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William F. Grimes: The Making of a Prehistorian

open access: yesBulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2000
Professor William Frances ('Peter') Grimes (1905-1988), Director of the Institute of Archaeology in London, is often associated with Roman archaeology.
David W. J. Gill
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Writing in Britain and Ireland, c. 400 to c. 800 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
No abstract ...
Abrams   +1241 more
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Scandalisation, gender and space in ancient Rome: The case of Cicero and Clodia

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the public attack on Clodia Metelli, a Roman aristocratic woman, by the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in a trial in 56 BCE. Drawing on modern scandal theory, this article analyses how Cicero uses scandal dynamics to turn Clodia, the witness in the case, into the culprit.
Muriel Moser
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Archaeology and Modern Architecture: A Comparative Reading [PDF]

open access: yesAthens Journal of Architecture
This essay explores the relationship between archaeology and modern architecture, moving beyond the conventional examination of modern archaeology to examine the role of archaeology in a modern context.
Gregorio Froio
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Bones as evidence of meat production and distribution in York [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
[First Paragraphs] Many books and papers have been written on the general principles and minutiae of using the animal bones recovered from archaeological deposits as a source of information on past diet.A full discussion of methodological issues is ...
O'Connor, T.P.
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
wiley   +1 more source

Writing the Roman Empire

open access: yesTheoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 1993
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.
Melania Cazzulo
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
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Whither Roman Archaeology? Or Wither Roman Archaeology! A London Perspective – A Final Response

open access: yesPapers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2004
I enjoyed reading the responses to my paper and learnt a lot from them. Of the writers, three are fellow academics, and one, Jenny Hall, works in the Museum of London. I found Jenny’s ‘Report from the Real World’ particularly valuable. In it she emphasises the responsibility of museums to their public.
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