A selection of eleven papers from the eleventh annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference; these papers are representative of the broad range of Roman archaeology today, and share a commitment to a theoretically informed approach to the subject. Contents:
1. Considering Continuity of Deposition on Votive Sites in Northeastern France from 200 BC to AD 100 (Imogen Wellington)
2. Pots for Cash? A Critique of the Role of the 'Free Market' in the Late Roman Economy (James Gerrard)
3. A Topography of Death: The Buildings of the Emperor Maxentius on the Via Appia, Rome (Lorraine Kerr)
4. Consumer Theory and Roman North Africa: A Post-colonial Approach to the Ancient Economy (Garrick Fincham)
5. Wolves' Nipples and Otters' Noses? Rural Foodways in Roman Britain (Gillian Hawkes)
6. Material Culture Patterns and Cultural Change in South-West Britain (Jason Lucas)
7. Acculturation and the Temporal Features of Ritual Action (Jan Weeks)
8. Celts, Romans and the Coligny Calendar (Cathy Swift)
9. Regarding the Stars (Carol van Driel-Murray)
10. Measuring Time and Inventing Histories in the Early Empire: Roman and Germanic
11. Perspectives (Maureen Carroll)
The Metaphoric Movement: Mythological and Heroic Narratives on Roman Sarcophagi (Inge Lyse Hansen).