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Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (23rd : 2013 : Kings College London)
TRAC 2013 : proceedings of the twenty third annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference,
which took place at Kings College London, 4-6 April 2013 / edited by Hannah Platts, John Pearce,
Caroline Barron, Jason Lundock, Justin Yoo. -- Paperback edition.
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pdf) -- ISBN 978-1-78297-690-5 1. Romans--Europe--Congresses. 2. Europe--Antiquities, Roman-
Congresses. 3. Rome--Antiquities--Congresses. I. Platts, Hannah. II. Title. III. Title: Proceedings of the
twenty third annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, which took place at Kings College,
London, 4-6 April 2013.
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Cover Illustration: Marble head of Mithras from the Temple of Mithras, London. Now located in Museum of London. Reproduced with the kind permission of The Museum of London.

Introduction: TRAC Past, Present and Future: Where to go from here?

Hannah Platts, John Pearce, Caroline Barron, Jason Lundock, Justin Yoo

Since its inaugural conference at Newcastle University in 1991, the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference has been a yearly research and collaboration event in the calendar of many Roman archaeologists. The successful completion of its twenty-third annual meeting at Kings College London from 4th 6th April 2013 demonstrates the vitality of this conference, as well as emphasising its longevity. It is with the seeming durability of TRAC in mind that the editors of the current proceedings wish, like previous editors, to take the opportunity to consider the conference composition, and, for transparencys sake, to explain the editorial process and comment on the evolution and state of the nation of TRAC. This allows us to present, as far as is practicable, the contextualising information requested by previous reviewers of the conference proceedings (e.g. Laurence 2006; Gardner 2012). We decline here the invitations of the Newcastle editors to review previous volumes (Duggan et al. 2012), but in reflecting on the 2013 conference, we find ourselves repeating some observations made by earlier editors and reviewers, as well as raising matters for consideration in succeeding conferences and their associated publications.

One of the most important aspects of TRAC to be reflected upon is the nature of participation. Since its inception, each year the health of the conference has been exemplified in terms of the desire of many to participate thereby justifying its existence and boding well for its future. TRAC 2013 at KCL continued to highlight the popularity of the conference. To our surprise, our (theoretical) maximum capacity of 150 delegates (excluding KCL volunteers and participants and late registering panellists) was reached well before the conference took place. This is a testament primarily to the strength of Roman archaeology as a focus of postgraduate study; of the 150 participants 90 paid the reduced registration fee, the vast majority of whom were postgraduate students.

The health of the conference is also clear in the diversity of session and paper proposals put forward. Our decisions over whether to accept sessions were based on the coherence and theoretical relevance of the abstracts and on their having sufficient potential breadth to be likely to attract a range of speakers. For some sessions speakers had already been recruited, leaving approximately half the available slots for subsequent applicants; final paper selection was delegated to panel organisers. We also held a non-themed poster session. In total, an eclectic mix of over 65 papers and thirteen posters was presented during the two days, with a wide variety of topics being covered. As well as the plenary lecture by Professor Simon James (Imperial Rome and the Trousers of Time: Civilians, Soldiers, Barbarians and the Forging of New Romes, 100 B.C. to A.D. 30) and the general session, nine thematic panels took place. Of these three had a focus on finds (Minima maxima sunt: realising the theoretical potential of small finds; Deconstructing Roman material culture: new labels new narratives; New reflections on Roman glass) and three on issues of identity in specific settings, geographical or ritual (Migration and Social Identity in the Roman Near East: from method to practice (200 B.C.A.D. 700); How the Dead Live: Identity and Funerary monuments in ancient Italy; National Perspectives on Roman Barbarian Interaction). Single sessions took place on the analytical frameworks for the Roman economy (Neoliberalism and the Study of the Roman economy), the formation of archaeological deposits in urban contexts (Formational Processes of in-fills in Urban Archaeological Settings) and on the status of a TRAC as a specifically theoretical or theorised enterprise (Wheres the Theory? A conversation about TRAC and the role of theory in Roman archaeology). The articles gathered in these proceedings reflect, at least in part, the wide variety of subject areas discussed at TRAC 2013.

Following the conference, all speakers and poster presenters were invited to consider submitting their papers for the volume. As in previous years, only a minority did so, but still too many feasibly to be included in the volume. After a review of abstracts and first full paper submissions, eleven papers were selected for inclusion, which are presented here. It is unfortunate that the tightness of the publication timetable caused some contributions accepted at an earlier stage to be withdrawn by the authors. The editorial process for publishing TRAC proceedings involves scrutiny of all submitted papers by external reviewers (anonymously) as well as the editorial committee. Although papers published here are linked through their addressing of shared challenges or drawing on particular bodies of theory (see below), as in previous years they represent a somewhat haphazard subset of the papers given; most sessions are represented by only one or two papers, some by none at all. The inclusion of speakers on initial panel proposals may have helped the coherence of the programme as a whole, but it would appear that this has not fed through to publication (cf. Laurence 2006).

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