Beyond Walls: New Narratives for Settlement & Land Use on Roman Empire's British Frontier | ARP 2023

The “Beyond Walls” project is adopting a multi-scalar, interdisciplinary approach to explore trends and changes in settlement and land use dynamics in the Hadrian’s Wall/Antonine Wall frontier zone over the period c.500 BC-AD 500. This presentation will share the preliminary results of analyses of the settlement record based on national and regional historic environment records and large-area surveys utilising remote sensing data. New radiocarbon dates from selected sites within the study area will also be presented, alongside preliminary palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Sophie McDonald is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), University of Glasgow. She is an environmental archaeologist with interests in prehistoric land use, settlement and chronology. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This recorded talk took place on Saturday 27th May 2023, at Augustine United Church and was chaired by Sam Mills, Council Member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ARP 2023 is sponsored by Forestry and Land Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, GUARD Archaeology Ltd, Association of Local Government Archaeology Officers, and the Federation of Archaeological Managers & Employers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland are an essential part of our organisation and today there are over 2,500 Fellows across the world. Our Fellows are a group of people with one common passion – the past. The majority are based in Scotland and across the UK, along with a growing number from continental Europe and overseas. Find out more about becoming a Fellow: https://www.socantscot.org/join-us/