4th October 2011, 07:59 AM
this is a great thread. think we should have more of these (and causewayed enclosures) in addition to the politics and trials of archaeology.
For me there is an issue in southern Scotland, where, for example romano british is a term that is so innapropriate. and that is not even getting into the roman incursions into the north where 'britons' is perhaps not even a valid term. with a growing understanding of the formation of tribal identities and the seeming retention of this identity in the more settled areas of southern britian and the more complex arrangements of association in places like wales or scotland (themselves modern constructs that would not be recognisable during the time period in question).
shorthand it may be... but shorthand for what?
i like dino's and jack's posts.
how thin is the veneer of empire? how quick does town life dissapate without imperial authourity. and the people... did they return to the old ways or did it never stop?
more work on rural settlement during this time... and if you remove goods that could be classed as readily available trade items.. what is the change in lifestyle?
For me there is an issue in southern Scotland, where, for example romano british is a term that is so innapropriate. and that is not even getting into the roman incursions into the north where 'britons' is perhaps not even a valid term. with a growing understanding of the formation of tribal identities and the seeming retention of this identity in the more settled areas of southern britian and the more complex arrangements of association in places like wales or scotland (themselves modern constructs that would not be recognisable during the time period in question).
shorthand it may be... but shorthand for what?
i like dino's and jack's posts.
how thin is the veneer of empire? how quick does town life dissapate without imperial authourity. and the people... did they return to the old ways or did it never stop?
more work on rural settlement during this time... and if you remove goods that could be classed as readily available trade items.. what is the change in lifestyle?