Rob Sands
Biographic Data
| ID | 1114217 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rob Sands |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rob |
| FAMILY NAME | Sands |
| SIGNATURE | SANDS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3458-0229 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Touch wood: Luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort
The anaerobic conditions at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain, have famously preserved a variety of finds made of organic materials, including wooden writing tablets and a pair of leather boxing gloves. Here, the authors re-examine a wooden object originally recovered in 1992, re-interpreting the find as a large, disembodied phallus. Stone and metal phalli are known from across the Roman world, but the Vind…
Life beyond life: Repair, reuse, and recycle—the many lives of wooden objects and the mutability of trees
An invitation by the editorial team of this special edition is the genesis of this paper. It considers how actions such repair, reuse, adaption, and recycling are identified, and understood, with respect to wooden things found in the archaeological record. An exhaustive review is not possible in a paper of this size, so instead a range of examples, across time and space, are selected to discuss these themes and to act as a catalyst for further th…
Produce, Repair, Reuse, Adapt, and Recycle: The Multiple Biographies of a Roman Barrel
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 …
Bring Me Three Large Beers: Wooden Tankards at Roman Vindolanda
This paper presents, and places in context, two tankard staves and part of a lathe‐turned tankard base, all made from yew wood ( Taxus baccata ), identified as part of a review of over 1500 wooden small finds from the Roman fort of Vindolanda. These were originally part of large, skilfully produced, communal drinking vessels of a type that has recently been the subject of a major review. Wooden tankards of this type are currently considered to be…
Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss: Medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland
Large, impressive medieval V-shaped wooden fishing structures located on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland have been the subject of ongoing research funded by the Heritage Council (2008–2012) and a Marie Curie IEF fellowship (2011–2013). The weirs would have caught fish on an ebb tide and are collectively known as the Boarland Rock complex. Successive construction occurred from as early as the thirteenth century to the fifteenth century AD a…
The potential role of humans in structuring the wooded landscapes of Mesolithic Ireland: A review of data and discussion of approaches
Chronology, Culture and Archaeology: Precision Chronology of Wetland Structures Using Tree-Ring Studies
Over the last couple of decades, survey of the estuaries of Irish rivers, particularly around the Shannon and Fergus estuaries in Co. Clare, has produced a wealth of inter-tidal remains of structures that attest to the exploitation of resources in this marginal zone, through time (O’Sullivan, 2001; 2003). More recent discoveries in the Fergus estuary, funded by the Irish Heritage Council, have led to a series of research projects, investigating t…
Excavations at Upper Largie Quarry, Argyll & Bute, Scotland: New Light on the Prehistoric Ritual Landscape of the Kilmartin Glen
Excavations were carried out intermittently between 1982 and 2005, by various excavators, in advance of quarrying activity at Upper Largie, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll & Bute. They revealed abundant evidence of prehistoric activity, dating from the Mesolithic to the Middle Bronze Age, on a fluvioglacial terrace overlooking the rest of the Glen, although some evidence was doubtless destroyed without record during a period of unmonitored quarrying. Seve…
Prehistoric Pinus woodland dynamics in an upland landscape in northern Scotland: The roles of climate change and human impact
Evidence from marine crannogs of later prehistoric use of the Firth of Clyde
Dumbuck crannog lies on the intertidal foreshore of the Firth of Clyde, to the west of Glasgow. Structural timbers have been dated to the end of the 1st millennium BC and early 1st millennium AD and the crannog is one of a group of five found along a 10km stretch of the firth (Figure 1). At least 30 log boats have been found on or close to the shores of the inner Firth of Clyde, one of which was associated with the Dumbuck crannog and another tha…
Prehistoric Pinus woodland dynamics in an upland landscape in northern Scotland: The roles of climate change and human impact
Produce, Repair, Reuse, Adapt, and Recycle: The Multiple Biographies of a Roman Barrel
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 …
Excavations at Upper Largie Quarry, Argyll & Bute, Scotland: New Light on the Prehistoric Ritual Landscape of the Kilmartin Glen
Excavations were carried out intermittently between 1982 and 2005, by various excavators, in advance of quarrying activity at Upper Largie, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll & Bute. They revealed abundant evidence of prehistoric activity, dating from the Mesolithic to the Middle Bronze Age, on a fluvioglacial terrace overlooking the rest of the Glen, although some evidence was doubtless destroyed without record during a period of unmonitored quarrying. Seve…
Life beyond life: Repair, reuse, and recycle—the many lives of wooden objects and the mutability of trees
An invitation by the editorial team of this special edition is the genesis of this paper. It considers how actions such repair, reuse, adaption, and recycling are identified, and understood, with respect to wooden things found in the archaeological record. An exhaustive review is not possible in a paper of this size, so instead a range of examples, across time and space, are selected to discuss these themes and to act as a catalyst for further th…
Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss: Medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland
Large, impressive medieval V-shaped wooden fishing structures located on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland have been the subject of ongoing research funded by the Heritage Council (2008–2012) and a Marie Curie IEF fellowship (2011–2013). The weirs would have caught fish on an ebb tide and are collectively known as the Boarland Rock complex. Successive construction occurred from as early as the thirteenth century to the fifteenth century AD a…
Evidence from marine crannogs of later prehistoric use of the Firth of Clyde
Dumbuck crannog lies on the intertidal foreshore of the Firth of Clyde, to the west of Glasgow. Structural timbers have been dated to the end of the 1st millennium BC and early 1st millennium AD and the crannog is one of a group of five found along a 10km stretch of the firth (Figure 1). At least 30 log boats have been found on or close to the shores of the inner Firth of Clyde, one of which was associated with the Dumbuck crannog and another tha…
Touch wood: Luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort
The anaerobic conditions at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain, have famously preserved a variety of finds made of organic materials, including wooden writing tablets and a pair of leather boxing gloves. Here, the authors re-examine a wooden object originally recovered in 1992, re-interpreting the find as a large, disembodied phallus. Stone and metal phalli are known from across the Roman world, but the Vind…
Bring Me Three Large Beers: Wooden Tankards at Roman Vindolanda
This paper presents, and places in context, two tankard staves and part of a lathe‐turned tankard base, all made from yew wood ( Taxus baccata ), identified as part of a review of over 1500 wooden small finds from the Roman fort of Vindolanda. These were originally part of large, skilfully produced, communal drinking vessels of a type that has recently been the subject of a major review. Wooden tankards of this type are currently considered to be…
Evidence from marine crannogs of later prehistoric use of the Firth of Clyde
Dumbuck crannog lies on the intertidal foreshore of the Firth of Clyde, to the west of Glasgow. Structural timbers have been dated to the end of the 1st millennium BC and early 1st millennium AD and the crannog is one of a group of five found along a 10km stretch of the firth (Figure 1). At least 30 log boats have been found on or close to the shores of the inner Firth of Clyde, one of which was associated with the Dumbuck crannog and another tha…
Prehistoric Pinus woodland dynamics in an upland landscape in northern Scotland: The roles of climate change and human impact
Excavations at Upper Largie Quarry, Argyll & Bute, Scotland: New Light on the Prehistoric Ritual Landscape of the Kilmartin Glen
Excavations were carried out intermittently between 1982 and 2005, by various excavators, in advance of quarrying activity at Upper Largie, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll & Bute. They revealed abundant evidence of prehistoric activity, dating from the Mesolithic to the Middle Bronze Age, on a fluvioglacial terrace overlooking the rest of the Glen, although some evidence was doubtless destroyed without record during a period of unmonitored quarrying. Seve…
The potential role of humans in structuring the wooded landscapes of Mesolithic Ireland: A review of data and discussion of approaches
Chronology, Culture and Archaeology: Precision Chronology of Wetland Structures Using Tree-Ring Studies
Over the last couple of decades, survey of the estuaries of Irish rivers, particularly around the Shannon and Fergus estuaries in Co. Clare, has produced a wealth of inter-tidal remains of structures that attest to the exploitation of resources in this marginal zone, through time (O’Sullivan, 2001; 2003). More recent discoveries in the Fergus estuary, funded by the Irish Heritage Council, have led to a series of research projects, investigating t…
Old maps, channel change, serendipity and loss: Medieval fishweirs on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland
Large, impressive medieval V-shaped wooden fishing structures located on the Fergus Estuary, Co. Clare, Ireland have been the subject of ongoing research funded by the Heritage Council (2008–2012) and a Marie Curie IEF fellowship (2011–2013). The weirs would have caught fish on an ebb tide and are collectively known as the Boarland Rock complex. Successive construction occurred from as early as the thirteenth century to the fifteenth century AD a…
Bring Me Three Large Beers: Wooden Tankards at Roman Vindolanda
This paper presents, and places in context, two tankard staves and part of a lathe‐turned tankard base, all made from yew wood ( Taxus baccata ), identified as part of a review of over 1500 wooden small finds from the Roman fort of Vindolanda. These were originally part of large, skilfully produced, communal drinking vessels of a type that has recently been the subject of a major review. Wooden tankards of this type are currently considered to be…
Produce, Repair, Reuse, Adapt, and Recycle: The Multiple Biographies of a Roman Barrel
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 …
Life beyond life: Repair, reuse, and recycle—the many lives of wooden objects and the mutability of trees
An invitation by the editorial team of this special edition is the genesis of this paper. It considers how actions such repair, reuse, adaption, and recycling are identified, and understood, with respect to wooden things found in the archaeological record. An exhaustive review is not possible in a paper of this size, so instead a range of examples, across time and space, are selected to discuss these themes and to act as a catalyst for further th…
Touch wood: Luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort
The anaerobic conditions at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain, have famously preserved a variety of finds made of organic materials, including wooden writing tablets and a pair of leather boxing gloves. Here, the authors re-examine a wooden object originally recovered in 1992, re-interpreting the find as a large, disembodied phallus. Stone and metal phalli are known from across the Roman world, but the Vind…
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