Cathleen Weng ’24
Undeclared
Religious Environments in Roman Britain
The goal of the project I worked on was to study and collect data on various elements of religious environments in Roman Britain, a time period during which Britain was under Roman rule. To organize these data, we used the collaborative software Airtable to record information about cults, religious sites, deities and inscriptions from Roman Britain. I focused on a few burials from this time period, all of which went against the custom of their time period in some way. I wrote a paper arguing for the examination of noncemetery burials in conjunction with one other to understand what each community valued based on their burial sites. I also compiled information about some of the cults, locations and deities that I researched into the shared Airtable. I not only now have a much better understanding of Roman Britain, but also of the preparation and implementation of long-form research projects. It certainly cemented my interest in archaeology and encouraged me to pursue a certificate in archaeology.
2021
Urban Systems and Planning for a Sustainable Future
Kay Research Group, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
Janet Kay, Associate Research Scholar, Art and Archaeology