New insights into how to look at and reveal the meaning of some of the artefacts in Canterbury\u2019s Roman museum are revealed in a new book by a University of Kent archaeologist.<\/p>\n
Professor Ray Laurence<\/a>\u2019s book, titled Roman Archaeology for Historians<\/a>, is aimed at strengthening the links between history and archaeology to gain a better understanding of the past.<\/p>\n It includes a chapter that shows the reader how to look at and reveal the meaning of objects on display at the Canterbury Roman Museum.<\/p>\n Professor Laurence, of the University\u2019s School of European Languages and Culture<\/a>, set up The Heritage and Innovation Network at Kent<\/a> (THINK) two years ago, which links around 70 staff at the University with the county\u2019s museum-based heritage community.<\/p>\n He\u2019s also established an internship programme for his students which involves them working in museums in East Kent and the English Heritage backed Alliance to Reduce Crime against Heritage<\/a>.<\/p>\n He said: \u2018Historians need to understand archaeology, and that, if we wish to reach into the distant past, written records alone will not suffice.<\/p>\n \u2018This book is all about showing that it is important for archaeologists, classicists and Roman historians to work together to gain a better understanding of our Roman past.\u2019<\/p>\n