Graeme Erskine
Thesis title: The Roman roads of northern Britain
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Contact details
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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William Robertson Wing
Old Medical School
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
My thesis focusses on the Roman roads of northern Britain, specifically those between Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall. I am looking at how the roads, far from being a simple means of navigation, were an active component of imperial control in the province. Paths/tracks and movement contribute directly to people's understanding and experience of landscapes, so the imposition of a new system of movement can have a significant impact on daily life. Under Roman occupation, new ways of interacting with landscapes can lead to the formation of new identities and perspectives.
A large part of my work involves using computational approaches to studying movement. In particular, I use GIS-based analytical methods to investigate factors behind the routes the Roman roads take.
Qualifications
MA (Hons) in Archaeology; MSc in Geographical Information Sciences
Responsibilities & affiliations
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Co-convenor of University of Edinburgh Archaeology Seminar Series
Co-organsier of Iron Age Research Student Symposium 2014
Current research interests
Roman roads, travel and movement in the past, the archaeology of frontiers, GIS/digital archaeology, landscape archaeologyInvited speaker
The Ivan D. Margary Memorial Conference. Roman Roads: Past, Present and Future Research
Presentation: Between the Walls - Modelling movement on the northern frontier
Burn Hall Hotel, York, 12th - 13th November 2016
Organiser
The 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium (IARSS 2014) The University of Edinburgh, 29th May - 1st June 2014
University of Edinburgh Archaeology Seminar Series Co-convenor, September 2014 - May 2017
Participant
Roman Archaeology Conference/Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2018 The University of Edinburgh, 12th - 14th April 2018
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2017 Durham University, 28th - 31st March 2017
Papers delivered
"Controlling Connectivity on the Frontier: Least Cost Analysis of the Roman roads of northern Britain"
Edge of Empire: Researching Northern Roman Britain, Durham University, 2nd September 2016
"Controlling Connectivity on the Frontier: Least Cost Analysis of the Roman roads of northern Britain"
4th Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC 2016), Uppsala University, Sweden, 23rd - 25th August, 2016
"Controlling Movement, Constructing Places: the Roman roads of northern Britain" (Poster)
Roman Archaeology Conference/Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference 2016, Sapienza Università di Roma, 16th - 19th March 2016
"Roman roads between the Walls"
University of Edinburgh Archaeology Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh, 13th March 2014
Erskine, G., Jacobsson, P., Miller, P. and Stetkiewicz, S. (eds) 2016. Proceedings of the 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium, Edinburgh. Oxford: Archaeopress.