This brief update introduces the framework of a newly funded research project entitled ‘Iron Age and Roman Heritages: Exploring ancient identities in modern Britain’ to be undertaken collaboratively by Durham University and the UCL Institute of Archaeology, and supported by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (2016–2019)1. The project assesses how the Iron Age, Roman and, via smaller pilot studies, the early Medieval pasts of England, Scotland and Wales are drawn upon today, situating this understanding in an international context (Fig. 1). Through this case study, the project team are also documenting the wider values of interacting with the past for different individuals and groups, and framing a debate that looks for ways to connect up the interests of stakeholders, as well as outlining directions for further coordinated research.

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探索近代英国的古代身份

此简短更新介绍了由达勒姆大学和UCL考古学院合作开展，并得到英国艺术与人文研究支持的一项新资助的研究项目的框架，该研究项目名为“铁器时代与罗马遗产：探索现代英国的古代身份”。理事会（2016–2019）1。该项目评估了今天如何借鉴铁器时代，罗马时代以及通过较小的试点研究，了解英格兰，苏格兰和威尔士的中世纪早期历史，并将这种理解置于国际背景下进行（图1）。通过此案例研究，项目团队还记录了不同个人和群体与过去互动的更广泛的价值，并组织了一场辩论，探讨了联系利益相关者利益的方法，并概述了进一步协调研究的方向。