Author: Donald Gordon
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803275162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The Roman fort of Trimontium is renowned internationally thanks to the work of James Curle (1862–1944) who led the excavations of 1905–1910. This volume brings together key sets of his correspondence which cast fresh light on the intellectual networks of the early 20th century, when professional archaeology was still in its infancy.
Revealing Trimontium
Author: Donald Gordon
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803275162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The Roman fort of Trimontium is renowned internationally thanks to the work of James Curle (1862–1944) who led the excavations of 1905–1910. This volume brings together key sets of his correspondence which cast fresh light on the intellectual networks of the early 20th century, when professional archaeology was still in its infancy.
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803275162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The Roman fort of Trimontium is renowned internationally thanks to the work of James Curle (1862–1944) who led the excavations of 1905–1910. This volume brings together key sets of his correspondence which cast fresh light on the intellectual networks of the early 20th century, when professional archaeology was still in its infancy.
Revealing Trimontium
Author: Donald Gordon
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
ISBN: 9781803275154
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Roman fort of Trimontium, near the village of Newstead in the Scottish Borders, is renowned internationally thanks to the work of James Curle (1862-1944), a solicitor in nearby Melrose. He led the excavations of 1905-1910, with their spectacular discoveries, and produced an exemplary publication. This volume brings together key sets of his correspondence which illuminate his intellectual networks and connections. They reveal a web of local, national and international contacts and travels that equipped him with an impressively broad knowledge of Roman provincial archaeology and turned him into a sought-after advisor for his expertise and knowledge of a range of topics, especially Roman pottery. Yet his interests went beyond the Roman military. His early interests in Swedish archaeology were rekindled after the Trimontiumexcavations, with a series of papers on aspects of Viking brooches, while a long-running interest in finds of Roman material beyond the frontiers of the empire shows his concern to understand the Iron Age societies of Scotland and Scandinavia. The letters are provided with a critical apparatus to explain their context, while introductory chapters consider Curle's background, his local links, his connections with the great Romano-British archaeologist Francis Haverfield, and his wider antiquarian networks. The letters cast fresh light on the intellectual networks of the early 20th century, when professional archaeology was still in its infancy and gifted amateurs such as James Curle played a key role in laying the foundations on which scholarship still builds today.
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
ISBN: 9781803275154
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Roman fort of Trimontium, near the village of Newstead in the Scottish Borders, is renowned internationally thanks to the work of James Curle (1862-1944), a solicitor in nearby Melrose. He led the excavations of 1905-1910, with their spectacular discoveries, and produced an exemplary publication. This volume brings together key sets of his correspondence which illuminate his intellectual networks and connections. They reveal a web of local, national and international contacts and travels that equipped him with an impressively broad knowledge of Roman provincial archaeology and turned him into a sought-after advisor for his expertise and knowledge of a range of topics, especially Roman pottery. Yet his interests went beyond the Roman military. His early interests in Swedish archaeology were rekindled after the Trimontiumexcavations, with a series of papers on aspects of Viking brooches, while a long-running interest in finds of Roman material beyond the frontiers of the empire shows his concern to understand the Iron Age societies of Scotland and Scandinavia. The letters are provided with a critical apparatus to explain their context, while introductory chapters consider Curle's background, his local links, his connections with the great Romano-British archaeologist Francis Haverfield, and his wider antiquarian networks. The letters cast fresh light on the intellectual networks of the early 20th century, when professional archaeology was still in its infancy and gifted amateurs such as James Curle played a key role in laying the foundations on which scholarship still builds today.
An Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments with the Report of the Commission
Author: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monuments
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monuments
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
An Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Selkirkshire
Author: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
An Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Roxburghshire
Author: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland
Publisher:
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Author: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Includes List of members.
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Includes List of members.
A Roman Frontier Post and Its People
Author: Fraser Hunter
Publisher: Nms
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The publication in 1911 of James Curle's excavation of the Roman frontier fort of Newstead, ancient Trimontium, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders was a landmark in Roman frontier studies. This volume was conceived as a celebration of this landmark on its centenary, looking back to Curle and his work, and looking forward to how the picture is changing.
Publisher: Nms
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The publication in 1911 of James Curle's excavation of the Roman frontier fort of Newstead, ancient Trimontium, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders was a landmark in Roman frontier studies. This volume was conceived as a celebration of this landmark on its centenary, looking back to Curle and his work, and looking forward to how the picture is changing.
Roman Britain and Where to Find It
Author: Denise Allen
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445690152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
An illustrated history of the best Roman sites and artefacts to be found in Britain, for anyone wanting to discover the Roman past.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445690152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
An illustrated history of the best Roman sites and artefacts to be found in Britain, for anyone wanting to discover the Roman past.
The Border Magazine
Author: Nicholas Dickson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Septimius Severus
Author: Anthony R Birley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134707460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In this, the only biography of Septimius Severus in English, Anthony R. Birley explors how 'Roman' or otherwise this man was and examines his remarkable background and career. Severus was descended from Phoenician settlers in Tripolitania, and his reign, AD 193-211, represents a key point in Roman history. Birley explores what was African and what was Roman in Septimius' background, given that he came from an African city. He asks whether Septimius was a 'typical cosmopolitan bureaucrat', a 'new Hannibal on the throne of Caesar' or 'principle author of the decline of the Roman Empire'?
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134707460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In this, the only biography of Septimius Severus in English, Anthony R. Birley explors how 'Roman' or otherwise this man was and examines his remarkable background and career. Severus was descended from Phoenician settlers in Tripolitania, and his reign, AD 193-211, represents a key point in Roman history. Birley explores what was African and what was Roman in Septimius' background, given that he came from an African city. He asks whether Septimius was a 'typical cosmopolitan bureaucrat', a 'new Hannibal on the throne of Caesar' or 'principle author of the decline of the Roman Empire'?