posted on 2018-03-23, 16:24authored byPenelope M Allison
This introduction outlines the rationale for and concerns of the research network, ‘Big
Data on the Roman Table’ – an international forum showcasing and exploring new
ways of harnessing and analysing the extensive datasets of tablewares from around
the Roman world, for agenda-changing, consumption-oriented approaches to this rich
archaeological record from the early Roman empire. The introduction sets out the
problems facing more social-historical approaches to these, mainly ceramic,
tablewares and includes examples from my own research into tablewares, from the
Roman world and beyond, to demonstrate my reasons for initiating and co-organising
this network. It also summarises the structure and the approaches of this volume and
its selection of articles, from papers presented at the two workshops of this network
History
Citation
Internet Archaeology, 2018, 50
Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES/School of Archaeology and Ancient History/Core Staff