Going down the drain in Late Antiquity
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 […]
The Mending and Recycling of Clothing in Late Antiquity
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 […]
Family Possessions: late antique domestic objects
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 […]
Roman Shopping : Lecture and Reconstructed Ancient Market
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 […]
Making Late Antique Clothing
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 […]
Interview with the Illustrator: Will Foster
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. […]
Visualisation of the Late Antique City conference 2014
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 […]
Spoons and Late Antique Dining Habits
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 […]
Street Life in Late Antiquity
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 […]
Pot sherds and papyrus
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 […]
Spicing up Late Antiquity
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 […]
Architectural decoration in late antique Jordan: A research visit
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 […]
Reconstructing a late antique tunic
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 […]
Monastic Baskets in Late Antique Egypt
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 […]
Shops, porticoes and object groups in the late antique city
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 […]
