2024

Hanson, W. S., Jones, R. E. and Hannon, N. (2024) Exploring the Antonine Wall with Terrestrial Remote Sensing. Series: Roman frontier studies. Archaeopress: Oxford. ISBN 9781803278018

2022

Hanson, W. S. (2022) Excavations outside the Roman fort on the Antonine Wall at Croy Hill, 1975–8. Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, 98, (doi: 10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2022.98.1-199)

Hanson, W. S., Crone, A., Flint, J. and MacKie, E. W. (2022) Crannogs in the Clyde: Erskine and Old Kilpatrick. Scottish Archaeological Journal, 44(1), pp. 1-45. (doi: 10.3366/saj.2022.0163)

2021

Hanson, W. S. (2021) Military or civilian? The role of fort annexes in northern and western Britain in the first and second centuries AD. Bericht der Bayerischen Bodendenkmalpflege, 62, pp. 185-196.

2020

Hanson, W.S. (2020) The design of the Antonine Wall. Britannia, 51, pp. 203-223. (doi: 10.1017/S0068113X20000112)

Hanson, W.S. and Breeze, D.J. (2020) Julius Verus and the abandonment of Antonine Scotland. Britannia, 51, pp. 323-330. (doi: 10.1017/S0068113X2000001X)

Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (Eds.) (2020) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology. Archaeopress: Oxford. ISBN 9781789694505

Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (2020) Lawrence Keppie: an appreciation. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W. S. (2020) Civil settlement and extra-mural activity on the Antonine Wall. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 332-345. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W. S. and Breeze, D. J. (2020) The Antonine Wall: the current state of knowledge. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 9-36. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W. S. and Jones, R. E. (2020) The Roman fort and fortlet at Castlehill on the Antonine Wall: the geophysical, LiDAR and early map evidence. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 218-232. ISBN 9781789694505

Maxwell, G. S. and Hanson, W. S. (2020) The Roman temporary camp and fortlet at Summerston, Strathclyde. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 193-200. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W. S. (2020) Roman relations with Ireland: a Scottish perspective. Scottish Archaeological Journal, 42(1), pp. 91-106. (doi: 10.3366/saj.2020.0123)

Hanson, W. S. and Oltean, I. A. (2020) Archaeological Aerial Archive of Romania. [Website]

2019

Hanson, W.S., Jones, R.E. and Jones, R.H. (2019) The Roman military presence at Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire: a reassessment of the evidence from aerial, geophysical and LiDAR survey. Britannia, 50, pp. 285-320. (doi: 10.1017/S0068113X1900031X)

2013

Hanson, W. S. (2013) Review of Hekster O. and Kaizer, T. (eds) 2011 Frontiers in the Roman World: Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Durham, 16-19 April 2009). (Impact of Empire 13.) Leiden and Boston: Brill. Classical Review, 63(1), pp. 206-208. (doi: 10.1017/S0009840X12003046)[Book Review]

Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (Eds.) (2013) Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer: New York, NY ; London. ISBN 9781461445050

Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (2013) A spy in the sky: the potential of historical aerial and satellite photography for archaeological research. In: Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (eds.) Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer: New York, NY, USA, pp. 3-10. ISBN 9781461445050 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4505-0_1)

Oltean, I.A. and Hanson, W.S. (2013) Integrating aerial and satellite imagery: discovering Roman imperial landscapes in southern Dobrogea (Romania). In: Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (eds.) Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer: New York, NY, USA, pp. 315-336. ISBN 9781461445050 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4505-0_18)

2012

Aqdus, S.A., Hanson, W.S. and Drummond, J.E. (2012) The potential of hyperspectral and multispectral imagery to enhance archaeological cropmark detection: a comparative study. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(7), pp. 1915-1924. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.034)

Hunter, F. (e.), Carruthers, M. (e.), Breeze, D. (c.), Bruhn, J. (c.), Crow, J. (c.), Goldberg, M. (c.), Hanson, W. (c.) and Jones, R. (c.) (2012) Scotland: The Roman Presence. Project Report. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Hanson, W. (2012) Britain, Roman conquest of (43-96). In: Martel, G. (ed.) Encyclopedia of War. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781405190374 (doi: 10.1002/9781444338232.wbeow085)

Hanson, W.S. (2012) Newstead and Roman Scotland: the Flavian to Antonine periods. In: Hunter, F. and Keppie, L.J.F. (eds.) A Roman Frontier Post and its People a Hundred Years on: Newstead 1911-2011. National Museums of Scotland: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 62-75. ISBN 9781905267750

Hanson, W.S. (2012) Review of Ingle C. & Saunders, H. 2011 Aerial Archaeology in Essex: The Role of the National Mapping Programme in Interpreting the Landscape (East Anglian Archaeology 136), Chelmsford: Essex County Council. Medieval Archaeology, 56, p. 404. [Book Review]

Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (2012) The 'Valu lui Traian': a Roman frontier rehabilitated. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 25, pp. 297-318.

