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FAVERDALE, DARLINGTON: EXCAVATIONS AT A MAJOR SETTLEMENT IN THE NORTHERN FRONTIER ZONE OF ROMAN BRITAIN

Written by Jennifer Proctor
Published by Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited in 2012
ISBN: 9780956305466

FAVERDALE, DARLINGTON: EXCAVATIONS AT A MAJOR SETTLEMENT IN THE NORTHERN FRONTIER ZONE OF ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Jennifer Proctor.
Stock no. 1829479
1st. 2012. Softcover. Large format. Slightly better than very good condition.

PCA Monograph 15. Large format. Card wraps. B/w diagrams and photos. xviii and 245 pages including index. ISBN: 9780956305466. Light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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Cover of FAVERDALE, DARLINGTON: EXCAVATIONS AT A MAJOR SETTLEMENT IN THE NORTHERN FRONTIER ZONE OF ROMAN BRITAIN by Jennifer Proctor

Contents

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 Site Descripti9on
  • 1.2 Planning Background
  • 1.3 Geology and Topography
  • 1.4 Archaeological Methodology
  • 1.5 Archaeological and Historical Background
  • 1.6 Scope of this Report
  • Chapter 2: Archaeological Remains
  • 2.1 Phase 1: Natural Deposits
  • 2.2 Phase 2: Cist Burial
  • 2.3 Phase 3: Unenclosed Settlement
  • 2.4 Phase 4: Second-Century AD Enclosed Settlement
  • 2.5 Phase 5: Third and Fourth-Century AD Activity
  • 2.6 Phase 6: post-Roman Activity
  • Chapter 3: Specialist Reports
  • 3.1 Native and Roman Pottery
  • 3.2 Samian Ware
  • 3.3 Mortaria
  • 3.4 Organic Residue Analysis of the Pottery
  • 3.5 Building Material and Painted Wall Plaster
  • 3.6 Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Romano-British Wall Plaster
  • 3.7 Small Finds
  • 3.8 Glass Bangles
  • 3.9 Stone Objects
  • 3.10 Metals and Metalliferous Residues Analysis
  • 3.11 Faunal Remains
  • 3.12 Human Bone
  • 3.13 Plant Macrofossil Analysis
  • 3.14 Invertebrate Analysis
  • 3.15 Pollen Analysis
  • Chapter 4: Discussion
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Earliest Settlement at Faverdale: a Late Iron Age and Early Roman Farmstead
  • 4.3 Faverdale in the Second Century AD: Social and Cultural Change
  • 4.4 Faverdale in the Third and Fourth Centuries AD: the End of Roman Riches
  • 4.5 Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix 1 Native and Roman Pottery
  • Appendix 2 Samian Ware
  • Appendix 3 Mortaria
  • Appendix 4 Small finds
  • Appendix 5 Stone Objects
  • Appendix 6 Metals and Metalliferous Residues Analysis
  • Appendix 7 Paleoenvironmental Analysis
  • French and German Summaries
  • Bibliography
  • Index