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Going down the drain in Late Antiquity

September 7, 2015by Jo Stoner

Ever wondered how the more basic needs of a late antique city were met? Then read on, as Dr Luke Lavan takes us on a journey through the urban sewer […]

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The Mending and Recycling of Clothing in Late Antiquity

August 10, 2015by Jo Stoner 1 Comment

Clothing in Late Antiquity was not the disposable commodity it is nowadays; it was valuable enough to be named in a will, used as surety for loans, or included in […]

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Family Possessions: late antique domestic objects

August 3, 2015by Jo Stoner

VLAC research student Jo Stoner has been looking into the more personal objects that were kept within the late antique home. Her work has revealed that alongside the functional and practical […]

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Roman Shopping : Lecture and Reconstructed Ancient Market

January 19, 2015by lukelavan

Canterbury: Thursday 22nd and Saturday 24th of January 2015 *Lecture: Roman Shops and Shopping* University of Kent PhD student, Joe Williams will be giving a lecture entitled ‘Roman Shops and […]

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Making Late Antique Clothing

May 16, 2014by Jo Stoner

For the past few months, Faith Morgan has been creating reconstructions of a number of garments from museum collections. The goal in making these garments has not been to produce exact […]

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Interview with the Illustrator: Will Foster

May 1, 2014by Jo Stoner

The creation of images reconstructing scenes from late antique urban life is a key component of our Visualisation project. We speak to Will Foster about his work creating the scenes. […]

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Visualisation of the Late Antique City conference 2014

April 17, 2014by Jo Stoner 1 Comment

We are pleased to announce the Visualisation of the Late Antique City conference 2014. This event, featuring papers from both project members and guest speakers, will present the results of […]

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Spoons and Late Antique Dining Habits

March 31, 2014by Jo Stoner

Ellen Swift is currently researching the design and function of Roman spoons, which she will present a paper on at the forthcoming Roman Archaeology Conference in Reading. In her research […]

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Street Life in Late Antiquity

March 17, 2014by Jo Stoner

For the last few years Luke Lavan has been undertaking research into everyday street life in the 4th to 6th centuries AD, focusing especially on the Mediterranean where both archaeology and […]

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Pot sherds and papyrus

March 4, 2014by Jo Stoner

Excavations in Egypt and elsewhere have revealed huge numbers of documents that have survived thanks to the arid climate of the region. These amazing objects can tell us much about […]

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Spicing up Late Antiquity

February 17, 2014by Jo Stoner

Joe Williams recently presented his research on spices in Late Antiquity, discussing the role they had in the day to day lives of the ordinary people who used them. The […]

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Architectural decoration in late antique Jordan: A research visit

February 3, 2014by Jo Stoner

In October and November 2013, project member Solinda Kamani visited Jordan as part of her PhD research into everyday architectural decoration in Late Antiquity. The visit provided Solinda the opportunity […]

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Reconstructing a late antique tunic

January 20, 2014by Jo Stoner 1 Comment

As part of her work for the Visualisation project, PhD student Faith Morgan has used a combination of her research and dressmaking skills to reconstruct a late antique tunic. Tunics […]

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Monastic Baskets in Late Antique Egypt

January 5, 2014by Jo Stoner

Another of our project members presented their research at the December Late Antique Archaeology research seminar at the University of Kent. Jo Stoner, whose PhD thesis focuses on the cultural […]

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Shops, porticoes and object groups in the late antique city

December 25, 2013by Jo Stoner

PhD student and project member Joe Williams was part of a study trip to South West Turkey in April 2013. The trip encompassed the major late antique archaeological sites and […]

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