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Call for Papers - TRAJ Special Issue: “Sensory Experiences in the Roman North”

This special issue […] will focus on the sensory implications of archaeological material from a region so-far neglected by sensory studies: the ‘Roman North’ (including modern France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Britain and immediately adjacent areas), from the earliest interactions with Roman civilisation to Late Antiquity. Our contributors will discuss the sensory impact that the influx of external material culture, behaviours, urbanism, and populations had on indigenous communities in the northern provinces, reconstructing complex processes of negotiation, resistance, and adaptation.

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