Preface Who were the Logisticians? Dispensatores, imperial agents supplying the army Stephen R. Matthews Part 1. Organic riches. The impact of organic resources on frontier research Organic riches. The contribution of organic materials to the understanding of frontier dynamics Carol van Driel-Murray An integrated study of organic archaeological environments at Vindolanda. A case-study from the 2nd-century extramural settlement Elizabeth M. Greene and Barbara Birley From tree to post. Logistics and organisation around infrastructural works in the Lower Germanic Limes Silke Lange Wood, Craft, and People. The potential and challenges of wooden objects from Roman contexts Rob Sands Em)bedding the Romans. Rare fragments of a Roman bed in the extra-mural settlement of Marktveld-Weerdkampen, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland (the Netherlands) Tamara J.J. Vernimmen, Stephan T.A.M. Mols, Jeroen Loopik and Wouter K. Vos As good as new? A remarkable find of wooden roof-shingles from Houten, the Netherlands Ivo Vossen, Tamara J.J. Vernimmen and Sjoerd van Daalen Part 2. ‘Ripae et litora’. Supply and security on the riverine and coastal edges of the Roman Empire The River Main (Hesse/Germany) as route of military supply. New archaeological and geoarchaeological research Thomas Becker, Andreas Vött, Lea Obrocki and Anna-Lena Dixius The castra Velsen 2 Arjen V.A.J. Bosman The Roman sea frontier along the Channel and North Sea. Development, nature, tactics, and strategy Wouter Dhaeze Were there any repairs to the Rhine bridge Colonia Agrippina. Divitia at the end of the 4th century AD under the magister militum Arbogast the Elder? Dendrochronological data and historical classification Norbert Hanel and Thomas Frank Investigating Corbulo’s Canal. A situation report Wilfried A.M. Hessing Prisoners of ethno-geography. Transnational dynamics of warfare between Late Iron Age Ireland and the Roman frontier in Britain, 122-163 AD Al McCluskey When’s a fleet a fleet? Classes and legions on the water Christoph Rummel Defending dunes. Details of the Antonine coastal limes between Rhine and Meuse Jeroen van Zoolingen Securing transport of wood over water on the Roman Rhine Ronald M. Visser Part 3. Rome’s hunger for metals. Roman mining in and outside the provinces and the part of the Roman military Roman army and mining Markus Scholz Under the eyes of the Roman army. Early imperial mining on the Lower Lahn river (D) Frederic Auth, Daniel Burger-Völlmecke, Peter Henrich and Markus Scholz Casting the smith in a new light. Using social theories of technology to understand of Roman military metalworking Amy J. Baker A new Roman camp north of the Lower German Limes at Ermelo (The Netherlands) Mark Driessen and Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart The Roman army in the Oriental Pyrenees (2nd-1st century BC). Territorial control and management of provincial resources in the High Lands Oriol Olesti Vila, Joan Oller Guzmán and Jordi Morera Camprubí Von Bergleuten, Händlern und römischem Militär im Lahntal (D) Gabriele Rasbach Part 4. Brickyards and limes kilns of the Roman army The brickyards of Legio IIII Flavia Felix in Dacia in the early 2nd century AD Alexandru Flutur The newly excavated brick and tile kiln in the Vindolanda North Field Craig A. Harvey and Elizabeth M. Greene The Saalburg Tile Kiln Project. Making Roman ceramic building materials the whole way Rüdiger Schwarz The lime kilns of Legio II Italica in Lauriacum/Enns (Noricum) Stefan Traxler, Felix Lang, Herbert Böhm and Gerald Grabherr Part 5. Water and agriculture The aqueduct of Noviomagus Paul M. Kessener Material traces of viticulture in Southern Pannonia Jana Kopá?ková and Hana Ivezi? The Chesters road bridge and wharf on Hadrian’s Wall Ian Longhurst Organization of the water supply for the Trajanic frontier fort in the Nabataean settlement of Hawara (Southern Jordan) John Peter Oleson and Craig A. Harvey Vessels with the handle above the opening from Lower Pannonia and Upper Moesia Ivana Ožani? Rogulji? and Angelina Rai?kovi? Savi? Irrigating the land, provisioning the caravans. Water decline and military settlement at el-Deir (Kharga Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt), 3rd-5th century AD Gaëlle Tallet and Jean-Paul Bravard Erd-Reich – Earthen Empire. Eine Übersicht zu neuen, geoarchäologischen Untersuchungen zum Rasensodenbau am römischen Limes Tanja Romankiewicz, Ben Russell, Christopher T.S. Beckett, J. Riley Snyder and Rose Ferraby Part 6. Small finds everywhere Water and control along the later Roman Empire’s south-eastern border Walter D. Ward The Jets vs. the Sharks, a story from the west side of Vindonissa. Comparison of two brooch assemblages from the civil settlement West Hannes Flück New insights into the distribution of Roman metal finds in the Netherlands with PAN Stefanie Hoss Rittium – Surduk Hana Ivezi? and Jana Kopá?ková Hier auch! Webgewichte in den Legionslagern Neuss und Bonn Tünde Kaszab-Olschewski Military small finds from Castra Ad Fluvium Frigidum (Slovenia) Ana R. Kova?i? and Maruša Urek Militaria in the Cantabrian Wars. The Carisa axis of operations. The cases of ??agüezos and A Cuaña Esperanza Martín Hernández The Roman army on the Rhine and the monetization of the rural hinterland Rahel Otte Military equipment and horse gear from the Nijmegen castra and canabae legionis Vincent van der Veen Semi-rigid scale armour. Characteristics, dating and distribution of a Roman body armour Martijn A. Wijnhoven Military artefacts in the civil province of Britannia. A case study: Trompetenmuster mounts Edwin Wood
