Proceedings of the 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium, Edinburgh: 29th May - 1st June 2014

Description

Since its conception in 1998, the Iron Age Research Student Symposium (formerly ‘Seminar’) has provided postgraduates in the archaeology of Iron Age Britain an opportunity to present their current research in a friendly atmosphere. During the course of both formal seminars and informal outings (such as field trips, dinners, and the traditional pub quiz), the Iron Age Research Student Symposium (IARSS) gives students the ability to discuss their research with colleagues and peers, in addition to a number of outstanding lecturers and professors in Iron Age studies. Previous proceedings volumes (Davis et al. 2006; Humphrey 2003; Sterry et al. 2010), also offered participants the prospect of publishing their seminar paper. As a result, IARSS has become a fixture in the development of new academics while at the same time contributing fresh perspectives to Iron Age dialogues. This proceedings volume, organised to reflect three general themes (migration/interaction, material culture and the built environment), accomplishes two things. First, it provides an accessible survey of emerging concepts, ideas, methods, and fieldwork that will shape future study of the Iron Age. Second, it is an outline, not just of what the 17th IARSS accomplished, but also of a broader scheme envisioned by the organisers for future events in this Symposium series. It is the (perhaps wide-eyed) expectation of the organisers that the IARSS can and should expand to offer further opportunities to research students of the Iron Age, and they firmly hope that this volume aids in the promotion of this annual Symposium, as well as the ideas of the contributing authors. Table of Contents Introduction (Paul Miller, Graeme Erskine, Piotr Jacobsson and Scott Stetkiewicz) Revisiting Migrations in Archaeology: The Aisne-Marne and the Hunsrück-Eifel Cultures (Dr Manuel Fernández-Götz) ‘My kingdom for a pot!’ A reassessment of the Iron Age and Roman material from Lagore crannóg, Co. Meath (Alexandra Guglielmi) When is a mortarium not a mortarium? Analogies and interpretation in Roman Cumbria (Jennifer Peacock) Technical Weakness or Cultural Strength? Shapeless Jars in Iron Age East Yorkshire (Helen Chittock) Divine Horsemen: equine imagery in Iron Age chariot terrets (Anna Lewis) Burials of Martial Character in the British Iron Age (Yvonne L Inall) Iron Age Iron Production in Britain and the Near Continent (Scott Stetkiewicz) Religion and society. Cave sanctuaries and votive offerings in Oretania (Cristina Manzaneda Martín) From Huts to Huts: The Early Iron Age transition in the domestic architecture of Etruria (Dr Paul Miller) A reconsideration of the distribution of crannogs in Scotland (Michael J. Stratigos) New perspectives on British territorial oppida: the examination of Iron Age landscapes in time and space (Nicky Garland) High Voltage Meets Research: The E.ON 2002 Excavations in the Oppidum of Manching (Dr Katja Winger) The forts of Western Scotland: An interim study of internal area (Simon Wood) An approach to re-examining the chronology of hillforts and other prehistoric monuments (Johnathan A. Horn) Burning Questions: New Insights into Vitrified Forts (Dr Murray Cook, Fiona Watson, Professor Gordon Cook)