Crossing boundaries ancient and modern: Methodological considerations on approaching multi-scalar landscape and settlement research in Northern Britain
Hardwick, I.J., Cowley, D., Fernández-Gӧtz, M., Hamilton, D. and McDonald, S. (2026) Crossing boundaries ancient and modern: Methodological considerations on approaching multi-scalar landscape and settlement research in Northern Britain. Archaeological Journal. ISSN 2373-2288
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Abstract
A significant challenge facing archaeological research today is how to deal with the very large volume and diversity of existing data, together with the range of archives and other sources from which to access them. Another issue is how to best combine data collected for a range of purposes, with new custom-collated data, in order to answer current research questions. This article discusses these issues in the context of the Leverhulme-funded project ‘Beyond Walls: Reassessing Iron Age and Roman Encounters in Northern Britain’. The project utilized a broad range of existing and newly created data, drawn from a variety of sources across modern regional and national boundaries, to examine wide-reaching changes in late prehistoric to late antique settlement landscapes in northern Britain. Using this extensive range of data within a multi-scalar approach, the project has been able to assess settlement patterns and associated environmental evidence at a range of spatial and temporal scales, some preliminary examples of which are presented here.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Published by Taylor & Francis in 2026. This is the final published version of an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
| Keywords: | Archaeology, Northern Britain, Iron Age Britain, Roman Britain, Multi-scalar research, Landscape, Settlement, Boundaries, Frontier |
| Divisions: | School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Dr Ian Hardwick |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2026 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2026 10:06 |
| URI: | https://lbro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1352 |
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