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Supervisor Meeting Notes - 2021-06-07 - Coggle Diagram
Supervisor Meeting Notes - 2021-06-07
Derek and Mark present
Kate away, but will be back for next meeting
Discussed chapter feedback so far
Minor comments by Mark
Will be interesting to see what Kate says
Lack of response from HE or Stephen
Mark will send an email to Stephen to gently prod him
Would be useful to have a meeting with Stephen soon to discuss contingencies if HE do not reply promptly
Derek's site
perhaps a pottery kiln, but too early to tell
RC14 dates to be done for bones, and pottery to be looked at by specialist
Ideas for conclusion
Roman Britain had half as many people (ish) as 18th century Britain, but roads that were as good as, if not better than, this period
Population therefore sparser and likely differently distributed
Models so far drawing on post-med evidence have neglected to consider the implications
Analysis of RB evidence has so far suggested a very different picture, and indeed it might be that single large kiln sites (perhaps of multiple workshops) dominated production and supply and left little room for temporary and itinerant sites/workers
CBM tiles have also been considered low value, but actually may have been far more costly to produce than stone tiles
Even stone tiles are beginning to be recognised as being widely transported
E.g. Pennant sandstone to Silchester from Bristol or South Wales region
Transport of stone tiles (and building stone) confirms long distance road transport of building materials entirely feasible and widely practiced
Why then would it be necessary to employ a temporary itinerant specialist and supply raw materials if order could be bought from a massive, high quality kiln site and transported for a fair price?
Evidence for itinerant production mainly hinges on movement of roller die stamps, but these could reflect movement of workers between large kiln sites, or on analysis of a handful of stamped tiles. The shared ARVERI and LHS fabric already indicate this might be problematic
Different distributions/population size would also make kiln sites far more susceptible to economic fluctuations
Can sort this out later in the process, and definitely has potentail to integrate some aspects into thesis conclusion, but unlikely the whole thing
Chapter progress
Finish remainder of chapter by end of the week
Structure and length of thesis
Very long and too many chapters at present
How can I trim this down to a manageable and concise thesis?
Talk more about this at next meeting
Perhaps trim off chapter on previous work in Bath
Clay exploitation in Bath chapter could perhaps be relegated to appendices too
Add word counts to each chapter of thesis plan ahead of next meeting
Lake Farm CBM
At some point chase up Paul on references for the CBM from the bathhouse so that I can add it as an early example of CBM production in south-west Britain in my CBM overview chapter
Would be good to have a chat with Dan soon and see how he is getting on