Annual Report 2007-8 - The British School at Rome

P UBLICATIONS‘ short review cannot do justice to the richA documentation, detailed explanations, and carefulanalysis presented in this book, which is an importantcontribution in itself and is bound to stimulate morescholarship and further investigations’, Journal of RomanStudies 97 (2007); ‘… the book provides a valuable synthesisof what is currently known about Portus, and it has broadersignificance for this reason. It is likely to be consulted andcited by scholars with an interest in the imperial harbor foryears to come’, Journal of Field Archaeology 32 (2007); ‘dansune zone aussi menacée par les développements urbains,aéroportuaires et touristiques, la nouvelle cartearchéologique dressée constitue aussi un instrument depremière importance dans la gestion et la sauvegarde dupatrimoine … Saluons le remarquable travail d’équipe qui apu gérer efficacement l’urgence et les difficultés techniquespour un résultat original et novateur sur le plan historique’,L’Antiquité Classique 76 (2007); ‘Despite its weight, thisbook is reader-friendly. The paired full-page illustrationsand interpretations are an inspired idea, all the evidence ismade available, and the contributions of Italian colleaguesare valuable. It is an opulent production, well written andproduced, worthy of a splendid achievement’, Antiquity 80(315) (2008); ‘This richly illustrated text is a paradigm forhow to conduct a well-funded, thorough, unobtrusivegeophysical survey. It provides a vital new compendiumabout the function and design of Rome’s artificial harborand its relationship to Imperial maritime life … These andother carefully informed conjectures afford the scholarlyworld fresh insights into the complexity of Portus. Rome’sgreat harbor complex hides many secrets, but thanks tothis meticulous publication, more have now beenrevealed’, American Journal of Archaeology 112 (2008).Such has been the reception of Portus: an ArchaeologicalSurvey of the Port of Imperial Rome, by Simon Keay, MartinMillett, Lidia Paroli and Kristian Strutt, published by theBSR in 2005. Its popularity has been such that this yearwe had to reprint, in order to satisfy demand.Papers of the British School at Rome 75 (2007) waspublished in November. It contains a range of papers,including contributions on the archaeological survey ofthe Faliscan settlement at Vignale, Falerii Veteres (by SimonKeay and Martin Millett and their collaborators, a projectthat forms part of the BSR’s Tiber Valley Project), on thelocation of the Porta Romanula (by Peter Wiseman, RomeScholar 1961–2, Balsdon Fellow 1984–5, and Chair of theSchool’s Council 2002–7), on Pirro Ligorio, Cassiano DalPozzo and the Republic of Letters (by Susan Russell, theSchool’s current Assistant Director), and on French policyin Italy and the Jesuits, 1607–38 (by Anthony Wright,Rome Scholar 1969–71).The 2008 volume (vol. 76), which is currently inproduction, will be the first one produced under theEditorship of Josephine Crawley Quinn. It will also have anew design, which we hope will prove more attractiveand, at the same time, easier for the reader.This year has also seen the merger of the PublicationsAdvisory Committee with the Faculty of Archaeology,History and Letters. This will allow a more efficient andclear link between the research that the School issupporting and the publications programme. Bryan Ward-Perkins remains as Chair of Publications within theFaculty, and all members agreed to become members ofthe Faculty. Thus academic validation for the formalacademic publications of the School now rests with theFaculty of Archaeology, History and Letters.Gill ClarkPublications ManagerA list of publications in print and details of how to order books appear onpages 52–3. Any enquiries should be addressed to the School’s London office.34