2010

Hanson, W.S. (2010) Review of Symonds, M.F.A. and Mason, J.P. Frontiers of knowledge: a research framework for Hadrian’s Wall. British Archaeology, May/Ju, p. 54. [Book Review]

Hanson, W.S. (2010) The future of aerial archaeology in Europe. Photo Interprétation. European Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 46(1), pp. 3-11.

2009

Hanson, W.S. (Ed.) (2009) The Army and Frontiers of Rome: Papers Offered to David J. Breeze on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday and his Retirement from Historic Scotland. Series: JRA supplementary series. Journal of Roman Archaeology: Portsmouth, Rhode Island. ISBN 9781887829748

Hanson, W.S. (2009) Building the forts and frontiers. In: Hanson, W.S. (ed.) The Army and Frontiers of Rome: Papers Offered to David J. Breeze on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday and his Retirement from Historic Scotland. Series: JRA Supplementary Series (74). Journal of Roman Archaeology: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA, pp. 33-43. ISBN 9781887829748

Hanson, W.S. (2009) The fort at Elginhaugh and its implications for Agricola's role in the conquest of Scotland. In: Breeze, D.J., Thoms, L.M. and Hall, D.W. (eds.) First Contact: Rome and Northern Britain. Series: Monograph Series (7). Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee: Perth, UK, pp. 49-58. ISBN 9780956178336

Hanson, W.S. (2009) Review of A.E. Grant, 'Roman military objectives in Britain under the Flavian Emperors'. Britannia, 40, pp. 380-382. [Book Review]

Hanson, W.S. (2009) Roman Britain: the military dimension. In: Hunter, J. and Ralston, I.B.M. (eds.) The Archaeology of Britain: An Introduction from the Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution. Routledge, pp. 175-197.

2008

Aqdus, S.A., Drummond, J. and Hanson, W.S. (2008) Discovering archaeological cropmarks: a hyperspectral approach. In: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Beijing, China, 3-11 July 2008, pp. 361-365.

Hanson, W.S. (2008) The future of aerial archaeology in Europe (or are algorithms the answer?). In: Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome, Italy, 30 Sept - 4 Oct 2008, pp. 47-50.

Hanson, W.S. (2008) Site discovery: remote sensing approaches, aerial. In: Pearsall, D.M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Elsevier / Academic Press: San Diego, USA, pp. 1907-1912. ISBN 9780123736437

2007

Hanson, W.S. (2007) Elginhaugh: A Flavian Fort and its Annexe. Series: Britannia monograph series (23). Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies: London, UK. ISBN 9780907764342

Hanson, W.S. (2007) A Roman frontier fort in Scotland: Elginhaugh. Tempus: Stroud, UK. ISBN 9780752441139

Oltean, I.A. and Hanson, W.S. (2007) Cropmark formation in ‘difficult’ soils: case studies from Romania. In: Mills, J. and Palmer, R. (eds.) Populating Clay Landscapes. Tempus: Stroud, UK, pp. 75-88. ISBN 9780752440934

Oltean, I.A. and Hanson, W.S. (2007) Reconstructing the archaeological landscape of Southern Dobrogea: integrating imagery. In: Ehlers, M. and Michel, U. (eds.) Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VII: 17-20 September 2007, Florence, Italy. Series: Proceedings of SPIE (6749). SPIE: Bellingham, Washington, USA, p. 674906. ISBN 9780819469076 (doi: 10.1117/12.737836)

Oltean, I.A. and Hanson, W.S. (2007) Villa settlements in Roman Transylvania. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 20, pp. 113-137.

