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Section 1: Archaeology, interpretative narratives and the State

Flipping the Script on Colonial Narratives: Replicating Roman Reliefs from the Antonine Wall

Louisa CampbellSchool of Humanities, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4101-8210View further author information
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Pages 3-31 | Published online: 06 Oct 2021

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