New narratives of the Later Iron Age

Haselgrove, Colin; Moore, Travis J.

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“…Therefore, in order to examine the effects of cultural change, it is the larger-scale and more long-lasting conquest by the Emperor Claudius in 43 AD that must be investigated. The Iron Age communities (late 8 th century BC to 1 st century AD) of Britain show considerable regional variation in terms of material culture, settlement patterns and burial practices, and these patterns continued into and underwent changes during the post-conquest Romano-British period, reflecting population movement and wider social trends (Haselgrove and Moore 2008; Haselgrove and Pope 2007; Mattingly 2006; Pearce 2008). Based on current archaeological evidence, the majority of Britain (e.g., Yorkshire) displays a break in funerary and cemetery continuity (Mattingly 2006).…”

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A new approach to the study of Romanization in Britain: A regional perspective of cultural change in late Iron Age and Roman Dorset using the Siler and Gompertz–Makeham models of mortality

Redfern

DeWitte

2010

American J Phys Anthropol

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This is the first study of Romanization to use the Siler and Gompertz-Makeham models of mortality in order to investigate the health consequences of the 43 AD conquest of Britain. The study examined late Iron Age and Romano-British populations (N=518) from Dorset, England, which is the only region of Britain to display continuity in inhumation burial practice and cemetery use throughout the two periods. Skeletal evidence for frailty was assessed using cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis, periosteal lesions, enamel hypoplasia, dental caries, tuberculosis, and rickets. These health variables were chosen for analysis because they are reliable indicators of general health for diachronic comparison (Steckel and Rose 2002) and are associated with the introduction of urbanism in Britain during the Roman period (Redfern 2007; Redfern 2008b; Roberts and Cox 2003). The results show that levels of frailty and mortality were lower in the late Iron Age period, and no sex differences in mortality were present. However, post-conquest, mortality risk increased for children and the elderly, and particularly for males. The latter finding challenges received wisdom concerning the benefits of Romanization and the higher status of the male body in the Roman world. Therefore, we conclude that the consequences of urbanism, changes in diet and increased population heterogeneity negatively impacted health, to the extent that the enhanced cultural buffering of males did not out-weigh underlying sex differences in biology that advantage females.

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A new approach to the study of Romanization in Britain: A regional perspective of cultural change in late Iron Age and Roman Dorset using the Siler and Gompertz–Makeham models of mortality

Redfern

DeWitte

2010

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…The reason for these changes is not yet clear, with suggestions ranging from stresses resulting from increasing population to deterioration in the climate. It is within this dynamic period that the broch tower emerges within Northern Britain (Cunliffe, 1997: 351;Haselgrove and Pope, 2007;Haselgrove and Moore, 2007;Dockrill and Batt, 2004).…”

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The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction: an example from Shetland, Scotland, UK

Outram

Batt

Rhodes

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…of the papers in this volume recognise this trend and the need to develop our models accordingly. Such data sets can inevitably be drawn on in different ways, in Britain, for example, it has been argued as challenging preconceived notions of landscape and settlement patterns in many areas (see papers in Haselgrove and Moore 2007a;Haselgrove and Pope 2007a). The impact of this data is increasingly varied, however, even within countries and regions; the impact of development led archaeology in France, for example, has been felt far more strongly in northern France than in the less developed centre and south (see Blancquaert et al 2009: 11).…”

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“…Age is more meaningfully bi-partite (earlier and later), at least for some regions (Moore 2007b). This ambiguity in chronological schemes reflects a continued reliance on a small number of ceramic and radiocarbon sequences and the need for better chronological precision (Cunliffe 1995;Haselgrove 1986: 365;Collis 2008a: 86 The extent to which absolute dating will reconceptualise our chronological frameworks remains debatable.…”

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Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC

Moore¹,

Armada²

2012

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Throughout, these chapters provide a plurality of theoretical approaches, techniques and methodologies representing a cross section of current research in Western Europe. The intention of this volume is not to espouse a particular theoretical paradigm or represent a coherent singular narrative, but instead to illustrate the variation in approaches whilst fostering dialogue and comparison between regions, research traditions and theoretical stances. The volume is, we hope, just one step along a path to increased dialogue and engagement within and between European first millennium BC studies. Bringing together such a volume is a complex task and we are extremely grateful for the advice and support provided by a number of colleagues, in particular Colin Haselgrove, Richard Hingley and Margarita Díaz-Andreu. We are also extremely grateful to a range of anonymous expert referees who graciously gave their time to read and comment on each of the contributions and to two anonymous referees who gave helpful advice on the original proposal for the volume. The conference, from which this volume has developed, was held at

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New narratives of the Later Iron Age

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A new approach to the study of Romanization in Britain: A regional perspective of cultural change in late Iron Age and Roman Dorset using the Siler and Gompertz–Makeham models of mortality

A new approach to the study of Romanization in Britain: A regional perspective of cultural change in late Iron Age and Roman Dorset using the Siler and Gompertz–Makeham models of mortality

The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction: an example from Shetland, Scotland, UK

Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC

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