Artefacts in Early Roman Britain (pp. 113–125)
Gillian Carr

Breaking Ground or Treading Water? Roman Archaeology and Constructive Implications of the Critique of Meta Narratives (pp. 126–139)
Stephanie Koerner

A Brief Comment on the TRAC Session Dedicated to the Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Roman Women (pp. 140–146)
Patricia A. Baker

Sex and the City: A Biocultural Investigation into Female Health in Roman Britain (pp. 147–170)
Rebecca Redfern

TRAC 2003: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Leicester 2003. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2004)

Edited by Ben Croxford, Hella Eckardt, Judy Meade & Jake Weekes

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–iv)

Samian and Consumer Choice in Roman London (pp. 1–15)
Gwladys Monteil

“I Drink, Therefore I am?” Pottery Consumption and Identity at Elms Farm, Heybridge, Essex (pp. 16–27)
Martin Pitts

Some Notes on Spoons and Mortaria (pp. 28–35)
H. E. M. Cool

Remembering and Forgetting in the Roman Provinces (pp. 36–50)
Hella Eckardt

Ephemeral Monuments and Social Memory in Early Roman Britain (pp. 51–61)
Howard Williams

Tomb Robbing and the Transformation of Social Memory in Roman Knossos (pp. 62–77)
Dimitris Grigoropulous

Prehistoric Landscapes of the Ouse Valley and Their Use in the Late Iron Age and Romano-British Period (pp. 78–89)
Judy Meade

“Heavier Burdens for Willing Shoulders”? Writing Different Histories, Humanities and Social Practices for the Romano-British Countryside (pp. 90–110)
Adrian M. Chadwick

Experienced Landscapes Through Intentional Sources (pp. 111–122)
Alessandro Launaro

Did Curse Tablets Work? (pp. 123–134)
Philip Kiernan

The Social Identity of Health in Late Roman Britain (pp. 135–146)
Rebecca Gowland

“The Camden Connection”: Revisiting the Origins of Romano-British Archaeology and its Historiography (pp. 147–156)
Leslie W. Hepple

TRAC 2004: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Durham 2004. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2005)
Edited by James Bruhn, Ben Croxford & Dimitris Grigoropoulos

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–vi)

The Economy of Roman Britain: Representation and Historiography (pp. 1–15)
Kevin Greene

Reconstructing Syntheses in Romano-British Cremation (pp. 16–26)
Jake Weekes

Metalworking and Late Roman Power: A Study of Towns in Late Roman Britain (pp. 27–38)
Adam Rogers

Not at Random. Evidence for a Regionalised Coin Suply? (pp. 39–49)
Fleur Kemmers

Regional Identities and the Social Use of Ceramics (pp. 50–64)
Martin Pitts

Social and Economic Aspects of Glass Recycling (pp. 65–78)
Daniel Keller

Interaction and Exchange in Food Production in the Nijmegen Frontier Area During the Early Roman Period (pp. 79–96)
Annemiek Robeerst

Brickworks and Ladders: Exploring Intra-Regional Diversity in the Enclosed Landscapes of the Parisi (pp. 97–108)
Mick Atha

Beyond the Temple: Blurring the Boundaries of ‘Sacred Space’ (pp. 109–118)
Eleanor Ghey

The Cupae of Iberia in their Monumental Contexts: A Study of the Relationship Between Social Status and Commemoration with Barrel-Shaped and Semi-Cylindrical Tombstones (pp. 119–132)
Charlotte Tupman

The Quick and the Dead in the Extra-Urban Landscape: the Roman Cemetery at Ostia/Portus as a Lived Environment (pp. 133–143)
E-J. Graham

Houses, GIS and the Micro-Topology of Pompeian Space (pp. 144–156)
Michael Anderson

Unifying Aspects of Roman Forts (pp. 157–162)
Mark Driessen

TRAC 2005: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Birmingham 2005. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2006)
Edited by Ben Croxford, Helen Goodchild, Jason Lucas & Nick Ray

Front Matter (pp. i–vi)

Late Roman Frontier Communities in Northern Britain: A Theoretical Context for the ‘End’ of Hadrian’s Wall (pp. 1–11)
Rob Collins

Romanization in Southern Epirus: A Ceramic Perspective (pp. 12–24)
Melissa Moore Morison

