Emerging from the Shadows: Building New Narratives of those Enslaved by the Empire The editorial of the eighth volume of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal explores the necessity of producing new narratives, theoretical as well as public facing, concerning the lived experienc...

Have you read the latest #TRAJ editorial?

'Emerging from the Shadows' by Isabel Annal & Sian Therese

'explores the necessity of producing new narratives, theoretical as well as public facing, concerning the lived experiences of those enslaved in a Roman world'..

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The Etruscan Woman: ‘Romanization’ and Funerary Culture This paper evaluates our knowledge of Etruscan women during the Hellenistic period (c. 325–31 BC). This subject is complex for two main reasons: firstly, the lack of Etruscan literary sources and seco...

NEW #TRAJ research article!

The Etruscan Woman: Romanization & Funerary Culture

Alexis Daveloose examines the societal status of Etruscan women through analysis of male:female names in Etruscan epitaphs, rejecting the old paradigm of pervasive ‘Romanization'

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Urbanism in Roman Wales: A New Look at Roman Carmarthen Moridunum, which lies under modern Carmarthen, is one of only two civitas capitals known in Wales, the other being Caerwent. Excavations undertaken by Archaeology Wales in 2018 afforded a rare opportu...

Interested in learning more about how urbanism developed in Wales during the Roman occupation?

Check out Siân Thomas' new research article: 'Urbanism in Roman Wales: A New Look at Roman Carmarthen', published in #TRAJ Vol. 8

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I'm super happy to see #TRAJ Volume 8 complete before we hit 2026! Check it out 👇

#TRAJ Vol. 8 is complete!

Feat. 5 research articles, 13 book reviews & an incisive editorial from our @uclarchaeology.bsky.social guest editors Isabel Annal & Sian Therese.

👀 Women in Etruria
Roman Carmarthen in Wales
Analogies in Roman Frontier Arch

& more!

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NEW #TRAJ Book Review 📚

Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions edited by Alessandro Launaro, reviewed by Myles McCallum.

"an important and stimulating volume"

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List of published articles in TRAJ

List of published articles in TRAJ

Explore the latest publications from @traj-journal.bsky.social / #TRAJ: traj.openlibhums.org/articles/

Performing Gender Normativity and Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources and Iconographic Evidence This article contributes to the emerging field of Queer Death Studies by offering a queer analysis of the gendered performances of mourners during the Roman funeral through an examination of subversio...

NEW in #TRAJ Vol. 8:

Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley

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#AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology

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Kick off the fall with a #TRAJ #BookReview!

📚 'At Home in Roman Egypt' by Anna Boozer, reviewed by Stefania Alfarano

"she successfully highlights the complexity of household life in Roman Egypt, challenging assumptions of its exceptionalism within the broader Roman world"

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NEW #TRAJ review, 'In the Footsteps of the Etruscans: Changing Landscapes around Tuscania from Prehistory to Modernity, by Graeme Barker & Tom Rasmussen.

"The long-awaited publication of the Tuscania survey offers a dataset of high quality and importance." ✍️ Robert Witcher

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Command and Control on Hadrian’s Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology Analogy is a ubiquitous but contested feature in archaeological reasoning, used differently in the contexts of discovery, justification and communication. The limitations of the archaeological record ...

NEW Research Article in #TRAJ Vol 8 -

'Command & Control on Hadrian's Wall: Exploring the Use of Analogy in Roman Frontier Archaeology' by Paul Kitching @arcdurham.bsky.social

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#HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

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There are some great new Book Reviews in the latest issue of #TRAJ, including -

📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes

Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...

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The latest volume of @traj-journal.bsky.social / #TRAJ is out now! Dive into Vol. 8 here: traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...

Processional Routes, Orthopraxy and a Political Sacred Island: Exploring the Iron Age and Roman Religious Landscape of Hayling Island and the Chichester region The role of processions and pilgrimage in the pre-Roman to Roman transition in southern Britain is considered in this paper. The example chosen for detailed examination is the temple on Hayling Island...

NEW #TRAJ research article by Anthony King, Grahame Soffe & Kate Adcock

'Processional Routes, Orthopraxy & a Political Sacred Island: Exploring the Iron Age & Roman Religious Landscape of Hayling Island & the Chichester region'

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#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

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🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!

Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!

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‘There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality, and the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy Using the necropolis environments of the Vesuvian region of Imperial period Italy as a case study, this paper examines the ways in which multiple, overlapping, and temporally specific senses of place ...

