Extracting the social relevance of artefact distribution in Roman military forts

Penelope M. Allison, Andrew S. Fairbairn, Steven J.R. Ellis and Christopher W. Blackall

Table of Contents

Abstract

List of Illustrations

Section 1: Project Summary (by P.M. Allison)

Sections 2-4: Background and Approach

Section 2: Introduction to studies of social life in Roman military space (by P.M. Allison)

• 2.1 Introduction to archaeological research
• 2.2 Introduction to textual and epigraphical information
• 2.3 Artefact studies at Roman military sites

Section 3: Introduction to artefact assemblage studies in Roman archaeology (by P.M. Allison)

• 3.1 Artefact assemblage studies in Roman domestic space
• 3.2 Categorising artefacts at Roman military sites

Section 4: The Roman fortress of Vetera (by P.M. Allison)

Sections 5-7: Methodology and Technical Procedures

Section 5: Re-appraising excavation data (by P.M. Allison)

Section 6: Digitising published site plans (by C.W. Blackall and S.J.R. Ellis)

• 6.1 Introduction to procedures
• 6.2 Capturing the plans
• 6.3 Digitising the plans

Section 7: Digitising and formatting artefact catalogues (by A.S. Fairbairn)

• 7.1 Capturing data from printed catalogues
• 7.2 Preparing catalogue data for GIS
• 7.3 Creating distribution plots of people and their activities

Section 8: Analyses of the Distribution of People and Activities (by P.M. Allison)

• 8.1 Toilet activities
• 8.2 Dress
• 8.3 Cloth-production
• 8.4 Gaming
• 8.5 Writing
• 8.6 Gender and age
• 8.7 Overall interpretations (with statistical analyses by A.S. Fairbairn)

Sections 9-12: Data, Reference Materials and Acknowledgement

Section 9:Catalogues and GIS maps (by A.S. Fairbairn, S.J.R. Ellis, with assistance from P.A. Faulkner)

• 9.1: Sample from Vetera I artefact catalogue
• 9.1a Excel spreadsheet
• 9.1b Tab delimited files
• Vetera artefact data (tab delimited text file)
• Vetera trench XY coordinates (tab delimited text file)
• 9.2 Queried Access database formatted from Excel spreadsheet (Access database download may not work on some systems)
• 9.3 GIS project
  Following a review of legacy systems and in line with broader ADS practice, the interactive map element of this article has been decommissioned. The full underlying set of data is still available for download from the digital archive.
• 9.4 ArcIMS User Help File

Section 10: Glossary

Section 11: Bibliography

Section 12: Acknowledgements

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