ABSTRACT
A welcome trend in archeology over the last decade has been the development of fieldwork approaches for both theory generation and cross-cultural comparison related to an archaeology of colonialism. A comparable set of research questions has also been developed for the study of imperialism, but there has been a lag in their application to archaeological data sets. In a series of articles (Bartel 1980, 1985, Bartel et al. forthcoming) my colleagues and I have attempted to establish a number of research design priorities for this type of study. My own field research concerning the nature and degree of Roman colonialism in the province of Moesia Superior (what is now northeastern Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a logical extension of these concerns.
