Prospects and potential in the archaeology of Bronze Age Britain
This paper argues that although our discipline focuses increasingly on thematic research programmes, period-based approaches remain a valuable way of understanding the particularities of the social practices we study. Different aspects of the archaeological record – including settlement, burial, landscape and material culture – are examined in turn to identify a series of possible questions for future research.
Information, Interaction and Society
The use of data to analyse broader perspectives is not a straightforward process. Unpublished excavation reports, specialist reports, archaeological databases and theses comprise the
Towards a fuller, more nuanced narrative of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain 2500
This contribution will focus mainly on the period 2500
Bronze Age pottery and settlements in southern England
What we need to do. Doctoral research involving artefact corpora appears to be unfashionable. However the compilation of such works for Food Vessels, accessory vessels and the Late Bronze Age styles is desperately needed; and the studies of Biconical Urns and MBA pottery (see above) need to be published.
Hadrian's Wall and the End of Empire: The Roman Frontier in the 4th and 5th Centuries
Hadrian’s Wall and the forts in the immediate southern hinterland were a concentration of Roman military installations that can best be described as a corridor of military power.
