Roman Africa: An Archaeological Review David J. Mattingly; R. Bruce Hitehner The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 85. (1995), pp. 165-213. Stable URL hitp:/flinks.jstor-org/sicisici=007S-4398% 281995%2985%3C165%3ARAAAR% 0.CO%3B2-N The Journal of Roman Studies is currently published by Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Your use of the ISTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at hup:/www,jstororglabout/terms.hml. ISTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at hutp:/www,jstor.org/journals/sprs. html ch copy of any part of'a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the sereen or printed page of such transmission, ISTOR is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of scholarly journals. For more information regarding JSTOR, please contact support @ jstor.org. hupulwww jstor.org/ ‘Wed May 10 06:34:41 2006SURVEY ARTICLES ROMAN AFRICA: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW By DAVID J. MATTINGLY and R, BRUCE HITCHNER 1 awropuertont ‘The significance of the African provinces is well-appreciated in historical studies of the Roman Empire, but there isa distinct lack of good summaries in English on recent developments in the field of study.? Some introductory books sacrifice readability in favour of detail, others offer a more synthetic view, but lack depth.? The bibliography is now vast and ever more intimidating for the uninitiated; we hhope that what follows will serve both as a useful introduction for those new to the field and as a refresher for others. In this review we have concentrated on developments which seem to us to be of particular importance, whilst directing the reader's attention to basic references in other areas. ‘The emphasis throughout is on archaeological work and this will explain short measure having to be given to some portant historic and epigraphic studies, Another choice had to be the geographical Kits of the study ind, mostly, we have restricted our coverage to Africa Proconsularis and Numidia, though certain, themes demand expanding the horizons to sites in the Mauretanian provinces and Cyrenaica also. We have considered 1970 as an appropriate start-date for our survey, allowing us to review developments across the last twenty five years, though necessarily with greater emphasis being placed on publications of the last decade. “The bibliographic sources on Roman Africa are relatively abundant. First mention must goto the “unsurpassed Bibliographic Analytique, which provides not only full details ofa remarkably wide range of ‘material, but also critical and helpful comment on each entry (over 4,300 items from 1970-1988).® The only drawback with the ibliography is the time-lag in its publication (though the backlog is being reduced by the current editors). Sadly, a second specialized bibliography which appeared only a year 2-The reagan fr thi ticle ‘ade poste by the feneronty {ho awarded the fre authors Research Fellowship), the Soc for the Promotion of Roman Studien, Leeer Univeniey Arts Bugger Cente (DIM), and the Unc ‘erty of Dayton, Offs of the Provost and Coleg of ‘Aro and Sciences, and. Churchill College, Cambridge (HH) Parcel thank are dc to Phillipe Leveau and Dick Winter for making thee personal branes aa Abletousat diferent moments ant the Hbperinsof the Contre Camalle Jalan, Agven-Provence, for innamer: able Kindness. Among the many other sebalars sche tated our resezch spiel mention mt berade tT ed Butirey, Noel Duval Lis Fentres, Peter Garnecy, Henry Hunt Tim Poe, Pol Prout and Cohn Welk ‘Wersfe alo grateful to the readere who provided sever helpful comment Necdles to say we lone take ull feaponsibiity Tora sins of omission and any heresies xpressed here: With afew exceptions thas no been let refer to works plas alter December t9o4 hanks ar doe 4 Egubifor erin erode ig, zand oD, bis (ig. s) and Av Grshars (Pa) for Sib enwort: Fans Shecld ted el spprecaion tr Jenny Mattingly and’ Becky Hitchner wiv gave us me, hepuragement and expen prook-eading Useul, but already superceded part, ate J.D. ag Te Cami Hr of Mc ree Earlst mes to so BC (1982)c1.D- Fage (2). Cembrge ists of Wr Hehe BEAD roo (agp8): F KiZerbo (ed, UNESCO General Hisiory of Aiea I Methodology and Mrcan Prebstory (08). G ‘Mokhtar (0d), UNESCO General History of Noa I. ‘angen Cleats of rca (981; Nt Ea! 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BRUCE HITCHNER behind events, listing titles under a series of headings, is now defunct.” A‘North African Newsletter’ in the American Journal of Archaeology also disappeared alter a promising star. Phere have been a series ofarea or subject specific bibliographies, of which reference must be made to Le Bohec’s compilation of literature on the Roman army? and to a useful summary of relevant periodicals and series,*® and to the abundant publications on mosaics. ! Work on Late Antiquity has recently been masterfully summarized by Duval.¥? For Libya there are the bibliographies published regularly by Italian scholars,?¥ while ‘Tunisia is served by listings for Carthage" and, less up-to-date, for the rest of the country. ® Recent bibliographies specifically dealing with Morocco and Algeria are lacking. ® Epigraphy has always been at the heart of research on Roman Africa, and indeed continues to dominate many aspects of the subject. In the period under review several major corpora of inscriptions have appeared” and overviews of the most important material are readily available."® ‘These bibliographical sources are supplemented by a prolific outpouring of conference proceedings and commissioned thematic volumes on specific areas, provinces, of themes, Cyrenaica has been the subject of four published conferences and Tripolitania of one, ® with the history and archaeology of Libya as a whole featured in a review covering the period 1969-19892 An important series of international colloquia on the history and archaeology of North Africa has dealt predominantly with ANd = frie pine ds, 10 i i ti i a tee aR aot FS Rage tony Cae Coa Biel Reet eae orcad reaps Me PE SE ahh ac see ere alee a Ribagh Ri oats ft aaa i Hanh 48 (un. gucaen a sudo ab a age 3 oe ee OR ES tig df ne ite rm are Chet ramon Wee igi and Lett crore dats roan dene EF prodices dip Promote ee Mae fh. ‘SR Rebuta, 1. Gabard and Y. 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