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University College London Institute of Archaeology Bulletin 29
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University College London Institute of Archaeology Bulletin 29
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University College London Institute of Archaeology Bulletin
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29
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10 Apr 2002
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A H M Jones and the later Roman Empire
Wolf H W G Liebeschuetz
1 - 8
Assesses the Jones contribution to the study of ancient history, arguing that his book The Later Roman Empire (Oxford: Blackwell, 1964) is one of the greatest books on the subject. The book is compared to studies by Rostovtzeff and others, and Jones' critical approach is shown to have been more rigorous than that of his contemporaries. The reasons for this are sought in the contrasting academic and political backgrounds of different scholars.
Coins, inscriptions, and language
John Kent
9 - 18
Discusses the pronunciation of Latin using evidence of coin legends. A minority of coins not produced by the usual central authority can indicate ways in which those who drafted and engraved them perceived the sound values of the letters they described. Twenty-six coins are used to illustrate vowel and consonant substitutions, which suggest that perhaps the Romans may have really spoken Italian, however they tried to write it.
Cavalry on frontiers: Hadrian to Honorius
David J Breeze
19 - 35
The uneven distribution of cavalry, both alae and cohortes equitatae, along the European frontiers in the second century, is examined and compared with that of the late Empire. Although partly a matter of suitability of terrain, other factors operated in the early period. Cavalry was sited to control routes and lines of advance, as well as important trade routes and potential threats. In some cases alae were sited near legionary bases, thus creating a formidable mixture of heavy infantry and cavalry forces both for offensive and defensive action. In the fourth century the pattern reflects the changed character of the perceived threat. In Britain there was a predominance of infantry along Hadrian's Wall, in contrast to a considerable increase in cavalry units on the Middle Danube.
The end of garrisons on Hadrian's Wall: an historico-environmental model
P John Casey
69 - 80
Suggests that on Hadrian's Wall, despite probable withdrawal of central Imperial support in the early-fifth century, the Roman army remained in some capacity, as levying of produce may have been possible, and as renewal of defences seems to have occured. The main threat appears to have been from naval raids by Picts and Scotts, evinced by the violent destruction of some signal stations. The re-emergence of a native British political and social structure north of the Wall may have protected its forts until a fusion with the Anglo-Saxons occured from the mid-fifth to mid-sixth centuries, when they no longer proved convenient as habitation sites. This is suggested by environmental evidence, as a regression to woodland did not occur until about a century after the end of Roman Britain.
The role of the British Museum
J Rankine
81 - 96
The first Institute of Archaeology annual lecture on museum studies provides: a brief history of the British Museum and its role as parent of other national museums, galleries, and the national library; an account of the growth and development of the collections, in parallel to the history of the buildings provided to accommodate them, with particular reference to the joys and sorrows of a Grade I listed building; a brief survey of the present scope of the collections, and the current acquisition policy, with emphasis on creating as well as saving the heritage, particularly by excavation and by fieldwork; a tribute to the benefactors who give and bequeath their collections to the Museum. Also discussed is the work of the Conservation department.
An approach to the social dynamics of northern Portugal's late prehistory
Susanna Oliveira Jorge
97 - 120
Adresses three main themes of prehistory: the development of mixed farming and the transition to sedentary existence in the third millennium BC; the Beaker phenomenon around 2000~BC; and the cultural division of the Portuguese Bronze Age.
The SC factor on the Roman northern frontier
Anne S Robertson
139 - 144
Presents, in the form of a dialogue between the author and `a colleague', a discussion of the `sheer cussedness' of some anomalies in the Roman coinage, inscriptions and fort plans in Scotland.
St Bride's and the City Churches Building Record
Gustav Milne
Ann Reynolds
145 - 155
During the winter of 1992/93, a team from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London recorded medieval features which survived beneath the St Bride's church in Fleet Street, London. The project was a collaborative venture with the Museum of London designed to provide additional information for a report currently being prepared on the late Professor Grimes' 1952-54 excavation programme, as well as for the new exhibition in the crypt. It also formed part of a larger programme, the City Churches Building Record, which aims to prepare detailed records of all the surviving remains of medieval churches in the City of London.
