Writing the Roman Empire

Abstract

The paper offers: a) A critique of traditionalist Roman archaeology, including its lack of contact with such overlapping issues as an archaeology of material culture, gender relations, structuration, the social meanings of power, and human agency. It is suggested that this is linked to the dominant concerns and social strategies of the influential traditionalist Romanist Establishment. b) Some examples of remedial research in the field of villa studies are the Brislington well the Hambleden infant burials, and the distribution of villas in Britain. c) And, linked to the above, a brief a discussion of the opportunities for theory-building in Roman archaeology.

How to Cite

Scott, E., (1993) “Writing the Roman Empire”, Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal 1991, 5-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/TRAC1991_5_22

Download

Download PDF

537

Views

230

Downloads

1

Citations

Share

Authors

Eleanor Scott

Download

Issue

Publication details

Dates

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Identifiers

Peer Review

This article has been peer reviewed.

File Checksums (MD5)

  • PDF: b4f7cacb9795ec878e110f79247ab88c