Spring is a great time to read about the 'planty’ agency of trees, plants, flowers, and fruits in the creation of the Roman funeral landscape 🌷

Check out 'There Buds the Laurel’: Nature, Temporality & the Making of Place in the Cemeteries of Roman Italy' from #TRAJ Vol. 1

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Cover of Lee L Brice and Elizabeth M Greene's Women and the Army in the Roman Empire. CUP 2024.

So I am working over the Easter weekend....but frankly it is a real pleasure to review this book on #Women and the #RomanArmy for the #TRAJ. Brilliant scholarship and highly readable. Congratulations. #ancientbluesky

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We used to celebrate #FindsFriday in the old place, for today, how about the Colchester Cup from the British Museum?

Read more about 1st century Roman mold-blown glass cups in Cassibry 2018, 'Spectacular Translucence: The Games in Glass' from #TRAJ Vol 1

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Check out a recent #TRAJ #BookReview!

Revelation & Material Religion in the Roman East ed. by Leach, Smith & Keddie, reviewed by Constanze Graml

'contributions on the textual world of the New Testament, which provide interesting and creative thought experiments"

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NEW #TRAJ Book Review 'Archaeology of the #Roman Conquest' by Manuel Fernández-Götz & Nico Roymans, ✍️ by Al McCluskey

"excellent up-to-date references, well-written, lavishly illustrated & is highly accessible"

"new multidisciplinary methodologies to conflict archaeology"

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Check out this recent #TRAJ review! 'Un insediamento di età romana dimenticato nel tempo' ed. by Paolo Visonà, ✍️ (in English) by Edoardo Vanni.

'a good preliminary historical-archaeological foundation history.. of the territory of the middle Agno-Guà Valley (Veneto, Italy)'

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The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology The editorial of the seventh volume of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal explores the intertwining relationships between digital platforms and Roman archaeology. When faced with powerful digit...

"The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology"

Read the #TRAJ Vol. 7 editorial by guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragoș Mitrofan: doi.org/10.16995/tra... @traj-journal.bsky.social

Thanks to all our editors, authors and book reviewers involved in #TRAJ Volume 7!

As the journal continues to grow, I am grateful to the @openlibhums.bsky.social and our advisory board for their support, we would not be able to provide this platform for innovative Roman #archaeology without them.

The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology The editorial of the seventh volume of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal explores the intertwining relationships between digital platforms and Roman archaeology. When faced with powerful digit...

🎉 With the publication of the Editorial by our guest editors Cristina Crizbasan & Dragos Mitrofan, #TRAJ Vol 7 is now complete!

Don't miss 'The Role of the Digital in Roman Archaeology', with incisive commentary on digital platforms & misinformation

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NEW #TRAJ 📚 #BookReview

🌳 Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate by Andrew Fox, reviewed by Giulia Caneva

"stimulating and extremely useful in this modern era of ‘plant blindness’"

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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #AcademicSky

PDF call for special issue proposals

📣 One week left until the deadline!

Submit a proposal for an #OpenAccess Special Issue of #TRAJ

- push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world

- Deadline 31 Jan, info below -

#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #AcademicSky

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We are very happy to welcome 3 new Editorial Board members!

Dr Stuart McKie (U of Exeter)
Dr Cristina Mondin (U of Padova)
Dr Berber van der Meulen-van der Veen (U of Amsterdam)

Curious about the humans behind #TRAJ? Have a look at our current editorial team:

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Data Quality and Bias in the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database: A Logistic Regression Analysis The Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire database currently contains more than 18,000 coin hoards from all areas of the Roman Empire and beyond. This large data collection encourages data-driven approaches...

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🪙 'Data Quality & Bias in the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database: A Logistic Regression Analysis' by Philip Rademacher

The author considers sources of bias in the 18,000 coin hoard database & if data quality correlates with hoard characteristics.

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Call for Special Issue Proposals!

Following on from Sensory Experiences in the Roman North & in-progress Cosmologies Across Boundaries, #TRAJ is pleased to invite applications for 2026:

- #OpenAccess
- push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world
- Deadline 31 Jan

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🌲 FREE #BookReview of Plants, Politics & Empire in Ancient Rome by Annalisa Marzano, ✍️ Andrew Fox

"This book is especially strong in its discussion of economy & what the trade of plant products can tell us about the role of plants in the Roman world ..."

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#TRAJ #archaeology