Post Roman Continuity reviewed

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/CCF6B58033DE56E9622A0FE4FBF35B86/S0003598X25101750a.pdf/aldborough-and-the-metals-economy-of-northern-england-c-ad-345-1700-a-new-post-roman-narrative.pdf

Hopefully as of interest to some as to me re continuity in post roman britain

[Jim Webster]

yes I thought it was an interesting pointer that some industries continued after some fashion

[Imperial Dave]

Its been slowly changing in this perspective re continuity. Scale is one bit of context that has to be figured in.

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495847-britains-economy-thrived-after-the-withdrawal-of-the-roman-empire/

And here...

[Jim Webster]

Interesting what industries survived and which faded away. The comment about a lot of copper production got me wondering if some pottery, certainly cooking pots, were replaced at some social levels with copper

[Imperial Dave]

there was an assumption that cooking pots changed shape due to changes in manufacturing technique but the copper pot suggestion is intriguing

[Keraunos]

Thank you.  That is interesting and correlates well with the evidence from Scandinavia that patterns of society that engaged in exchanges with the Roman empire while it existed continued until the same mid sixth century period when there is major disruption.

[Imperial Dave]

that bit got me a little. I had previously assumed mid to late 5th 'collapse' although some other stuff I have read of late argues against this as well. The mid 6th being a watershed is very intriguing