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Nick Ray Author & Editor

Nick Ray was Assistant Director of the Oxford Roman Economy Project from 2014-2018 and is now with the Maritime Endangered Archaeology (MarEA) project. His research focuses on consumption practices in the Roman world, particularly relating to durable commodities, North African funerary archaeology, and post-conflict/contested heritage. He is co-editor of Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond (2019), which contains several co-authored articles. He also co-edited De Africa Romaque: Merging cultures across North Africa (2016) and has published on consumer behaviour at Pompeii and fieldwork in Libya and Morocco. Angela Trentacoste is the Gerda Henkel Stiftung Scholar at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include environmental archaeology, bioarchaeology, ancient farming, mobility, and the economic role of religious activity. Recent publications on Roman themes include contributions to Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal (2020), Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2021), and Roman Animals in Ritual and Funerary Contexts (2021). Andrew Wilson, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford. His research interests include the economy of the Roman empire, ancient technology, ancient water supply and usage, Roman North Africa, and archaeological field survey. Recent publications include: The Economy of Pompeii (ed. with Miko Flohr, Oxford, 2017); Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman world (ed. with Alan Bowman, Oxford, 2018); Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy (ed. with Chloë Duckworth, Oxford, 2020), and Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World (ed. with Jerome Mairat and Chris Howgego, Oxford, 2022).