Consumption and Roman Archaeology: Beyond Pompeii (pp. 25–41)
Nick Ray

Modelling Roman Demography and Urban Dependency in Central Italy (pp. 42–56)
Helen Goodchild

Discarding the Destitute: Ancient and Modern Attitudes Towards Burial Practices and Memory Preservation Amongst the Lower Classes of Rome (pp. 57–72)
E-J. Graham

An Alleged Far West? The Romanisation of the Countryside in Western Gaul (pp. 73–82)
Cécilia Courbot-Dewerdt

Fertile Imaginations: Pastoralist Production and a New Interpretation of a Roman Period Relief Sculpture from Bath (pp. 83–98)
D. Martin Goldberg

Wild Animals and Domestic Animals in the Roman Sacrificial Ritual: Distinctions Between ‘Human’ and ‘Animal’ Animals? (pp. 99–110)
Günther Schörner

15 years of TRAC – Reflections on a Journey (pp. 111–115)
Eleanor Scott

21st Century TRAC: Is the Roman Battery Flat? (pp. 116–127)
Ray Laurence

The Future of TRAC (pp. 128–138)
Andrew Gardner

TRAC 2006: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Cambridge 2006. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2007)
Edited by Ben Croxford, Nick Ray, Roman Roth & Natalie White

Front Matter (pp. i–vi)

Craft and Social Identity of Metalworkers in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (pp. 1–16)
Mark Eccleston

Geographic Distribution and Architectural Characteristics of the Ancient Theatres in Modern Spain: A Structuralist Interpretation (pp. 17–33)
Zeynep Aktüre

The Bizarre Bazaar: Early Excavation in the Roman East and Problems of Nomenclature (pp. 34–42)
J. A. Baird

The Use of Amphorae for Interpreting Patterns of Consumption (pp. 43–58)
Mariana Egri

Chop and Change: Specialist Cattle Carcass Processing in Roman Britain (pp. 59–76)
Mark Maltby

A Local Barrow for Local People? The Ferry Fryston Cattle in Context (pp. 77–91)
David Orton

New Images for Old Rituals: Stelae of Saturn and Personal Cult in Roman North Africa (pp. 92–102)
Günther Schörner (translated by Roman Roth)

The Appearance of Health: The Symbolic Construction of the Healthy Body through Urban Cemetery Evidence from Late Iron Age and Early Roman Britain (pp. 103–114)
Angela Turner-Wilson

Catering for the Cultural Identities of the Deceased in Roman Britain: Interpretative Potential and Problems (pp. 115–132)
Natalie C. C. White

Amphora Burials and Burials with Amphorae: On the Reuse of Amphorae in the Northern Necropolis of Potentia (Porto Recanati, Marche) (pp. 133–149)
Patrick Monsieur

Subculture and Small Group Identity in Iron Age and Roman Baldock (pp. 150–171)
Keith J. Fitzpatrick-Matthews

Identities in Life and Death in Roman Britain: The Case of Baldock (pp. 172–182)
Judith Rosten

A Specific Problem? The Detection, Protection and Exploration of Romano-British Cremation Cemeteries through Competitive Tendering (pp. 183–191)
Jake Weekes

TRAC 2007: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, London 2007. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2008)
Edited by C. Fenwick, M. Wiggins & D. Wythe

Front Matter (i–vi)

The Use of Prehistoric Ritual and Funerary Sites in Roman Spain: Discussing Tradition, Memory and Identity in Roman Society (pp. 1–13)
Leonardo García Sanjuán, Pablo Garrido González & Fernando Lozano Gómez

A critical approach to the concept of resistance: new ‘traditional’ rituals and objects in funerary contexts of Roman Baetica (pp. 15–30)
Alicia Jiménez

Searching for identity in Italian Landscapes (pp. 31–43)
Martin Sterry

Identity in the Frontier: Theory and Multiple Community Interfacing (pp. 45–52)
Rob Collins

Ethnicity and Conflict in the Roman Conquest of Spain (pp. 53–61)
Lyra D. Monteiro

Roman archaeology in an epoch of neoliberalism and imperialist war (pp. 63–73)
Neil Faulkner

Archaeology and the search for authenticity: Colonialist, Nationalist, and Berberist visions of an Algerian past (pp. 75–88)
Corisande Fenwick

Typological Studies of Ancient Roman Theatre Architecture in the Context of the Old and New Europe: The Tree vs. the Rhizome Model (pp. 89–107)
Zeynep Aktüre

