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Roman archaeology: crisis and revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Simon James
Simon James*
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School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. (stj3@le.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Roman archaeological research in Britain has undergone a revolution in recent years, becoming a theoretically-informed subdiscipline exploring exceptionally rich data sets in new ways. It has a great deal to offer the rest of archaeology: however, it remains unduly isolated, and some perceive serious threats to its future. These were issues discussed at the recent seminar, ‘Whither Roman Archaeology?’

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Roman archaeologyRoman empirepost-colonialism

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Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 295 , March 2003 , pp. 178 - 184
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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