This thesis is concerned with the interpretation of the data created by an earlier material practicum, dealing with the classification of roman fibulae discovered in an excavation at Nijmegen. The...Show moreThis thesis is concerned with the interpretation of the data created by an earlier material practicum, dealing with the classification of roman fibulae discovered in an excavation at Nijmegen. The goal of this thesis is to showcase what insights might be gained from those fibulae. This ranging from to which periods are they dated and what can that tell about the site, to insights into to whom those fibulae belonged and what their places were in roman society, concerning both gender and the roles the people who wore them fulfilled. The thesis will start with a quick background on the excavation, followed by a chapter detailing the further structure and methodology of the thesis as well as the research question and its sub questions. Then a short chapter will present the fibula data using various graphs to gain a more clear insight in the different types and their respective amounts. This is followed by a chapter detailing the dating for the different fibulae and a chapter about whom those fibulae might have belonged to. After that, the fibulae themselves will be studied, to see if it can be explained how or why they showed up in the dataset: were they simply broken or lost and are they just part of the material culture, or where they part of something more elaborate and was the deposition deliberate? Finally, in the end they will be compared to other fibulae from around the region for the purpose of learning more about their spread and possible popularity in a larger area then just the immediate surroundings of the excavation.Show less
