Tanja Romankiewicz

As an archaeologist I am interested in the people of the past, their ideas, their relations, their interactions. As an architect I am interested in how people create, construct, use, and abandon their buildings. The relation between people and built space is displayed in their architecture, and most intimately played out in their houses - their homes. I am studying prehistoric and Roman architecture as material culture – not simply as pragmatic or stylistic buildings, but emotionally charged spaces, as mediums to reflect identities. My interest during my studies and Masters research has been concerned with Roman architecture and Roman concrete in particular. My doctoral and initial post-doctoral work has been concentrating on Scottish later prehistory because of its wealth of architectural remains and modern high-quality excavation record. Stone-built houses in the Atlantic zone have been standing for more than 2000 years and survive up to 13m in height; 3000-years old building stances are still visible in open settlements or hilltop enclosures, or as cropmarks in the fields. Most recently, I have worked on prehistoric and Roman architecture and art more widely with a focus on British, Irish, Danish, Dutch, French, and German archaeology to understand wider European patterns in order to compare and contrast: - design, ideas, creativity - traditional building methods and developments: prehistoric, Roman, early medieval, analogies with later vernacular - building materials - building in the landscape and landscape as a resource - contacts, identities, influences, potential and ambition expressed through architecture

Snyder, R., Russell, B., Romankiewicz, T. and Beckett, C. (2023) The Energetics of Earth and Turf Construction in the Roman World. In: Barker, S., Courault, C., Domingo, J. and Maschek, D. (eds.) From Concept to Monument: Time and Costs of Construction in the Ancient World: Papers in Honour of Janet DeLaine. Archaeopress Lin, B., Beckett, C., Romankiewicz, T., Snyder, J. and Russell, B. (2023) Unlocking the water retention behaviour of turf construction materials. In: E3S Web of Conferences Volume 382 (2023): 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023). EDP SciencesDOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338217008