Hadrian’s Wall Cross References

On the last run of the course we cross-referenced it to the Archaeology’s Dirty Little Secrets course and also to the Roman Architecture course. This time we have provided some suggested links between the Portus and Hadrian’s Wall courses.

We will update this page as we create additional cross-references. Many thanks to all the learners on the Archaeology of Portus course who also studied on the Hadrian’s Wall course and who have helped in making these study connections. There are many more conceptual and thematic links that we will explore in a later blog post.

Portus	Hadrian’s Wall
Development of the Port	Hadrian: civilisation and barbarism
Aerial photography and LiDAR	What does aerial photography tell us about the Roman advance?
Aerial photography and LiDAR	Which archaeological features can you identify from these aerial photographs?
Find of the week – fineware	Vessels for food and drink on the frontier
The Trajanic ports	Can you read a tombstone?
Some finds from today	Categorising small finds
Find of the week – Byzantine crucifix	Belts, brooches and late Roman soldiers
Find of the week – Byzantine crucifix	Brooches, artefacts and identity
Geophysical prospection	Seeing beneath the soil
Terme Della Lanterna	The bath house – a hive of Roman social activity
Photogrammetry and laser scanning of artefacts	Reading and recording cult objects using laser scanning