TRAC 2015: Proceedings of the 25th annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference
The 2015 TRAC proceedings feature a selection of 14 papers summing up some of the key sessions presented at the conference held at the University of Leicester in March 2015, which drew over 180 delegates of 17 nationalities from a variety of universities, museums, and research institutions in the UK, Europe, and North America. As this conference marked the 25th anniversary of TRAC, the volume opens with a preface commemorating the last 25 years with an eye toward the future direction of both conference and community. The proceedings begin with Dr Andrew Gardner’s keynote paper on the topic of ‘Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat?’. This is followed by an array of papers with topics ranging in geographic scope and period, from small finds in early Roman Britain to bathing practices Late Antique North Africa, and from the investigation of deviant burials to the application of urban scaling theory in Roman contexts. Because of this diversity the volume is not broken into specific sections, however, papers with similar themes are grouped accordingly, allowing the text to flow and be read as a whole. The range of contributing authors is also of note, as papers were submitted by PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and university faculty, all helping to make the 25th anniversary of this series one that continues to emphasis and reflect the aims of TRAC, both as a conference and as a conduit for exploring more theory-driven approaches to the Roman past.
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TRAC 2015: Proceedings of the 25th annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference
The 2015 TRAC proceedings feature a selection of 14 papers summing up some of the key sessions presented at the conference held at the University of Leicester in March 2015, which drew over 180 delegates of 17 nationalities from a variety of universities, museums, and research institutions in the UK, Europe, and North America. As this conference marked the 25th anniversary of TRAC, the volume opens with a preface commemorating the last 25 years with an eye toward the future direction of both conference and community. The proceedings begin with Dr Andrew Gardner’s keynote paper on the topic of ‘Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat?’. This is followed by an array of papers with topics ranging in geographic scope and period, from small finds in early Roman Britain to bathing practices Late Antique North Africa, and from the investigation of deviant burials to the application of urban scaling theory in Roman contexts. Because of this diversity the volume is not broken into specific sections, however, papers with similar themes are grouped accordingly, allowing the text to flow and be read as a whole. The range of contributing authors is also of note, as papers were submitted by PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and university faculty, all helping to make the 25th anniversary of this series one that continues to emphasis and reflect the aims of TRAC, both as a conference and as a conduit for exploring more theory-driven approaches to the Roman past.
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TRAC 2015: Proceedings of the 25th annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference

TRAC 2015: Proceedings of the 25th annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference

TRAC 2015: Proceedings of the 25th annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference

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The 2015 TRAC proceedings feature a selection of 14 papers summing up some of the key sessions presented at the conference held at the University of Leicester in March 2015, which drew over 180 delegates of 17 nationalities from a variety of universities, museums, and research institutions in the UK, Europe, and North America. As this conference marked the 25th anniversary of TRAC, the volume opens with a preface commemorating the last 25 years with an eye toward the future direction of both conference and community. The proceedings begin with Dr Andrew Gardner’s keynote paper on the topic of ‘Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat?’. This is followed by an array of papers with topics ranging in geographic scope and period, from small finds in early Roman Britain to bathing practices Late Antique North Africa, and from the investigation of deviant burials to the application of urban scaling theory in Roman contexts. Because of this diversity the volume is not broken into specific sections, however, papers with similar themes are grouped accordingly, allowing the text to flow and be read as a whole. The range of contributing authors is also of note, as papers were submitted by PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and university faculty, all helping to make the 25th anniversary of this series one that continues to emphasis and reflect the aims of TRAC, both as a conference and as a conduit for exploring more theory-driven approaches to the Roman past.

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ISBN-13: 9781785702884
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Publication date: 05/16/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 210
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About the Author

Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez has recently completed a PhD in Roman Archaeology at the University of Leicester (UK) in which he gathered a substantial body of anthropological, textual, and interview data in order to analyse the origin and evolution of modern Dutch archaeological discourses around the topic of Roman:‘barbarian’ interactions in the Lower Rhine area. His wider research interests include the influence of the Roman-Barbarian dichotomy in the creation of both ancient and modern identities, and the influence of contextual factors in the development of social and cultural discourses about the past.

Table of Contents

Preface v



Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat?

Andrew Gardner 1



Distraught, Drained, Devoured, or Damned? The Importance of

Individual Creativity in Roman Cursing

Stuart Mc Kie 15



Fear of the Dead? ‘Deviant’ Burials in Roman Northern Italy

Alessandro Quercia & Melania Cazzulo 28



‘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

Chiara Botturi 43



Lieux de Mémoire, Central Places, and the Sanctuary of Ribemont-sur-Ancre:

A Preliminary Look

David S. Rose 57



Agency, Structure, and Place: Finds in the Landscape in the Late Iron Age /

Early Roman Transition

Nicky Garland 76



A Context for Roman Priestly Regalia: Depositional Practices and Spatial

Distribution of Assemblages from Roman Britain

Alessandra Esposito 92



From Treasured Items to Trash? The Use of Brooches in Roman Cornwall in

the Creation of Identity and Social Memory

Siân Thomas 111



Public and Private Bathing in Late Antique North Africa. Changing Habits

in a Changing Society?

Sadi Maréchal 125



Understanding the Status of the Cult of Mithras in the Tetrarchic Period:

A Socio-Archaeological Approach

David Walsh 141



Adventus: Conceptualising Boundary Space in the Art and Text

of Early Imperial to Late Antique Rome

Maria Kneafsey 153



On Gender and Spatial Experience in Public: The Case of Ancient Rome

Amy Russell 164



Imperial Statues and Public Spaces in Late Antiquity: Conceptualising

‘Constantine’ at York as an Ancient Public Commission

Brittany Thomas 177



Urban Scaling and the Growth of Rome

Matthew J. Mandich 188
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