Thursday sept5

CLCV3202A/HIST3101ARoman Archaeology for Historians

Roman Archaeology != Art History

Is this archaeology?http://graeworks.net/roman-occupations/

What is it for?

Francis J Haverfield The Romanization of Roman Britain (1905) Ancient Town Planning (1913) The Roman Occupation of Britain (1924)

The Edwardian Gentleman studies Roman ruins to better spread European

Civilization

Of course, this particular photo was taken by Gertrude Bell, who is famous for her work on the early Christian and Islamic sites along the Euphrates, and so not at all a good illustration for the point I’m making. However, this is a Roman milestone marker in Arabia.

http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/index.php

Roman archaeology has always been tied to power in the present

So Roman Archaeology for Historians is not going to be just about the material culture of the Romans, but will also consider

the ways in which we know about them now, how we have imagined them, and the role Roman archaeology will play in

the future.

Yep: historiography of Roman archaeology.