All Outputs (3)

Broken Pots and Meaningless Dots? Surveying the Rural Landscapes of Roman Italy (2006)
Journal Article
Witcher, R. (2006). Broken Pots and Meaningless Dots? Surveying the Rural Landscapes of Roman Italy. Papers of the British School at Rome, 74, 39-72. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0068246200003226

In this paper, I question why the rapid methodological development of field survey as a technique for the study of rural Roman Italy has not been accompanied by parallel developments in theoretical and interpretative frameworks. Field survey remains... Read More about Broken Pots and Meaningless Dots? Surveying the Rural Landscapes of Roman Italy.

Settlement and Society in Early Imperial Etruria (2006)
Journal Article
Witcher, R. (2006). Settlement and Society in Early Imperial Etruria. The Journal of Roman Studies, 96, 88-123. https://doi.org/10.3815/000000006784016161

This paper compares the early imperial period results from thirty surveys in and around regio VII Etruria in order to identify similarities and differences of settlement, population and economy. Three sub-regional patterns are defined: the suburbium,... Read More about Settlement and Society in Early Imperial Etruria.

Agrarian spaces in Roman Italy: society, economy and Mediterranean agriculture (2006)
Journal Article
Witcher, R. (2006). Agrarian spaces in Roman Italy: society, economy and Mediterranean agriculture. Arqueología espacial, 26, 341-359

This article aims to explore some of the wealth of evidence for the diversity of agrarian landscapes in Roman Italy. It takes as it starting point, several recent contributions to the debate about the history and ecology of the Mediterranean and Rome... Read More about Agrarian spaces in Roman Italy: society, economy and Mediterranean agriculture.