The End of Empire: The northern frontier in the fourth-fifth centuries AD

帝国的终结：公元四五世纪的北部边境

• 批准号: AH/I015000/1
• 负责人: Robert Collins
• 金额: $ 2.66万
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FI015000%2F1
• 关键词: End; Empire; northern; frontier; fourth

The 'End of Empire' project provides a comprehensive interpretation of the late Roman frontier of northern Britain. My doctoral research investigated and analysed the military archaeology in the late frontier, whilst my recent work has extended study into other aspects of frontier life, examining rural, urban, and 'barbarian' archaeology, and challenging the conventional chronological boundary of the Early Medieval period. My current work also focuses on the analysis of artefact assemblages, particularly noting where interpretations of specific classes of artefacts support or contradict hypotheses reached through the interpretation of structural sequences from archaeological excavation. My investigation of the fourth-century frontier troops or limitanei of northern Britain concluded that the frontier army became increasingly localised over the course of the fourth century, with decreasing links to central imperial authorities. I explained this with reference to the sociological theory of occupational communities, providing a theoretical understanding for changes in the material culture. My doctoral research was limited to the military, analysing and reassessing the structural archaeology through excavation reports and archives from throughout the frontier. My most recent research (which will be finalised during my tenure of this fellowship) considers the changes in the material culture of rural, urban and 'barbarian' communities (to the extent that this latter can be distinguished from other frontier communities), and the links between these groups and the frontier soldiers. The project also includes a critical re-assessment of the contribution of historical sources, including the late-Roman military records known as the Notitia Dignitatum, to the study of the late frontier and the limitanei. This combines the insights of both archaeological and historical research to offer a synthetic treatment of the region.The majority of this research has been conducted since the completion of my doctoral thesis, including data gathering and analysis. This fellowship will provide the time required to complete the preparation of a manuscript for the publication of the project monograph. I have agreed and signed a contract for the publication of this book with Routledge.The project will also employ an archaeological illustrator to create interpretive reconstructions of the often ephemeral archaeology of the late fourth and fifth centuries. These illustrations are to be commissioned specifically to highlight the distinctive archaeological footprint of late frontier remains as well as to demonstrate alternative interpretations of structural remains. The illustrations will be employed as another analytical method, as well as to enhance the final publication for broad dissemination.

“帝国的终结”项目提供了对罗马晚期不列颠北方边境的全面解释。我的博士研究调查和分析了军事考古学在边境后期，而我最近的工作已经扩展到边境生活的其他方面的研究，研究农村，城市和“野蛮人”考古学，并挑战传统的中世纪早期的时间界限。我目前的工作还侧重于人工制品组合的分析，特别是注意到特定类别的人工制品的解释支持或矛盾的假设，通过从考古发掘的结构序列的解释达到。我对4世纪英国北方的边防部队（limitanei）进行了调查，得出的结论是，边防部队在4世纪变得越来越地方化，与中央帝国当局的联系越来越少。我参照职业共同体的社会学理论对此进行了解释，为物质文化的变化提供了理论上的理解。我的博士研究仅限于军事，通过挖掘报告和整个边境的档案来分析和重新评估结构考古学。我最近的研究（将在我担任该奖学金期间完成）考虑了农村，城市和“野蛮人”社区的物质文化的变化（在某种程度上，后者可以与其他边境社区区分开来），以及这些群体与边境士兵之间的联系。该项目还包括对历史来源的贡献进行批判性的重新评估，包括被称为Notitia Dignitatum的晚期罗马军事记录，以研究晚期边境和limitanei。这结合了考古学和历史研究的见解，为该地区提供了一个综合性的治疗。这项研究的大部分是在我完成博士论文后进行的，包括数据收集和分析。该研究金将提供完成出版项目专著所需手稿的准备工作所需的时间。我已经同意并签署了一份合同，出版这本书与weidledge.该项目还将聘请考古插画家创造解释重建往往短暂的考古学后期第四和第五世纪.这些插图是专门委托突出晚期边疆遗迹的独特考古足迹，以及展示结构性遗迹的替代解释。这些插图将作为另一种分析方法，并用于加强最后出版物的广泛传播。

项目成果

Late Roman Silver: The Traprain Treasure in Context

晚期罗马银器：陷阱宝藏的背景

• 发表时间: 2013
• 作者: Collins, R

Roman Military Architecture on the Frontiers: Armies and their Architecture in Late Antiquity

边疆的罗马军事建筑：古代晚期的军队及其建筑

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: Collins, R

Hadrian's Wall and the End of Empire: The Roman Frontier in the 4th and 5th Centuries

哈德良长城和帝国的终结：四、五世纪的罗马边境

• 发表时间: 2012
• 作者: Collins, R