Download or read book Roman Iron Production in Britain written by Irene Schrüfer-Kolb and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably, Britain's valuable and abundant supplies of iron were one of the principal attractions to its Roman invaders.
Download or read book Prehistoric and Medieval Direct Iron Smelting in Scandinavia and Europe written by Lars Christian Nørbach and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 35 largely technical lectures from the Sandbjerg Conference held in 1999, examine metallurgical evidence from Scandinavia and Northern Europe as well as reporting on developments in scientific analytical techniques. Divided into five sections, papers discuss particular types of iron production and settlement; regional studies; metallographic investigations of artefacts and sites; metallographic regional studies; Geophysical prospecting and archaeomagnetic dating. The majority of articles relate to Scandinavia but there are reports on iron-smelting and specific finds and sites in Italy, Germany, England, Greece, France, Ukraine and Wales.
Download or read book Ancient West East written by G.R. Tsetskhladze and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ' This new journal from Brill makes many important promises to all scholars interested in the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and the Near East and the interactions between them. ... By opening a regular avenue for cooperation and conversation among scholars from many disciplines and countries, AWE has a real potential for fulfilling the promises it makes. '// BMCR , 2003.
Download or read book Metals in Antiquity written by Suzanne M. M. Young and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at a symposium Metals in Antiquity held in 1997 at Harvard University, which sought to explore the distribution of metals in the natural environment, and extractive metallurgy and fabrication processes, as well as the social context, use and deposition of artefacts.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain written by Martin Millett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a twenty-first century perspective on Roman Britain, combining current approaches with the wealth of archaeological material from the province. This volume introduces the history of research into the province and the cultural changes at the beginning and end of the Roman period. The majority of the chapters are thematic, dealing with issues relating to the people of the province, their identities and ways of life. Further chapters consider the characteristics of the province they lived in, such as the economy, and settlement patterns. This Handbook reflects the new approaches being developed in Roman archaeology, and demonstrates why the study of Roman Britain has become one of the most dynamic areas of archaeology. The book will be useful for academics and students interested in Roman Britain.
Download or read book Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain written by Roger Bland and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed. The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD, as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD 253296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has been a collaborative research venture between the University of Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery of these finds. A comprehensive online database (https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field surveys of a sample of them.
Download or read book Mapping Ancient Landscapes in Northamptonshire written by Alison Deegan and published by English Heritage. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A record of the National Mapping Programme project in Northamptonshire. It recovered and mapped archaeological evidence from field systems, through settlement remains, to funerary monuments, and ranges from the Neolithic to the 20th century.
Download or read book BAR International Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prehistoric and Roman Landscapes written by Andrew J. Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the essays in this book demonstrate, Prehistoric and Romano-British landscape studies have come a long way since Hoskins, whose work reflected the prevailing 'Celtic' ethnological narrative of Britain before the medieval period. The contributors present a stimulating survey of the subject as it is in the early twenty-first century, and provide some sense of a research frontier where new conceptualisations of 'otherness' and new research techniques are transforming our understanding.
Download or read book Iron Age Roman and Saxon Occupation at Grange Park written by Laurence Jones and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early prehistoric period onwards the sands and gravels had been favoured for settlement, a situation seen in microcosm at Grange Park, with the claylands probably remaining heavily wooded until they were largely cleared in the Iron Age and Roman periods. The Iron Age settlements at Grange Park may be seen as outliers of the concentration of settlements in the Upper Nene Valley around Hunsbury hillfort. In the Early and Middle Saxon periods the claylands appear to have been largely abandoned for agriculture, with resultant regeneration of woodland, before in the Late Saxon and medieval periods intensive arable exploitation expanded over most of the claylands from nucleated villages generally located on the permeable geologies. Again the site at Grange Park reflects this broader pattern in microcosm, with the whole of the 193 hectare site being brought into ridge-and-furrow cultivation during the medieval period, as evidenced by documentary and cartographic sources, aerial photographs and surviving earthworks.
Download or read book Middle Bronze Age and Roman Settlement at Manor Pit Baston Lincolnshire Excavations 2002 2014 written by Rob Atkins and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 2002 and 2014 MOLA Northampton carried out evaluation and excavation work at the Manor Pit, Baston, Lincolnshire. The site saw significant occupation in the late Bronze Age and Roman periods, with evidence of enclosures in Medieval and Post-Medieval times.
Download or read book An Imperial Possession written by David Mattingly and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-07-26 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Penguin History of Britain series, An Imperial Possession is the first major narrative history of Roman Britain for a generation. David Mattingly draws on a wealth of new findings and knowledge to cut through the myths and misunderstandings that so commonly surround our beliefs about this period. From the rebellious chiefs and druids who led native British resistance, to the experiences of the Roman military leaders in this remote, dangerous outpost of Europe, this book explores the reality of life in occupied Britain within the context of the shifting fortunes of the Roman Empire.
Download or read book Bronze Age Iron Age Roman and Saxon settlements along the route of the A43 Corby Link Road Northamptonshire written by Stephen Morris and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reports the results of intermittent archaeological mitigation works for the A43 Corby Link Road, Northamptonshire, undertaken by MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) between June 2012 to October 2013. Evidence was uncovered relating to Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon settlements.
Download or read book A Companion to Roman Britain written by Malcolm Todd and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain spans the period from the first century BC to the fifth century AD. Major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain Brings together specialists to provide an overview of recent debates about this period Exceptionally broad coverage, embracing political, economic, cultural and religious life Focuses on changes in Roman Britain from the first century BC to the fifth century AD Includes pioneering studies of the human population and animal resources of the island.
Download or read book Agriculture and Industry in South Eastern Roman Britain written by David Bird and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the SE corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure. The area is, however, comparatively neglected in discussion of Roman Britain, where it is often subsumed into a generalised treatment of the ‘civilian’ part of Britannia that is based largely on other parts of the country. This book aims to redress the balance. The focus is particularly on Kent, Surrey and Sussex account is taken of information from neighboring counties, particularly when the difficult subsoils affect the availability of evidence. An overview of the environment and a consideration of themes relevant to the South-East as a whole accompany 14 papers covering the topics of rural settlement in each county, crops, querns and millstones, animal exploitation, salt production, leatherworking, the working of bone and similar materials, the production of iron and iron objects, non-ferrous metalworking, pottery production and the supply of tile to Roman London. Agriculture and industry provides an up-to-date assessment of our knowledge of the southern hinterland of Roman London and an area that was particularly open to influences from the Continent.
Download or read book An Atlas of Roman Rural Settlement in England written by Dr. Jeremy Taylor and published by Council for British Archaeology(GB). This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the major findings of a project focusing on the characterisation, mapping and assessment of late prehistoric and Roman rural settlement. This volume highlights directions for research in the discipline and provides a framework for utilisation of a crucial archaeological resource. It is a useful reading for scholars of Roman Britain.
Download or read book Settlement and Landscape written by Charlotte Fabech and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 1999 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derived from a conference held in Aarhus, Denmark in 1998, these essays discuss a wide range of archaeological issues centered around the study of the landscape and its relationship to human settlement. Information from unpublished research and fieldwork in Denmark is drawn together and set within a broader Scandinavian and European context. The various papers therefore discuss evidence from Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Sweden, and are divided into sections on: Landscape and settlement transformations; problem of nucleation and dispersal; Settlement and non-agrarian production; Human-animal relationship; landscape seen as a social and mental construct; landscapes of power; Methods of study. A vast amount of information at a very reasonable price.