Power, Architecture and Community in the Distribution of Honorary Statues in Roman Public Space (pp. 109–120)
Francesco Trifiló

Charon’s Obols? A case study in the role of coins in Roman Burial Ritual (pp. 121–130)
Lisa Brown

Developing the ‘Germani’ in Roman Studies (pp. 131–150)
Cheryl Louise Clay

Humour In Roman Archaeology (pp. 151–162)
Ben Croxford

TRAC 2008: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Amsterdam 2008. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2009)
Edited by Mark Driessen, Stijn Heeren, Joep Hendriks, Fleur Kemmers & Ronald Visser

Front Matter (pp. i–vi)

Forced Labour, Mines, and Space: Exploring the Control of Mining Communities (pp. 1–11)
Hannah Friedman

Feeling Like Home: Romanised Rural Landscape from a Gallo-Roman Point of View (pp. 13–24)
Cécilia Courbot Dewerdt

Centrality in its Place: Defining Urban Space in the City of Rome (pp. 25–38)
David J. Newsome

Finding Your Way in the Subura (pp. 39–51)
Simon Malmberg

Amateur Metal Detector Finds and Romano-British Settlement: A Methodological Case Study from Wiltshire (pp. 53–72)
Tom Brindle

Meat Consumption in Roman Britain: The Evidence from Stable Isotopes (pp. 73–83)
Colleen Cummings

Barley and Horses: Surplus and Demand in the Civitas Batavorum (pp. 85–100)
Ivo Vossen & Maaike Groot

The Way to a Roman Soldier’s Heart: A Post-Medieval Model for Cattle Droving to the Hadrian’s Wall Area (pp. 101–112)
Sue Stallibrass

Creating a Community: The Symbolic Role of Tumuli in the Villa Landscape of the Civitas Tungrorum (pp. 113–126)
Laura Crowley

“Montani Atque Agrestes” or Women of Substance? Dichotomies of Gender and Role in Ancient Samnium (pp. 127–141)
Amy Richardson

Native Service: ‘Batavian’ Pottery in ‘Roman’ Military Context (pp. 143–155)
Eef Stoffels

The Natural Will: Community in Roman Archaeology (pp. 157–172)
Robert Wanner

The Social World of Roman Fullonicae (pp. 173–185)
Miko Flohr

The Dichotomy in Romano-Celtic Syncretism: Some Preliminary Thoughts on Vernacular Religion (pp. 187–202)
D. Martin Goldberg

TRAC 2009: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Michigan and Southampton 2009. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2010)
Edited by Alison Moore, Geoff Taylor, Emily Harris, Peter Girdwood & Lucy Shipley

Front Matter (pp. i–viii)

Romanization: A Feminist Critique (pp. 1–10)
Louise Revell

Growing and Felling? Theory and Evidence Related to the Application of Silvicultural Systems in the Roman Period (pp. 11–22)
Ronald M. Visser

No Place Like Stone? Assessing Social and Material Networks of Place at Quarries in Roman Anatolia (pp. 23–30)
Bradley M. Sekedat

The Herculaneum Amazon: Sculptural Polyschromy, Digital Simulation and Context (pp. 31–40)
Gareth Beale & Graeme Earle

GIS and Artefact Deposition: A Case Study on Regional Cooking Wares in Northern Gaul (pp. 41–52)
Annick Lepot

The Advantages and Limitations of Coring Survey: An Initial Assessment of the Poggio Colla Coring Project (pp. 53–65)
Ivo van der Graaff, Robert Vander Poppen & Thijs Nales

Peformativity of Place: Movement and Water in Second Century AD Ephesus (pp. 66–74)
Cecelia Feldman Weiss

Horti in the City of Rome: Emulation and Transcendence in the Late Republic and Early Empire (pp. 75–90)
Simon Wood

Did Cadastres Exist in the Roman Northwest? (pp. 91–104)
Rick Bonnie

Age and Identity in Funerary Contexts: The Elderly in Southern Roman Britain (pp. 105–119)
Alison Moore

Beyond the Warlike Samnites: Rethinking Grave Goods, Gender Relations and Social Practice in Ancient Samnium (Italy) (pp. 120–131)
Rafael Scopacasa

Collapse, Change or Continuity? Exploring the Three C’s in Sub-Roman Britain (pp. 132–148)
Keith J. Fitzpatrick-Matthews

