Recent Discoveries in the Fort and Extramural Settlement at Vindolanda: Excavations from 2009–2015

Birley, Andrew; Meyer, Alexander; Greene, Elizabeth M.

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“…Data from the northern frontier fort and settlement of Vindolanda provides the case study considered here. Located in northern England, 1.4 km south of Hadrian's Wall, approximately half way between Carlisle to the west and Newcastle to the east (Figure 2), it was occupied almost continuously, from c. AD 85 to c. AD 400, by various auxiliary units at different stages of its existence (Birley, 2002(Birley, , 2009Birley et al, 2016) (Table 1). The site conditions have allowed for the survival of relevant material across several phases and represents one of a relatively small number of sites that have produced larger assemblages of wooden objects from this period.…”

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Produce, Repair, Reuse, Adapt, and Recycle: The Multiple Biographies of a Roman Barrel

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Marlière²

2020

Eur. j. archaeol

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By the time the Roman empire reached its greatest extent, in the early decades of the second century ad, wooden barrels were a key part of a trade network that supported a complex extended economy. These objects do not, however, routinely survive in the archaeological record and very few sites have yielded large, multi-phase, assemblages for study. Although relatively rare, individual finds and assemblages have been found sufficiently regularly to allow us to consider barrel production and use during the Roman period. These objects can have complex cultural biographies from their original production to their final deposition. Current and previous research at Vindolanda, a Roman fort in northern Britain at the edge of the Roman empire, provides a context for reflection on these objects and their biographies. Emphasis is given to whether this material demonstrates repeated, possibly habituated, practices of adaption and recycling.

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Produce, Repair, Reuse, Adapt, and Recycle: The Multiple Biographies of a Roman Barrel

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Marlière²

2020

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“…They affected the systemic life of both building materials (e.g. the reuse of wooden shingles and beams cited by Birley, 1994: 90; and the reuse of other building materials in north eastern Italy during Late Antiquity noted by Cuscito, 2012) and movable objects made of glass (the collection of cullet in the Roman world is well known as, for example, can be seen in the case of a barrel filled with cullet recovered from a shipwreck in Grado, Italy; Dell'Amico, 2001), metals (e.g. the many examples of metal hoards recovered from across Europe), clay (the presence of grog/chamotte in pottery, bricks, and tiles is well known), and other materials.…”

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When Absence Means Things Are Going Well: Waste Disposal in Roman Towns and its Impact on the Record as Observed in Aquileia

Furlan

2017

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Scholars of Roman archaeology, epigraphy, and history are increasingly discussing urban maintenance and waste disposal, but the impact of these phenomena on the archaeological record remains largely understudied. The presence of waste disposal systems in Roman towns entails that a large part of what was discarded was periodically removed from the urban area. This in turn implies that whole historical periods may be underrepresented by the finds recovered within the city. This aspect can be apprehended through the post-excavation analysis of the House of Titus Macer in Aquileia, whose mid-imperial phase, during which the domus was inhabited and regularly maintained, is poorly represented. What has been observed suggests that great caution must be exercised when using data collected within urban sites to draw conclusions on ancient economic trends. To tackle this problem, our research agendas should target large extra moenia dumps more frequently.

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“…for discussion of the units and fort occupants, see A.R.Birley 2002. 11 Birley et al 2016; Greene and Meyer 2017. 12 Most recently seeBlake 2014, 89-93, 107-11 for nearby excavation on the main Vindolanda site; cf.…”

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The Body in the Ditch: Alternative Funerary Practices on the Northern Frontier of the Roman Empire?

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Disarticulated human remains were recovered from a first-century fort ditch at Vindolanda on the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire. Ancient DNA analysis revealed the skeleton to be that of a male individual and forensic taphonomic analysis suggested a primary deposition of the body in a waterlogged environment with no obvious evidence of formal burial. Occurrences of disarticulated human remains outside a cemetery context are often overlooked in Roman bioarchaeology. This discovery adds to the growing body of literature regarding alternative funerary practice in the Empire, highlighting that the concept of burial and disposal of the dead is more complex than ancient historical sources suggest. Details of the DNA analysis are provided in the Supplementary Material available at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X1900014X.

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Recent Discoveries in the Fort and Extramural Settlement at Vindolanda: Excavations from 2009–2015

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Produce, Repair, Reuse, Adapt, and Recycle: The Multiple Biographies of a Roman Barrel

Produce, Repair, Reuse, Adapt, and Recycle: The Multiple Biographies of a Roman Barrel

When Absence Means Things Are Going Well: Waste Disposal in Roman Towns and its Impact on the Record as Observed in Aquileia

The Body in the Ditch: Alternative Funerary Practices on the Northern Frontier of the Roman Empire?

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