1999

Hanson, W.S. (1999) Roman Britain: the military dimension. In: Hunter, J. and Ralston, I. (eds.) The Archaeology of Britain: an Introduction from the Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 175-197. ISBN 9780415135870

Articles

Hanson, W. S. (2022) Excavations outside the Roman fort on the Antonine Wall at Croy Hill, 1975–8. Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, 98, (doi: 10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2022.98.1-199)

Hanson, W. S., Crone, A., Flint, J. and MacKie, E. W. (2022) Crannogs in the Clyde: Erskine and Old Kilpatrick. Scottish Archaeological Journal, 44(1), pp. 1-45. (doi: 10.3366/saj.2022.0163)

Hanson, W. S. (2021) Military or civilian? The role of fort annexes in northern and western Britain in the first and second centuries AD. Bericht der Bayerischen Bodendenkmalpflege, 62, pp. 185-196.

Hanson, W.S. (2020) The design of the Antonine Wall. Britannia, 51, pp. 203-223. (doi: 10.1017/S0068113X20000112)

Hanson, W.S. and Breeze, D.J. (2020) Julius Verus and the abandonment of Antonine Scotland. Britannia, 51, pp. 323-330. (doi: 10.1017/S0068113X2000001X)

Hanson, W. S. (2020) Roman relations with Ireland: a Scottish perspective. Scottish Archaeological Journal, 42(1), pp. 91-106. (doi: 10.3366/saj.2020.0123)

Hanson, W.S., Jones, R.E. and Jones, R.H. (2019) The Roman military presence at Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire: a reassessment of the evidence from aerial, geophysical and LiDAR survey. Britannia, 50, pp. 285-320. (doi: 10.1017/S0068113X1900031X)

Aqdus, S.A., Hanson, W.S. and Drummond, J.E. (2012) The potential of hyperspectral and multispectral imagery to enhance archaeological cropmark detection: a comparative study. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(7), pp. 1915-1924. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.034)

Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (2012) The 'Valu lui Traian': a Roman frontier rehabilitated. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 25, pp. 297-318.

Hanson, W.S. (2010) The future of aerial archaeology in Europe. Photo Interprétation. European Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 46(1), pp. 3-11.

Oltean, I.A. and Hanson, W.S. (2007) Villa settlements in Roman Transylvania. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 20, pp. 113-137.

Books

Hanson, W. S., Jones, R. E. and Hannon, N. (2024) Exploring the Antonine Wall with Terrestrial Remote Sensing. Series: Roman frontier studies. Archaeopress: Oxford. ISBN 9781803278018

Hanson, W.S. (2007) Elginhaugh: A Flavian Fort and its Annexe. Series: Britannia monograph series (23). Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies: London, UK. ISBN 9780907764342

Hanson, W.S. (2007) A Roman frontier fort in Scotland: Elginhaugh. Tempus: Stroud, UK. ISBN 9780752441139

Book Sections

Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (2020) Lawrence Keppie: an appreciation. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W. S. (2020) Civil settlement and extra-mural activity on the Antonine Wall. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 332-345. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W. S. and Breeze, D. J. (2020) The Antonine Wall: the current state of knowledge. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 9-36. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W. S. and Jones, R. E. (2020) The Roman fort and fortlet at Castlehill on the Antonine Wall: the geophysical, LiDAR and early map evidence. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 218-232. ISBN 9781789694505

Maxwell, G. S. and Hanson, W. S. (2020) The Roman temporary camp and fortlet at Summerston, Strathclyde. In: Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (eds.) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology (64). Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 193-200. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (2013) A spy in the sky: the potential of historical aerial and satellite photography for archaeological research. In: Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (eds.) Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer: New York, NY, USA, pp. 3-10. ISBN 9781461445050 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4505-0_1)

Oltean, I.A. and Hanson, W.S. (2013) Integrating aerial and satellite imagery: discovering Roman imperial landscapes in southern Dobrogea (Romania). In: Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (eds.) Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer: New York, NY, USA, pp. 315-336. ISBN 9781461445050 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4505-0_18)

Hanson, W. (2012) Britain, Roman conquest of (43-96). In: Martel, G. (ed.) Encyclopedia of War. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781405190374 (doi: 10.1002/9781444338232.wbeow085)

Hanson, W.S. (2012) Newstead and Roman Scotland: the Flavian to Antonine periods. In: Hunter, F. and Keppie, L.J.F. (eds.) A Roman Frontier Post and its People a Hundred Years on: Newstead 1911-2011. National Museums of Scotland: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 62-75. ISBN 9781905267750

Hanson, W.S. (2009) Building the forts and frontiers. In: Hanson, W.S. (ed.) The Army and Frontiers of Rome: Papers Offered to David J. Breeze on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday and his Retirement from Historic Scotland. Series: JRA Supplementary Series (74). Journal of Roman Archaeology: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA, pp. 33-43. ISBN 9781887829748

