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

《帝国末日》项目对英国北部的晚期罗马边疆进行了全面解读。我的博士研究对边疆晚期的军事考古进行了调查和分析，而我最近的工作则扩展了对边疆生活的其他方面的研究，考察了农村、城市和野蛮人的考古，并挑战了中世纪早期的传统年代界限。我目前的工作还集中在对文物组合的分析上，特别是注意到对特定类别文物的解释支持或反对通过对考古发掘的结构序列的解释而得出的假说。我对四世纪英国北部边防部队的调查得出的结论是，在四世纪的过程中，边防部队变得越来越本地化，与中央帝国当局的联系越来越少。我参考了职业社区的社会学理论对此进行了解释，为物质文化的变迁提供了理论上的理解。我的博士研究仅限于军队，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(将在我担任这一研究员期间完成)考虑了农村、城市和“野蛮人”社区物质文化的变化(在一定程度上，后者可以与其他边境社区区分开来)，以及这些群体与边疆士兵之间的联系。该项目还包括对历史资料的关键重新评估，其中包括被称为Notitia Dignitatum的罗马晚期军事记录对研究晚期边疆和利米塔内伊的贡献。这结合了考古学和历史研究的见解，提供了对该地区的综合处理。这项研究的大部分是在我的博士论文完成后进行的，包括数据收集和分析。这笔研究金将为完成项目专著出版手稿的准备工作提供所需的时间。我已经同意并与鲁特利奇签署了出版这本书的合同。该项目还将聘请一名考古插图画家，对四世纪末和五世纪末短暂的考古学进行解释性重建。这些插图将被特别委托，以突出晚期边疆遗迹的独特考古足迹，并展示对结构遗迹的替代解释。这些插图将被用作另一种分析方法，以及加强最后出版物，以便广泛传播。

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.