Military and Civilian

Reconfiguring the End of Roman Britain in the North

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7175482
AutoresDavid Petts (0000-0002-5446-0243, Universities UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen16
Número2
Páginas314-335
Fecha de publicación2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1179/1461957112y.0000000030
OpenAlexW2082644302
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas35

This study explores the impact of recent discoveries on our understanding of the transition from the Roman to early medieval periods in northern England. Using the Tees Valley as a case study, it shows how modern interpretations of this process have focused primarily on the afterlife of the military sites in the region. However, the increased identification of significant Roman civilian settlements forces us to reconsider the dominant narratives and rethink the underlying processes that influenced the move from Roman-controlled frontier society in the fourth century to a fifth century society comprising both culturally Anglo-Saxon social groups and sub-Roman successor polities. A wider consideration is also given to how the changing patterns in the use of space and in refuse disposal strategies can be used to shed light on wider patterns of changing social identity in the later fourth century AD

Afterlife · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Frontier · Human settlement · Identification (biology · Identity (music · Narrative · Settlement (finance · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Successor cardinal · History