Hanson, W.S. (2009) The fort at Elginhaugh and its implications for Agricola's role in the conquest of Scotland. In: Breeze, D.J., Thoms, L.M. and Hall, D.W. (eds.) First Contact: Rome and Northern Britain. Series: Monograph Series (7). Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee: Perth, UK, pp. 49-58. ISBN 9780956178336

Hanson, W.S. (2009) Roman Britain: the military dimension. In: Hunter, J. and Ralston, I.B.M. (eds.) The Archaeology of Britain: An Introduction from the Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution. Routledge, pp. 175-197.

Hanson, W.S. (2008) Site discovery: remote sensing approaches, aerial. In: Pearsall, D.M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Elsevier / Academic Press: San Diego, USA, pp. 1907-1912. ISBN 9780123736437

Oltean, I.A. and Hanson, W.S. (2007) Cropmark formation in ‘difficult’ soils: case studies from Romania. In: Mills, J. and Palmer, R. (eds.) Populating Clay Landscapes. Tempus: Stroud, UK, pp. 75-88. ISBN 9780752440934

Oltean, I.A. and Hanson, W.S. (2007) Reconstructing the archaeological landscape of Southern Dobrogea: integrating imagery. In: Ehlers, M. and Michel, U. (eds.) Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VII: 17-20 September 2007, Florence, Italy. Series: Proceedings of SPIE (6749). SPIE: Bellingham, Washington, USA, p. 674906. ISBN 9780819469076 (doi: 10.1117/12.737836)

Hanson, W.S. (1999) Roman Britain: the military dimension. In: Hunter, J. and Ralston, I. (eds.) The Archaeology of Britain: an Introduction from the Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 175-197. ISBN 9780415135870

Book Reviews

Hanson, W. S. (2013) Review of Hekster O. and Kaizer, T. (eds) 2011 Frontiers in the Roman World: Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Durham, 16-19 April 2009). (Impact of Empire 13.) Leiden and Boston: Brill. Classical Review, 63(1), pp. 206-208. (doi: 10.1017/S0009840X12003046)[Book Review]

Hanson, W.S. (2012) Review of Ingle C. & Saunders, H. 2011 Aerial Archaeology in Essex: The Role of the National Mapping Programme in Interpreting the Landscape (East Anglian Archaeology 136), Chelmsford: Essex County Council. Medieval Archaeology, 56, p. 404. [Book Review]

Hanson, W.S. (2010) Review of Symonds, M.F.A. and Mason, J.P. Frontiers of knowledge: a research framework for Hadrian’s Wall. British Archaeology, May/Ju, p. 54. [Book Review]

Hanson, W.S. (2009) Review of A.E. Grant, 'Roman military objectives in Britain under the Flavian Emperors'. Britannia, 40, pp. 380-382. [Book Review]

Edited Books

Breeze, D. J. and Hanson, W. S. (Eds.) (2020) The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie. Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology. Archaeopress: Oxford. ISBN 9781789694505

Hanson, W.S. and Oltean, I.A. (Eds.) (2013) Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer: New York, NY ; London. ISBN 9781461445050

Hanson, W.S. (Ed.) (2009) The Army and Frontiers of Rome: Papers Offered to David J. Breeze on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday and his Retirement from Historic Scotland. Series: JRA supplementary series. Journal of Roman Archaeology: Portsmouth, Rhode Island. ISBN 9781887829748

Research Reports or Papers

Hunter, F. (e.), Carruthers, M. (e.), Breeze, D. (c.), Bruhn, J. (c.), Crow, J. (c.), Goldberg, M. (c.), Hanson, W. (c.) and Jones, R. (c.) (2012) Scotland: The Roman Presence. Project Report. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.

Conference Proceedings

Aqdus, S.A., Drummond, J. and Hanson, W.S. (2008) Discovering archaeological cropmarks: a hyperspectral approach. In: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Beijing, China, 3-11 July 2008, pp. 361-365.

Hanson, W.S. (2008) The future of aerial archaeology in Europe (or are algorithms the answer?). In: Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management, Rome, Italy, 30 Sept - 4 Oct 2008, pp. 47-50.

Website

Hanson, W. S. and Oltean, I. A. (2020) Archaeological Aerial Archive of Romania. [Website]