Dr Benjamin Roberts' Outputs (48)

What have metal-detectorists ever done for us? Discovering Bronze Age gold in England and Wales. (2014)
Journal Article
Murgia, A., Roberts, B., & Wiseman, R. (2014). What have metal-detectorists ever done for us? Discovering Bronze Age gold in England and Wales. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 44(3), 353-367

This paper discusses the impact of metal-detecting and legal frameworks on the reporting of Bronze Age gold discoveries in England and Wales between 1740 and 2010. The 13-year period after the introduction of the Treasure Act (1996) saw a major incre... Read More about What have metal-detectorists ever done for us? Discovering Bronze Age gold in England and Wales..

Introduction (2014)
Book Chapter
Thornton, C., & Roberts, B. (2014). Introduction. In B. Roberts, & C. Thornton (Eds.), Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective: Methods and Syntheses (1-10). Springer Verlag

Old Father Time: the chronology of the Bronze Age in Western Europe. (2013)
Book Chapter
Roberts, B., Uckelmann, M., & Brandherm, D. (2013). Old Father Time: the chronology of the Bronze Age in Western Europe. In H. Fokkens, & A. Harding (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Bronze Age Europe (17-46). Oxford University Press

Farmers in the Landscape or Heroes on the High Seas: Britain and Ireland in the Bronze Age (2013)
Book Chapter
Roberts, B. (2013). Farmers in the Landscape or Heroes on the High Seas: Britain and Ireland in the Bronze Age. In H. Fokkens, & A. Harding (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Bronze Age Europe (531-549). Oxford University Press

Drawing boundaries and building models: investigating the concept of the ‘Chalcolithic frontier’ in Northwest Europe. (2012)
Book Chapter
Roberts, B., & Frieman, C. (2012). Drawing boundaries and building models: investigating the concept of the ‘Chalcolithic frontier’ in Northwest Europe. In M. Allen, J. Gardiner, & A. Sheridan (Eds.), Is there a British Chalcolithic: people, place and polity in the later 3rd millennium (27-39). Oxbow

Ancient Technology and Archaeological Cultures: understanding the earliest metallurgy in Eurasia (2011)
Book Chapter
Roberts, B. (2011). Ancient Technology and Archaeological Cultures: understanding the earliest metallurgy in Eurasia. In B. Roberts, & M. Vander Linden (Eds.), Investigating Archaeological Cultures: material culture, variability and transmission (137-150). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6970-5_7

Investigating Archaeological Cultures: material culture, variability, and transmission. (2011)
Book
Roberts, B., & Vander Linden, M. (Eds.). (2011). Investigating Archaeological Cultures: material culture, variability, and transmission. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6970-5

Trading Places (2011)
Other
Roberts, B., & Veysey, C. (2011). Trading Places

Introduction (2011)
Book Chapter
Roberts, B., & Vander Linden, M. (2011). Introduction. In B. Roberts, & M. Vander Linden (Eds.), Investigating Archaeological Cultures: Material Culture, Variability and Transmission (1-23). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6970-5_1

A Tale of Two Countries: Contrasting Archaeological Culture History in British and French Archaeology (2011)
Book Chapter
Vander Linden, M., & Roberts, B. (2011). A Tale of Two Countries: Contrasting Archaeological Culture History in British and French Archaeology. In B. Roberts, & M. Vander Linden (Eds.), Investigating Archaeological Cultures: Material Culture, Variability and Transmission (23-40). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6970-5_2

A Chalcolithic Error: Rebuttal to Amzallag 2009 (2010)
Journal Article
Thornton, C., Golden, J., Killick, D., Pigott, V., Rehren, T., & Roberts, B. (2010). A Chalcolithic Error: Rebuttal to Amzallag 2009. American Journal of Archaeology, 114, https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.114.2.305

Metals and Societies. Studies in honour of Barbara S. Ottaway (2009)
Book
Kienlin, T., & Roberts, B. (Eds.). (2009). Metals and Societies. Studies in honour of Barbara S. Ottaway. Habelt

Origins, Transmission and Traditions: analysing early metal in Western Europe. (2009)
Book Chapter
Roberts, B. (2009). Origins, Transmission and Traditions: analysing early metal in Western Europe. In T. Kienlin, & B. Roberts (Eds.), Metals and Societies. Studies in honour of Barbara S. Ottaway (129-142). Habelt

Subsistence, Structures and Craftworking: analysing economic dynamics in Britain 2500-800 BC (2009)
Book Chapter
Roberts, B. (2009). Subsistence, Structures and Craftworking: analysing economic dynamics in Britain 2500-800 BC. In M. Bartelheim, & H. Stäuble (Eds.), The Economic Foundations of the European Bronze Age (65-84). Verlag Marie Leidorf

Development of metallurgy in Eurasia. (2009)
Journal Article
Roberts, B., Thornton, C., & Pigott, V. (2009). Development of metallurgy in Eurasia. Antiquity, 83(322), https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00099312

Production Networks and Consumer Choice in the Earliest Metal of Western Europe. (2009)
Journal Article
Roberts, B. (2009). Production Networks and Consumer Choice in the Earliest Metal of Western Europe. Journal of World Prehistory, 22(4), 461-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-009-9027-1

Introduction: The Beginnings of Metallurgy in Global Perspective. Journal of World Prehistory (2009)
Journal Article
Thornton, C., & Roberts, B. (2009). Introduction: The Beginnings of Metallurgy in Global Perspective. Journal of World Prehistory. Journal of World Prehistory, 22(3), 181-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-009-9026-2

Creating Traditions and Shaping Technologies: understanding the emergence of metallurgy in Western Europe c. 3500-2000 BC (2009)
Journal Article
Roberts, B. (2009). Creating Traditions and Shaping Technologies: understanding the emergence of metallurgy in Western Europe c. 3500-2000 BC. World Archaeology, 40(3), 354-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438240802261390

Migration, craft expertise and metallurgy: analysing the ‘spread’ of metal in Europe (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, B. (2008). Migration, craft expertise and metallurgy: analysing the ‘spread’ of metal in Europe. Archaeological review from Cambridge, 23(2), 27-45

The Emergence of Metallurgy (2008)
Book Chapter
Ottaway, B., & Roberts, B. (2008). The Emergence of Metallurgy. In A. Jones (Ed.), Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice (193-225). Blackwell