The Late Roman Transition in the North: Papers from the Roman Archaeology Conference, Durham 1999

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A collection of ten papers on northern England presented at the Roman Archaeology Conference in Durham in 1999. The essays largely represent summaries of work in progress, designed to promote debate, and are written by excavators, finds specialists, environment specialists and scholars with a particular interest in the late Roman transition. Topics include: Late Roman Binchester (Iain Ferris & Rick Jones); the Late Roman transition at Birdoswald and on Hadrian’s Wall (Tony Wilmott); the end of the Roman town of Catterick (Pete Wilson); Coin supply in the north (R J Brickstock); the end of Roman pottery in the north (Jeremy Evans); the remnants of Roman material culture in the 5th century (H E M Cool); the palynological evidence for the late Roman transition (J P Huntley); the environmental animal and human evidence (Sue Stallibrass); the late Roman transition in the north (KEn Dark); conclusions (Simon Esmonde Cleary) .