TRAC 2010: Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Oxford 2010. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2011)
Edited by Dragana Mladenović & Ben Russell

Front Matter (pp. i–vi)

Interpreting a Ceramiscene Landscape – The Roman Pottery from the Nepi Survey Project (pp. 1–17)
Philip Mills & Ulla Rajala

In excelsissimo loco – An Approach to Poliadic Deities in Roman Colonies (pp. 18–31)
Marion Boos

Globalisation, Consumerism and the Ancient Roman Economy: A Preliminary Look at Bronze and Iron Production and Consumption (pp. 32–46)
Melissa L. Ratliff

Meaningful Insula: Bridging the Gap between Large and Small Scale Studies of Urban Living Conditions (pp. 47–58)
Heini Ynnilä

Doors in Domestic Space at Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Preliminary Study (pp. 59–75)
M. Taylor Lauritsen

Approaching Architectural Recycling in Roman and Late Roman Villas (pp. 76–88)
Beth Munro

Nineteenth-Century Labour Figures for Demolition: A Theoretical Approach to Understanding the Economics of Re-use (pp. 89–101)
Simon J. Barker

Cloth and Clothing from Cemeteries in Noricum (pp. 102–114)
Karina Grömer & Eva Hölbling-Steigberger

Pinning Down Identities: The Negotiation of Personhood and the Materialisation of Identity in the Late Iron Age and Early Roman Severn Estuary (pp. 115–131)
Caroline Pudney

British Emigrants in the Roman Empire: Complexities and Symbols of Ethnic Identities (pp. 132–154)
Tatiana Ivleva

TRAC 2011: Proceedings of the Twenty First Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Newcastle 2011. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2012)
Edited by Maria Duggan, Frances McIntosh & Darrell J. Rohl

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–viii)

Introduction: The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference Turns 21 (pp. 1–3)
Eleanor Scott

She Said ‘Emic’ (pp. 4–9)
Lindsay Allason-Jones

R. G. Collingwood – An Early Archaeological Theorist? (pp. 10–18)
Stephen Leach

Chorography: History, Theory and Potential for Archaeological Research (pp. 19–32)
Darrell J. Rohl

Anthropological Perspectives on Colonialism, Globalisation and Rural Lifeways: Expanding the Limits of archaeological Interpretation in the Lower Rhineland (pp. 33–47)
Karim Mata

Knowledge Systems in the Production of Terra Sigilata. Moving Beyond the Local/Global Paradox (pp. 48–59)
Astrid van Oyen

The Devil is in the (Samian) Detail – Potters’ Stamps on Samian Ware and their Implications for the Roman Provincial Economy (pp. 60–75)
Meike Weber

On Cultural Selection: Examining the Process of Cultural Evolution through Funerary Evidence (pp. 76–90)
Edward Biddulph

Boundaries and Change: The Examination of the Late Iron Age-Roman Transition (pp. 91–104)
Nicky Garland

Sulpicia Lepidina and Elizabeth Custer: A Cross-Cultural Analogy for the Social Role of Women on a Military Frontier (pp. 105–114)
Elizabeth M. Greene

Batavians on the Move: Emigrants, Immigrants and Returnees (pp. 115–122)
Carol van Driel-Murray

The Establishment of Urban Movement Networks: Devotional Pathways in Late Antique and Early Medieval Rome (pp. 123–134)
Michael Mulryan

TRAC 2012: Proceedings of the Twenty Second Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Frankfurt 2012. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2013)
Edited by Annabel Bokern, Marion Bolder-Boos, Stefan Krmnicek, Dominik Maschek & Sven Page

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–xi)

Marks of Imitation or Signs of Originality? An Approach to Structural Supports in Roman Marble Statuary (pp. 1–20)
Anna Anguissola

Equites and Senators as Agents of Change: Urban Culture and Elite Self-Representation in Thamugadi and Lepcis Magna (Second-third Centuries A.D.) (pp. 21–36)
Lennart Gilhaus

Sacra Volsiniensia. Civic Religion in Volsinii after the Roman Conquest (pp. 37–48)
Annalisa Calapà

The Internal Frontier: An African Model for Culture Change in South Central Italy (Fourth-third Centuries B.C.) (pp. 49–60)
Roman Roth

