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The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal #TRAJ publishes peer-reviewed #OpenAccess articles on #RomanArchaeology by @openlibhums.bsky.social | Edited by @emilyhanscam.bsky.social

https://traj.openlibhums.org/
NEW TRAJ #BookReview

Roman Feet and Shoes by Elizabeth Shaw, ✍️ Marquita Volken

"an invaluable resource and a starting point for identifying Roman mentalities regarding the significance of shoe- and foot-shaped artefacts"

doi.org/10.16995/tra...

@barpublishing.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
NEW #TRAJ Book Review 📚

Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions edited by Alessandro Launaro, reviewed by Myles McCallum.

"an important and stimulating volume"

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
September 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A very topical book review by @curtisdozier.bsky.social of pharos.vassarspaces.net

📚 Classical Controversies: Reception of Greco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century ed. by Kim Beerden & Timo Epping

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Kick off the fall with a #TRAJ #BookReview!

📚 'At Home in Roman Egypt' by Anna Boozer, reviewed by Stefania Alfarano

"she successfully highlights the complexity of household life in Roman Egypt, challenging assumptions of its exceptionalism within the broader Roman world"

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
August 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🍇 Interested in #Wine and #AncientRome?

Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
July 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NEW #TRAJ review, 'In the Footsteps of the Etruscans: Changing Landscapes around Tuscania from Prehistory to Modernity, by Graeme Barker & Tom Rasmussen.

"The long-awaited publication of the Tuscania survey offers a dataset of high quality and importance." ✍️ Robert Witcher

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
July 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Check out one of our latest book reviews!

Gabii through its Artefacts, ed. by Laura M. Banducci & Mattia D'Acri, reviewed by Adeline Hoffelinck.

"This volume stands out for its qualitative analysis of everyday objects ... contributions are of outstanding quality"

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
June 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
There are some great new Book Reviews in the latest issue of #TRAJ, including -

📘 Gabii through its Artefacts
📕 Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
📗 In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
📙 #Roman Feet & Shoes

Check them out here! traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
May 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!

Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!

FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
May 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We used to celebrate #FindsFriday in the old place, for today, how about the Colchester Cup from the British Museum?

Read more about 1st century Roman mold-blown glass cups in Cassibry 2018, 'Spectacular Translucence: The Games in Glass' from #TRAJ Vol 1

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
April 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are always pleased to see a new round of the conference which inspired TRAJ!

The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2025 will be held online from 22-24 Oct, see the call for sessions.

#TRAC2023 was also held on Gather.town, for commentary see our Vol 7 editorial: doi.org/10.16995/tra...
March 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Check out a recent #TRAJ #BookReview!

Revelation & Material Religion in the Roman East ed. by Leach, Smith & Keddie, reviewed by Constanze Graml

'contributions on the textual world of the New Testament, which provide interesting and creative thought experiments"

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
March 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
NEW #TRAJ Book Review 'Archaeology of the #Roman Conquest' by Manuel Fernández-Götz & Nico Roymans, ✍️ by Al McCluskey

"excellent up-to-date references, well-written, lavishly illustrated & is highly accessible"

"new multidisciplinary methodologies to conflict archaeology"

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
March 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Check out this recent #TRAJ review! 'Un insediamento di età romana dimenticato nel tempo' ed. by Paolo Visonà, ✍️ (in English) by Edoardo Vanni.

'a good preliminary historical-archaeological foundation history.. of the territory of the middle Agno-Guà Valley (Veneto, Italy)'

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
February 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
NEW #TRAJ 📚 #BookReview

🌳 Trees in Ancient Rome: Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate by Andrew Fox, reviewed by Giulia Caneva

"stimulating and extremely useful in this modern era of ‘plant blindness’"

FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...

@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #AcademicSky
February 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
📣 One week left until the deadline!

Submit a proposal for an #OpenAccess Special Issue of #TRAJ

- push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world

- Deadline 31 Jan, info below -

#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #AcademicSky
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We are very happy to welcome 3 new Editorial Board members!

Dr Stuart McKie (U of Exeter)
Dr Cristina Mondin (U of Padova)
Dr Berber van der Meulen-van der Veen (U of Amsterdam)

Curious about the humans behind #TRAJ? Have a look at our current editorial team:

traj.openlibhums.org/editorialteam/
January 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Check out a recent #RomanArchaeology #BookReview!

GIS Applications in Roman Landscape & Territory. Methodologies & models in Hispania ed. by Pedro Trapero Fernández & André Carneiro, ✍️ José M. Costa-García

FREE traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...

@barpublishing.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM

Did you know the Romans wrote curses?

Check out our 🆕 #BookReview of Living & Cursing in the Roman West: Curse Tablets & Society by Stuart McKie
(@bigfridge224.bsky.social) reviewed by Madeline Line.

"a valuable contribution to curse tablet scholarship"

doi.org/10.16995/tra...

#AcademicSky
January 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Publication day! 🎉

TRAJ Volume 7 is complete, featuring 3 research articles & 22 book reviews (with an editorial coming very soon).

👀 - Philip Rademacher's new research article on bias in the Coins of the Roman Empire database

6 new book reviews

traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1279/i...
December 27, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Call for Special Issue Proposals!

Following on from Sensory Experiences in the Roman North & in-progress Cosmologies Across Boundaries, #TRAJ is pleased to invite applications for 2026:

- #OpenAccess
- push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world
- Deadline 31 Jan
December 18, 2024 at 1:49 PM
🌲 FREE #BookReview of Plants, Politics & Empire in Ancient Rome by Annalisa Marzano, ✍️ Andrew Fox

"This book is especially strong in its discussion of economy & what the trade of plant products can tell us about the role of plants in the Roman world ..."

doi.org/10.16995/tra...

#TRAJ #archaeology
December 17, 2024 at 1:34 PM
We fixed it for you! 🦖 #winning
December 10, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Start the week with a #TRAJ #BookReview!

Senses, Cognition & Ritual Experience in the Roman World, ed. by @drblankam.bsky.social & Abigail Graham, ✍️ by Charlotte Spence (@ox.ac.uk)

"a highly compelling case for increasing engagement with Cognitive Science of Religion"

doi.org/10.16995/tra...
December 9, 2024 at 10:59 AM
#TRAJ #bookreview 👇

Mediterranean Timescapes by @raylaurence1.bsky.social & Francesco Trifilò ✍️ by @antiquethought.bsky.social

"I fervently hope that younger scholars will indeed take note of Laurence & Trifilò’s important proof of concept.."

traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...

#Academicsky
November 25, 2024 at 3:03 PM