Metalworking and Late Roman Power: A Study of Towns in Late Roman Britain

<i>21st Century TRAC: Is the Roman Battery Flat?</i>

“…There is also a sense in numerous papers of the biography or life cycle of buildings, landscapes and objects, most clearly postulated by Adrian Chadwick (2004). The recycling of material is a case in point as Daniel Keller (2005) documents in a study of the reuse of glass across the Empire and Adam Rogers (2005) highlights the role of metal production in the cultures of Britain within the Roman Empire. There is not room here to refer to every paper published or all discrepant voices, but above I have given an overview of what struck me as significant trends displayed at TRAC within the last five years.…”