Matt Symonds

Rob Collins is Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology at Newcastle University. His principal research interests are in frontier studies and the collapse of complex societies, making use of archaeological remains of built structures and small finds to provide a social interpretation of the material record. Matt Symonds is Editor of Current Archaeology. He is a visiting fellow at Newcastle University with extensive excavation experience and a particular interest in roman frontier studies. Meike Weber is Research Assistant in the department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests are in Roman pottery and military archaeology, especially in North African fine wares and Samian supply to the Northern provinces of the Roman Empire in the 2nd and 3rd centuries .