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Edward Gibbon and Francis Haverfield: The Traditions of Imperial Decline (2010)
Book Chapter
Rogers, A., & Hingley, R. (2010). Edward Gibbon and Francis Haverfield: The Traditions of Imperial Decline. In M. Bradley (Ed.), Classics & imperialism in the British Empire (189-209). Oxford University Press

An article that explores Gibbon's writings about declime and fall and the impact of this work on the late Victorian and Edwardian archaeologists, Francis Haverfield. Part of a book that explores the relationship of classical knowledge to the maintena... Read More about Edward Gibbon and Francis Haverfield: The Traditions of Imperial Decline.

Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined (2010)
Journal Article
Melton, N., Montgomery, J., Knüsel, C. J., Batt, C., Needham, S., Pearson, M. P., Sheridan, A., Heron, C., Horsley, T., Schmidt, A., Evans, A., Carter, E., Edwards, H., Hargreaves, M., Janaway, R., Lynnerup, N., Northover, P., O'Connor, S., Ogden, A., Taylor, T., …Wilson, A. (2010). Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined. Antiquity, 84(325), 796-815. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00100237

A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the early twenty-first century for the full armoury of modern scientific investigation to give its occupants and contents new identity, new origins and a new... Read More about Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined.

Ancestor Artefacts - Ancestor Materials (2010)
Journal Article
Caple, C. (2010). Ancestor Artefacts - Ancestor Materials. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 29(3), 305-318. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2010.00350.x

Ancestor artefacts (objects of an earlier period, valued for their age and associations, which are retained into a later period) are normally identified by archaeologists owing to the difference between the date of the object and its context. These v... Read More about Ancestor Artefacts - Ancestor Materials.

The Fabulous Tales of the Common People, Part 1: Representing Hadrian’s Wall (2010)
Journal Article
Witcher, R. (2010). The Fabulous Tales of the Common People, Part 1: Representing Hadrian’s Wall. Public Archaeology, 9(3), 126-152. https://doi.org/10.1179/146551810x12822101587138

Hadrian’s Wall is one of the most instantly recognizable ancient monuments in the UK. This paper explores the historical and contemporary visualization practices which have created this iconic image. Moving between the disciplines of archaeology, cul... Read More about The Fabulous Tales of the Common People, Part 1: Representing Hadrian’s Wall.

Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Mývatn, northern Iceland (2010)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Cook, G., Church, M., Dunbar, E., Á, E., McGovern, T., …Gestsdóttir, H. (2010). Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Mývatn, northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 52(2-3), 1098-1112

Lake Mývatn is an interior highland lake in northern Iceland that forms a unique ecosystem of international scientific importance and is surrounded by a landscape rich in archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sites. A significant Freshwater 14C Rese... Read More about Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Mývatn, northern Iceland.

Rocks of ages: tempo and time in megalithic monuments (2010)
Journal Article
Scarre, C. (2010). Rocks of ages: tempo and time in megalithic monuments. European Journal of Archaeology, 13(2), 175-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461957110370731

Chronology remains a problematic area in prehistoric archaeology but the increasing number and precision of radiometric dates begin to suggest patterns that can be resolved down to the scale of individual lifetimes. The study of megalithic monuments... Read More about Rocks of ages: tempo and time in megalithic monuments.

Modelling the Agricultural Landscapes of Republican Italy (2010)
Book Chapter
Goodchild, H., & Witcher, R. (2010). Modelling the Agricultural Landscapes of Republican Italy. In J. Carlsen, & E. Lo Cascio (Eds.), Agricoltura e scambi nell’Italia tardo repubblicana (187-220). Edipuglia

In this paper, we review two recent models of Roman agriculture presented by Nathan Rosenstein and Paul Erdkamp. Firstly, we identify the similarities and differences between these models in terms of starting assumptions and variables, and evaluate t... Read More about Modelling the Agricultural Landscapes of Republican Italy.