Street Activity, Dwellings and Wall Inscriptions in Ancient Pompeii: A Holistic Study of Neighbourhood Relations (pp. 61–80)
Eeva-Maria Viitanen, Laura Nissinen and Kalle Korhonen

Understanding Neighbourhood Relations through Shared Structures: Reappraising the Value of Insula-Based Studies (pp. 81–90)
Heini Ynnilä

Secondary Doors in Entranceways at Pompeii: Reconsidering Access and the ‘View from the Street’ (pp. 91–116)
Evan Proudfoot

The Perception of Egypt in Networks of Being and Becoming: A Thing Theory Approach to Egyptianising Objects in Roman Domestic Contexts (pp. 117–132)
Eva M. Mol

Hybrid Bridges: An Exploration into how Traditionally ‘Romanised’ Elements of the Town Interacted with Meaning-Laden Pre-Historic Waterscapes (pp. 133–150)
Jay Ingate

Romanisation in Gaul: New Methodological Approaches for the Study of Gaulish Fine Wares (200 B.C.–A.D. 50) (pp. 151–168)
Sylvie Barrier

Transgendered Archaeology: The Galli and the Catterick Transvestite (pp. 169–183)
Renato Pinto and Luciano C. G. Pinto

Ritual Landscapes of Pre-Roman Britain: The Margins of Practice on the Margins of the Empire (pp. 183–198)
Nicky Garland

TRAC 2013: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, King’s College, London 2013. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2014)
Edited by Hannah Platts, John Pearce, Caroline Barron, Jason Lundock & Justin Yoo

Front Matter (pp. i–iii)

Introduction: TRAC Past, Present and Future: Where to go from here? (pp. 1–9)
Hannah Platts, John Pearce, Caroline Barron, Jason Lundock, Justin Yoo

A Historiography of the Study of the Roman Economy: Economic Growth, Development, and Neoliberalism (pp. 11–26)
Matthew S. Hobson

Why Modern Economic Theory Applies, Even to the Distant Roman Past (pp. 27–36)
Willem M. Jongman

Dalmatian Silvanus: A Cognitive Approach to Reinterpretation of the Reliefs Representing Silvanus from Roman Dalmatia (pp. 37–51)
Josipa Lulic

Votive Objects and Ritual Practice at the King’s Spring at Bath (pp. 52–64)
Eleri H. Cousins

Resurrecting Refuse at Pompeii: The Use-Value of Urban Refuse and its Implications for Interpreting Archaeological Assemblages (pp. 65–78)
Kevin Dicus

Decline, Migration and Revival: Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit, a History of a Forgotten City (pp. 79–89)
Giorgia Marchiori

Small Finds and Roman Battlefields: The Process and Impact of Post-Battle Looting (pp. 90–104)
Joanne Ball

Methods and Difficulties in Quantifying Archaeological Vessel Glass Assemblages (pp. 105–121)
Jonathan D. Prior

Pompeian Red Ware in Roman London: Insights on Pottery Consumption in Colonial Environments (pp. 122–139)
Cristina Podavitte

Roman Sexuality or Roman Sexualities? Looking at Sexual Imagery on Roman Terracotta Mould-made Lamps (pp. 140–158)
Sanja Vucetic

The Material Culture of Small Rural Settlements in the Batavian Area: a Case Study on Discrepant Experience, Creolisation, Romanisation or Globalisation? (pp. 159–173)
Stijn Heeren

TRAC 2014: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Reading 2014. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2015)
Edited by Tom Brindle, Martyn Allen, Emma Durham & Alex Smith

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–vi)

Place Theory, Genealogy, and the Cultural Biography of Roman Monuments (pp. 1–16)
Darrell J. Rohl

An Integrated Cognitive and Epigraphic Approach to Social Networks within the Community of a Roman Military Base (pp. 17–30)
Anna H. Walas

Cognitive Theory and Religious Integration: The Case of the Poetovian Mithraea (pp. 31–40)
Blanka Misic

Residual or Ritual? Pottery from the Backfills of Graves and Other Features in Roman Cemeteries (pp. 41–53)
Edward Biddulph

Identifying Ritual Deposition of Plant Remains: A Case Study of Stone Pine Cones in Roman Britain (pp. 54–69)
Lisa Lodwick

Caesar in Gaul: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Mass Violence (pp. 70–80)
Nico Roymans and Manuel Fernández-Götz

