Abstract: A memorial piece in honour of Dr Lisa Lodwick (1988–2022), the founder and first Editor-in-Chief of TRAJ. PubDate: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:15:00 +000
Abstract: Over the last few decades, a critical revision of prior scholarship concerning Roman domestic space has led to the reappraisal of the traditional account of the PubDate: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:15:00 +000
Abstract: Russian scholars who want to study the Roman Empire, its provinces, and theoretical aspects of Roman imperialism face issues such as the notable disfavour for theoretical re-thinking and debate (a striking contrast to Western academia). This has largely been determined by specific features of Russian academic tradition that have seen it distance from an [...] PubDate: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +000
Abstract: Roman jugs with handles terminating in human feet exemplify artefacts representing feet and footwear. Using a ‘bricolage’ of archaeological theory that includes object biography and contextual archaeology, this paper explores the many facets of significance attached to such artefacts through the case study of foot-handled jugs. By assembling a corpus, [...] PubDate: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +000
Abstract: Recently the concept of big data has been employed in archaeology to push forward research on very large-scale legacy datasets, often with a developer-funded component; however, relatively little of this effort has focused on artefact and ecofact data. This paper explores the possibility of [...] PubDate: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +000
Abstract: The editorial of the fourth issue of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal (TRAJ) focuses on what we have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. The editors focus on the positive outcome of the pandemic, while [...] PubDate: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +000
Abstract: Roman sculpture has often given the impression that it provides such a precise simulacrum of the bodies of ancient Romans that their portraits can be studied autoptically as if they were a patient. Specialists in medicine and art-history have studied Roman sculptures to the point of producing [...] PubDate: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +000