Roman Metalwork Hoards

在我的学术学习过程中，我已经开发了一系列GIS软件技能，这对我来说对这个项目至关重要。这包括对来自英国和世界其他地区的景观和站点内部级别的各种数据类型的经验。结合这两个层面的分析来研究罗马-英国金属制品仓库的社会、文化和经济环境，将为其在几个空间尺度上的社会经济背景提供一个新的视角。我在考古特征的数字化、dem和激光雷达的使用、空间和地形分析以及地理数据库的使用方面有经验。其中一些GIS技术可以在我即将发表在阿拉伯研究研讨会论文集上的文章中看到。核密度估计和视图的使用可能为罗马金属制品的研究提供新的视角。我目前正在从事的一个项目是约瑟夫·格林进行的迦太基调查的数字化。这需要一系列的GIS技能，以及对将传统调查数据与新的数字技术相结合的技术问题的理解。与研究罗马金属制品所需的沉积模式分析类似，该项目研究了遗址位置、考古方法和过去实践之间的关系。这意味着我对将不同的考古数据集结合到GIS中进行空间分析的问题有了详细的了解。我获得了人工数据库的经验；文物的鉴定和编目；对英国铁器时代和罗马文物有一些额外的有限经验。这些文物主要是玻璃或陶瓷的，但我对罗马硬币的识别和编目有一些经验。这包括几年来参与达勒姆系在宾切斯特罗马堡的实地学校。最近，我为Dibsi Faraj遗址1972-1974年发掘的罗马晚期到伊斯兰时期的档案建立了一个数据库；这涉及到人工制品档案与挖掘记录和发现记录的整合。因此，我习惯于处理各种各样的考古记录，这些记录的质量可能很差，但从中收集最多的信息是可能的。在攻读学位期间，我对英国和整个欧洲的史前晚期和罗马时期有了详细的了解。涉及人工制品研究的讨论包括物品传记以及对这些物品的感官和文化理解。这意味着我对罗马-英国社会有详细的理论了解，我很高兴有机会通过这个令人兴奋的博士学位进一步发展。在我的硕士和本科学位的过程中，我一再追求我的学术兴趣超出我的课程研究。这包括参加许多会议，如罗马农村定居点研讨会或在达勒姆举行的非物质遗产重访。在我的课程之外，我对当代大众媒体描绘考古协会的方式进行了自己的研究，并在伊斯坦布尔举行的第20届欧洲考古学家协会年会上发表了我的论文（我的论文将与会议上的其他论文一起发表）。这个项目完全符合我最初接触考古学的精神；我们应该研究古代人口的所有领域，而不仅仅是社会中显而易见的精英组成部分。对罗马金属制品储藏地点与不同定居等级的关系的调查。这是我在整个学习过程中一直坚持的一种精神，我打算在我的整个职业生涯中追求这种兴趣。

Throughout the course of my academic study I have developed a range of skills in GIS software which appear to me to be vital for this project. This includes experience with a variety of data types from Britain and other areas of the world at a landscape and intra-site level. The integration of these two levels of analysis to investigate the social, cultural and economic setting of Romano-British metalwork hoards would provide a new perspective on their socio-economic context at several spatial scales. I have experience in the digitisation of archaeological features, the use of DEMs and LiDAR, spatial and topographical analysis and the use of geodatabases. Some of these GIS techniques can be seen in my forthcoming article in the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. In the study of Roman metalwork hoards the use of Kernel Density Estimation and viewsheds are likely to provide new perspectives. One of the projects that I am working on at present is the digitisation of the Carthage Survey conducted by Joseph Greene. This has required a range of GIS skills and an understanding of the technical issues of integrating legacy survey data with new digital technologies. Similar to the analysis of patterns of deposition required for the study of Roman metalwork hoards, this project studied the relationship between site locations, archaeological methodologies and past practice. This means that I have a detailed understanding of the issues of combining disparate archaeological datasets into a GIS for spatial analysis. I have gained experience with artefact databases; the identification and the cataloguing of artefacts; with some additional limited experience of British Iron Age and Roman artefacts. Mainly these artefacts have been glass or ceramic but I have some experience with the identification and cataloguing of Roman coins. This has included several years of involvement with the Durham department's field school at Binchester Roman fort. Recently I have developed a database for the archive of the Late Roman to Islamic period site of Dibsi Faraj excavated from 1972-1974; this involved the integration of an artefact archive with the excavation records and the find records. Hence, I am used to working with a variety of archaeological records which can be of poor quality and the gleaning from them the most information possible. During my degree I have developed a detailed knowledge of the late prehistoric and Roman period within Britain and across Europe. Discussions involving artefact studies have included object biographies as well as the sensory and cultural understanding of these objects. This means I have a detailed theoretical understanding of Romano-British society which I would welcome the opportunity to develop further through this exciting PhD. Over the course of my Masters and undergraduate degrees I have repeatedly pursued my academic interests beyond my course studies. This involved the attendance of numerous conferences such as the Roman Rural Settlement workshop or the Revisiting Intangible Heritage held at Durham. Outside of my course I developed my own research into the issue of the way archaeological societies are portrayed in contemporary popular media which I presenting at conferences including the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Istanbul (My paper will be published along with the other papers from the session). This project fits perfectly with the ethos that brought me to archaeology originally; that we should study all areas of ancient populations and not just the highly visible elite component of society. The investigation of the location of Roman metalwork hoards in relation to different levels of the settlement hierarchy. It is an ethos that I have held throughout my studies and I intend to pursue this interest throughout my career.