naa a22 4500 510741800 CHVBK 20180411083031.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11457-013-9121-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11457-013-9121-5 Rogers Adam School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, University Road, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK aut Social Archaeological Approaches in Port and Harbour Studies [Elektronische Daten] [Adam Rogers] This introductory article to the special issue of the Journal of Maritime Archaeology offers a comparative perspective on the theme of archaeological theory and social archaeological approaches to ports and harbours. As a specialist in Roman archaeology I was keen to explore the way in which specialists in other areas of archaeology approached the archaeology of ports and harbours and whether different approaches and perspectives may be able to add nuances to the way in which material is interpreted. The volume brings together a collection of exciting new studies which explore social themes in port and harbour studies with the intention to encourage debate and the use of new interpretative perspectives. This article examines a number of interpretative themes including those relating to architectural analyse, human behaviour, action and experience and artefact analysis. These themes help us to move towards a more theoretically informed ports and harbour archaeology which focuses on meaning as well as description. The emphasis on theory within archaeology allows us to be more ambitious in our interpretative frameworks including in Roman archaeology which has not tended to embrace the theoretical aspects of the archaeological discipline with as much enthusiasm as some other areas of archaeology. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Comparative archaeology nationallicence Social analysis nationallicence Archaeological theory nationallicence Water nationallicence Roman studies nationallicence Journal of Maritime Archaeology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 8/2(2013-12-01), 181-196 1557-2285 8:2<181 2013 8 11457 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-013-9121-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 editorial jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-013-9121-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rogers Adam School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, University Road, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Maritime Archaeology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 8/2(2013-12-01), 181-196 1557-2285 8:2<181 2013 8 11457 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer