by Kate Sharpe | Oct 18, 2018 | Ethnography, Roman, Uncategorised
So far, most of my fieldwork has taken me to heritage venues that seek to reconstruct Iron Age life. But this project is equally concerned with the period that followed – when large parts of the British Isles became governed by Rome, and when new people, new ideas,...
by Kate Sharpe | Sep 5, 2018 | Events, Roman, Uncategorised
The Limes Congress 2018 is in full swing in Serbia this week. Project PI, Richard Hingley, is presenting some of our project results on Sunday in a session entitled ‘Presenting the Roman Frontiers’, chaired by Nigel Mills and Christof Fluegelan. The paper...
by Kate Sharpe | Aug 10, 2018 | Iron Age, Roman
Our project PI, Prof. Richard Hingley, recently took part in the Radio 4 discussion show The Forum, presented by Bridget Kendall. Along with Prof. Miranda Aldhouse-Green and Dr. Jane Webster, he talks about Boudica and her famous rebellion against the Roman army. You...
by Kate Sharpe | May 8, 2018 | Ethnography, Iron Age, Roman
How do open-air heritage venues transport people to a prehistoric world – and make it believable, engaging and informative – and so help visitors to learn from experience? It’s all about space and time! Last month I spent time at two more...
by Kate Sharpe | Feb 21, 2018 | Ethnography, Iron Age, Uncategorised
The last few months have been a whirlwind of roundhouses for the ethnographic strand of the project, so here is a brief update on activities from Central Scotland to the South of England. My first trip into the Iron Age, last September, took me to the shore of Loch...