Re-defining the Roman ‘suburbium’ from Republic to Empire: A Theoretical Approach (pp. 81–99)
Matthew J. Mandich

Riparia Concept: Roman Intervention in the Lacustrine Environment of Fuente De Piedra (Málaga, Spain) (pp. 100–113)
Lázaro Lagóstena, María-del-Mar Castro, and Ángel Bastos

Silchester: The Town Life Project 1997–2014: Reflections on a Long Term Research Excavation (pp. 114–121)
Michael Fulford

TRAC 2015: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Leicester 2015. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2016)
Edited by Matthew J. Mandich, Thomas J. Derrick, Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez, Giacomo Savani & Elenora Zampieri

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. i–vii)

Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat? (pp. 1–14)
Andrew Gardner

Distraught, Drained, Devoured, or Damned? The Importance of Individual Creativity in Roman Cursing (pp. 15-27)
Stuart McKie

Fear of the Dead? ‘Deviant’ Burials in Roman Northern Italy (pp. 28-42)
Alessandro Quercia and Melania Cazzulo

‘Landscapes of Life’ and ‘Landscapes of Death’: The Contribution of Funerary Evidence to the Understanding of the Perception and Organisation of Roman Rural Landscapes in Northern Italy (pp. 43-56)
Chiara Botturi

Lieux de Mémoire, Central Places, and the Sanctuary of Ribemont-sur-Ancre: A Preliminary Look (pp. 57-75)
David S. Rose

Agency, Structure, and Place: Finds in the Landscape in the Late Iron Age / Early Roman Transition
(pp. 76-91)
Nicky Garland

A Context for Roman Priestly Regalia: Depositional Practices and Spatial Distribution of Assemblages from Roman Britain (pp. 92-110)
Alessandra Eposito

From Treasured Items to Trash? The Use of Brooches in Roman Cornwall in the Creation of Identity and Social Memory (pp. 111-124)
Siân Thomas

Public and Private Bathing in Late Antique North Africa. Changing Habits in a Changing Society? (pp. 125-140)
Sadi Maréchal

Understanding the Status of the Cult of Mithras in the Tetrarchic Period: A Socio-Archaeological Approach (pp. 141-153)
David Walsh

Adventus: Conceptualising Boundary Space in the Art and Text of Early Imperial to Late Antique Rome (pp. 153-163)
Maria Kneafsey

On Gender and Spatial Experience in Public: The Case of Ancient Rome (pp. 164-176)
Amy Russell

Imperial Statues and Public Spaces in Late Antiquity: Conceptualising ‘Constantine’ at York as an Ancient Public Commission (pp. 177-187)
Brittany Thomas

Urban Scaling and the Growth of Rome (pp. 188-203)
Matthew J. Mandich

TRAC 2016: Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Rome 2016. Edizioni Quasar (2017)
Edited by Roberta Cascino, Francesco De Stefano, Antonella Lepone & Chiara Maria Marchetti

 

Front Matter and Editors’ Preface (pp. 1-15)

Portrait as a Medium? Interpreting Funerary Portrait Reliefs from Palmyra as a Means of Communication (pp. 17-35)
Łukasz Sokołowski

Disturbed, Damaged and Disarticulated: Grave Reuse in Roman Italy (pp. 37-50)
Liana Brent

Venus in Pompeian Domestic Space: Decoration and Context (pp. 51-66)
Carla Brain

Private Inscriptions in Public Places? The Ambiguous Nature of Graffiti from Pompeian Houses (pp. 67-84)
Polly Lohmann

Co–producing ‘Place’ and ‘Identity’ in the Upper Durius Valley (pp. 85-98)
Henry Clarke

Were There Large Villages in the Balkan Provinces Under the High Empire? (pp. 99-114)
Damjan Donev

Studying Evolving Landscapes: Geomorphology as a Research Tool for Landscape Archaeology (pp. 115-132)
Kevin Ferrari

Welcome-back Marx! Marxist Perspectives for Roman Archaeology at the End of the Post-Modern Era (pp. 133-149)
Edoardo Vanni

Method Matters. Some Comments on the Influence on Theory and Methodologies in Survey Based Research in Italy (pp. 151-164)
Jesús García Sánchez

Crisis, Marxism and Reconstruction of Time (pp. 165-178)
Paul Pasieka

The Domus of Apuleius at Ostia Antica: a Private Space in a Central Point of Public Life (pp. 179-193)
Antonella Pansini