TRAC 2013

The twenty-third Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC) was held at King’s College, London in spring 2013. During the three-day conference nearly papers were delivered, discussing issues from a wide range of geographical regions of the Roman Empire, and applying various theoretical and methodological approaches. Sessions included those looking at Roman–Barbarian interactions; identity and funerary monuments in ancient Italy; migration and social identity in the Roman Near East; theoretical approaches to Roman small finds; formation processes of in-fills in urban sites; and new reflections on Roman glass. This volume contains a selection of papers from the conference sessions.

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction: TRAC Past, Present and Future: Where to go from here?
• A Historiography of the Study of the Roman Economy: Economic Growth, Development, and Neoliberalism
• Why Modern Economic Theory Applies, Even to the Distant Roman Past
• Dalmatian Silvanus: A Cognitive Approach to Reinterpretation of the Reliefs Representing Silvanus from Roman Dalmatia
• Votive Objects and Ritual Practice at the King's Spring at Bath
• Resurrecting Refuse at Pompeii: The Use-Value of Urban Refuse and its Implications for Interpreting Archaeological Assemblages
• Decline, Migration and Revival: Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit, a History of a Forgotten City
• Small Finds and Roman Battlefields: The Process and Impact of Post-Battle Looting
• Methods and Difficulties in Quantifying Archaeological Vessel Glass Assemblages
• Pompeian Red Ware in Roman London: Insights on Pottery Consumption in Colonial Environments
• Roman Sexuality or Roman Sexualities? Looking at Sexual Imagery on Roman Terracotta Mould-made Lamps
• The Material Culture of Small Rural Settlements in the Batavian Area: a Case Study on Discrepant Experience, Creolisation, Romanisation or Globalisation?