Marta Alberti is Deputy Director of Excavations at the Vindolanda Trust, and has worked on Hadrian's Wall for seven years. She holds an MA in Archaeology and is undertaking a PhD at Newcastle University. She has published in her fields of specialism: volunteering in archaeology, Vindolanda, and textile implements on the frontier and their relationship to female identity. ; Katie Mountain holds an MA in Roman Archaeology from Newcastle University. Her special interests include Hadrian’s Wall and Romano-British material culture. Katie currently works for Pre-Construct Archaeology Durham as a field archaeologist, archivist and on post-excavation logistics, whilst continuing her independent projects on Hadrian’s Wall and Roman finds research.