Roman Finds: Context and Theory

Richard Hingley · Steven Willis

Apr 2007 · Oxbow Books

About this ebook

Studies on finds in Roman Britain and the Western Provinces have come to greater prominence in the literature of recent years. The quality of such work has also improved, and is now theoretically informed, and based on rich data-sets. Work on finds over the last decade or two has changed our understanding of the Roman era in profound ways, and yet despite such encouraging advances and such clear worth, there has to date, been little in the way of a dedicated forum for the presentation and evaluation of current approaches to the study of material culture. The conference at which these papers were initially presented has gone some way to redressing this, and these papers bring the very latest studies on Roman finds to a wider audience. Twenty papers are here presented covering various themes.

About the author

Steven Willis is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent, England, and former President of the Study Group for Roman Pottery. He obtained his PhD from Durham University and, in addition to a specialization in Roman ceramics, his main areas of expertise are in the archaeology of settlement, society and material culture in the Iron Age and Roman era in western Europe.