Reconstructing Regional Identities in Britain 1st BCE-4th CE through Metal Artefacts: The case of the Cornovii

通过金属文物重建公元前一世纪至公元四世纪英国的地区身份：Cornovii 的案例

• 批准号: 2881873
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leicester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2881873
• 关键词: Reconstructing; Regional; Identities; Britain; 1st

The research will explore important issues of regional identity in South West Britain under Roman rule and try to define the fundamental differences between the people of Devon/southern Somerset (Dumnonii) and the people of Cornwall (Cornovii) through a large-scale study of Iron Age and Roman coins and metalwork. The conventional academic view of this region is that it was all part of the territory of a people called the Dumnonii, but Professor David Mattingly has proposed that they differed from the Cornovii, to the west of the River Tamar, and that this divergence pre-dated the Roman period. Cornwall is also notable for its lack of urban settlements and Roman villas, making it look more like the military zones of the province. In fact, over the last 20 years, Roman forts have been located close to diachronic mining landscapes, supporting the idea of the Cornovii and their mineral-rich territory being more closely supervised by Rome than the Dumnonii. I intend to focus on locally made and consumed metalwork with unique markers and designs, such as the Cornish Type 31 Roman brooches, in order to discern the cultural distinctiveness of the indigenous peoples of Cornwall and their control of its mineral wealth. I want to interrogate the source materials for the production of these artefacts and the provenance of these minerals. Analysis of the metallurgical composition of these artefacts and coins is therefore key, particularly the Roman radiate hoards which were being produced at the height of tin trade in the 3rd century AD, and when no longer legal tender, traded for their metal content and re-used and possibly re-minted using local metals such as silver for the surface. I will try to understand the socio-economic behaviour of the hoarders by examining the placement, content and context of these coin hoards. Using spatial analysis to look at the distribution pattern of findspots of Iron Age and Roman coins and their proximity to tin sources of cassiterite and tin streams and their location in relation to contemporary sites and the coast, I hope to establish an idea of how the tin trade may have operated during this time and how the Cornovii developed a reputation for quality and accessibility to the rest of Europe.The project will address nationally important research questions about the varied nature of the impacts of the colonial rule of Roman Britannia and the discrepant identities that this gave rise to. By addressing issues of regional identities, it will also demonstrate a much greater time depth of Cornish and Devonian regionalism than orthodox models currently recognise. It will also mobilise the research potential of the huge volume of data continuing to be assembled by the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which I will use as my main resource, while incorporating locally produced catalogues which document lost finds. The Scheme is managed by the British Museum where I hope to secure my main placement during the third year, along with two other placements at regional museums, as part of the schedule.

该研究将探讨罗马统治下英国西南部地区身份的重要问题，并试图通过对铁器时代和罗马硬币和金属制品的大规模研究，确定德文郡/南萨默塞特（Dumnonii）和康沃尔（Cornovii）人民之间的根本差异。学术界对这一地区的传统观点是，它是一个叫做杜姆诺尼人的民族的领土的一部分，但大卫·马丁利教授提出，他们与塔玛尔河以西的科尔诺维人不同，这种分歧早于罗马时期。康沃尔也因其缺乏城市定居点和罗马别墅而闻名，使其看起来更像该省的军事区。事实上，在过去的20年里，罗马人的住所一直位于历史悠久的采矿景观附近，这支持了科尔诺维人及其矿产丰富的领土受到罗马比杜姆诺尼人更密切监督的观点。我打算把重点放在当地制造和消费的金属制品与独特的标记和设计，如康沃尔语类型31罗马胸针，以辨别文化的独特性康沃尔土著人民和他们的控制其矿产财富。我想询问生产这些人工制品的原始材料以及这些矿物的来源。因此，对这些手工艺品和硬币的冶金成分进行分析是关键，特别是在公元世纪锡贸易高峰时期生产的罗马放射状囤积物，当不再是法律的货币时，交易其金属含量并重新使用，并可能使用当地金属（如表面的银）重新铸造。我将通过研究这些硬币囤积的位置、内容和背景，试图了解囤积者的社会经济行为。利用空间分析来研究铁器时代和罗马硬币的发现点的分布模式，以及它们与锡石和锡流的锡源的接近程度，以及它们与当代遗址和海岸的关系，我希望能建立一个想法，如何锡贸易可能已经在这段时间内运作，以及如何科尔诺维建立了质量和可访问性的声誉，以欧洲其他地区。国家重要的研究问题的罗马不列颠的殖民统治的影响的不同性质和差异的身份，这引起了。通过解决区域身份的问题，它也将展示一个更大的时间深度的康沃尔语和泥盆纪的区域主义比正统的模式目前承认。此外，我会利用文物流动计划继续收集的大量数据，进行研究工作。我会把这些数据作为主要资源，并把本地制作的记录失物的目录纳入研究范围。该计划是由大英博物馆管理，我希望在第三年确保我的主要位置，沿着在地区博物馆的其他两个位置，作为时间表的一部分。