Archaeological sites

[Somebody Else]

I'v an essay due in soon about comparing material development in Roman provinces - I'm thinking of doing Sicily and Noricum - or maybe Thrace. Anyway, after deciding that my uni library is an unintelligible maze, I decided to do my research online - but I can't seem to find a single decent site on the subject. Bearing in mind this is an archaeology essay, does anyone happen to know of anything that might help?

N.B. I have to compare one Mediterranean and one northern province, so I can be flexible if sources dictate - Iw as thinking comparing Dalmatia and Pannonia could be inteeresting...

[Kraxis]

To be honest I think you will have to select more wellknown provinces. Gaul and Hispania Citerior would likely get you some hits. For the itnernet is not very good at this kind of work.

You can find the sources (Livy, Polybius ect.) on the net, but works into the development of the provinces seems a bit too far to be put on the net in any great degree. Thus the more known provinces.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Anyway, after deciding that my uni library is an unintelligible maze, I decided to do my research online - but I can't seem to find a single decent site on the subject...

May I respectfully suggest that it would be time well spent to consult with the librarian and learn the classification system for the library. The internet is all very well for some things, but the reliability of sources can be suspect, and as you have found, for less popular subjects there can be little information available.

Translations of original sources are invaluable, and having the complete work may provide context that an internet article may not have. You will miss so much depth from your archaeology course if you don't use libraries.

Honestly, once you learn the system, you will be so much happier and set up for life!

[Somebody Else]

Yah, I finally found the books I was looking for. One on Dalmatia, and one on Noricum. Now I just have to find enough information in them to write an essay.

I do despise this subject.

[Red Peasant]

I'm appalled, just one book as a source for each! That's a pretty thin bibliography matey!
Have you trawled the archaeological and historical journals, of the last five to ten years, for the latest articles on the subject? e.g. AJA, JRA and JRS being the most basic. You could also search the L'annee Philologique database to see if anything in your field has been covered. For a basic starting point you could look at the relevant entries in the CAH (latest edition) and develop a bibliography search from there. Once you start the bibliography should grow.

[Somebody Else]

One book as a source each? That's better than my last essay - which I made up (don't tell my tutors). I'm only a first year, this is an optional subject - I just need to pass it (not even - I can make up for it next year if I fail). It's a mere 2000 words I have to write (I think, my course guide doesn't even tell me...).

[Red Peasant]

:laugh4:
Priceless! Good Luck.

[Hurin_Rules]

Take it from a guy who marks the papers: there is no substitute for hard work in a real library. Online sources are just not dependable enough, and it will show.

Good luck!

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

One book as a source each? That's better than my last essay - which I made up (don't tell my tutors). I'm only a first year, this is an optional subject - I just need to pass it (not even - I can make up for it next year if I fail). It's a mere 2000 words I have to write (I think, my course guide doesn't even tell me...).

You should have one source for every two hundred words. Take it from a guy working at a 2.1/1.1 level. You need at least ten sources to write a good essay.

As a stater go here:

http://uk.jstor.org/ (If your Uni has an account you should be able to get in.)

Lots of articles scanned onto the web, a real godsend when time is short.

You certainly should be looking at primary souces as well, ancient authors, reports on sites, if you can get then, etc.