{"id":223,"date":"2014-10-05T13:40:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T12:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/numoocs\/?p=223"},"modified":"2021-09-15T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:05:21","slug":"meet-two-of-our-contributors-in-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2014\/10\/05\/meet-two-of-our-contributors-in-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet two of our contributors in week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;ll meet Dr Andrew Birley again, Director of Excavations from The Vindolanda Trust, and we&#8217;ll also meet Frances McIntosh, Curator of Roman Collections, English Heritage. Here they both are talking about some of their favourite objects (click on the picture for the video).<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>Dr Andrew Birley<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/uEqt9bvHGGs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-224\" alt=\"andre_favourite_piece\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/10\/andre_favourite_piece-300x171.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/10\/andre_favourite_piece-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/10\/andre_favourite_piece.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/uEqt9bvHGGs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/uEqt9bvHGGs<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Frances McIntosh<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VsBcU9OWoqs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-225\" alt=\"frances_favourite_piece\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/10\/frances_favourite_piece-300x170.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/10\/frances_favourite_piece-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/10\/frances_favourite_piece.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VsBcU9OWoqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/VsBcU9OWoqs<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Both little videos really bring to life what is might have been life in Roman times around Hadrian&#8217;s Wall. Week 3 of <a title=\"It's not too late to start.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/hadrians-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hadrian&#8217;s Wall: Life on the Roman Frontier<\/a> concentrates on frontier communities.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In week 3 we will deepen our understanding of the complexities of provincial society.\u00a0 We will look beyond the soldiers to consider the wider communities of which they were a part, we will encounter a range of non-combatants and we will try to seek out some of the \u2018native\u2019 populations living in the larger frontier area.&#8221;<br \/>\nProfessor Ian Haynes, Lead Educator, &#8216;Hadrian&#8217;s Wall: Life on the Roman Frontier&#8217;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t too late to <a title=\"There's still time to sign up!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/hadrians-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign up<\/a> &#8211; you could work with us from week 3 and then go back to the previous weeks later&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;ll meet Dr Andrew Birley again, Director of Excavations from The Vindolanda Trust, and we&#8217;ll also meet Frances McIntosh, Curator of Roman Collections, English Heritage. 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