ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines the archaeology of Roman Britain that does not take the narrative approach for granted or rely on normative assumptions in reconstructing the archaeological evidence. It also suggests that a critical approach to the biography, such as in the framework of the heterography, allows us to think about people's changing identities within the social context of the Roman Empire. But this critical approach to identity does not only apply to people but also to objects, buildings, settlements and landscapes. The critical biography allows us to challenge the way in which we reconstruct and think about buildings, settlements and landscapes in this context. It has often been stated or assumed in Romano-British studies that Roman Britain was an especially unusual province in how it developed and in its archaeological record.
