RANDOM ORIENTATION OF ROMAN CAMPS

Author: PETERSON, J.W.M.

Source: Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 26, Number 1, February 2007 , pp. 103-108(6)

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Abstract:

Summary.

An article on the orientation of Roman camps and forts, published in this journal, based its conclusions on faulty statistical analysis. Its only verifiable claim is that the surveyors of Roman camps seem to have preferred orientations within ten degrees of the meridian. Its other claims are not supported. The supposed anomalies of orientation do not need to be explained.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2007.00275.x

Affiliations: 1: School of Computing SciencesUniversity of East AngliaNorwich NR4 7TJ, Email: jwmp@cmp.uea.ac.uk

Publication date: 2007-02-01