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Hairpins; Balusters; Archaeologists; Hadrian's Wall (England); Small Finds & Ancient Social Practices in the Northwest Provinces of the Roman Empire (Book); Hoss, Stefanie

The article focuses on Chesters Roman Fort and Museum is a display case holding 34 hairpins that look like tiny spindles or spoons. It mentions archaeologists unearthed them from grounds around the fort, built about two years into the making of Hadrian's Wall and preservation of artifacts and credited to an Englishman named John Clayton. It also mentions a book "Small Finds and Ancient Social Practices in the Northwest Provinces of the Roman Empire" by Stefanie Hoss.