Matthew S. Hobson

Associate Director / Honorary Visiting Fellow, Wardell Armstrong LLP / University of Leicester

https://leicester.academia.edu/MatthewHobson

Matthew Hobson is an experienced field archaeologist specialising in the Roman period, with published research foci on Britain and North Africa. In numerous books and articles he has explored the themes of urbanism, municipalisation and the economy, examining how the expansion of the Roman Empire affected existing trajectories of social change.

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Life and Death in Roman Carlisle

Matthew S. Hobson

Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 122

Finds from a Roman cremation cemetery in Carlisle offer an important study of burials and identity in the region. Excavated graves, including rare richly furnished burials, reveal cultural ties to the Nervii of Gallia Belgica and suggest a Nervian presence in early Roman Carlisle linked to military recruitment and local pottery production. READ MORE

Paperback: £40.00 | Open Access

Lyde Green Roman Villa, Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire

ed. Matthew S. Hobson

Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 85

The Roman villa at Lyde Green was excavated between mid-2012 and mid-2013 along with its surroundings and antecedent settlement. The results of the stratigraphic analysis are given here, along with specialist reports on the human remains, pottery (including thin sections), ceramic building material, small finds, coinage and iron-working waste. READ MORE

Paperback: £38.00 | Open Access