LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN SILCHESTER: EXCAVATIONS ON THE SITE OF THE FORUM-BASILICA 1977, 1980-86
Written by Michael Fulford, Jane Timby, et al
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies
in 2000
ISBN: 090776424X
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LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN SILCHESTER: EXCAVATIONS ON THE SITE OF THE FORUM-BASILICA 1977, 1980-86
Written by Michael Fulford, Jane Timby, et al.
Stock no. 1827715
1st.
2000.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition.
Britannia Monograph Series No. 15. Large format. A heavy volume. Green glazed boards. B/w photos, illustrations, and fold-out plans. ISBN: 090776424X. A few minor marks to boards. Tiny nick to base of spine. Lower rear corner of board bumped. Text block browned and a little grubby. Page margins lightly browned else contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- PART I: THE EXCAVATIONS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Pre-Roman Occupation: Periods 1-3
- 3. Period 4: Roman Calleva: Pre-Flavian Courtyard Building
- 4. Period 5: The Flavian Timber Basilica
- 5. Period 6: The Masonry Forum-Basilica
- 6. Period 7: Late Roman Occupation of the Basilica
- 7. Period 8: Robbin of Basilica
- 8. Period 9: The Victorian Excavations
- 9. Period 10: Modern Ploughsoil
- PART II: THE BUILDING MATERIALS
- II.1 The Stone (Jameson Wooders)
- Architectural Stonework
- Decorative Elements
- II.2 The Wall-Plaster (Mary Bird)
- III.3 The Ceramic Tile (Jane Timby)
- II.4 Foot-Impressed Tiles (Leslie Cram)
- II.5 Fired Clay (Jane Timby)
- PART III. THE FINDS
- III.1 The Coins (George C. Boon)
- The Coin Catalogue
- Schedule A
- Schedule B: The British and Gaulish Coins from Silchester
- Schedule C: The Pre-Flavian Coins from Silchester
- III.2 The Pottery (Jane Timby, with contributions by Joanna Bird, Brenda Dickinson)
- Finewards
- The Sigillata (Joanna Bird and Brenda Dickinson)
- Other Finewares (Jane Timby)
- Pot Graffito (Mark WC Hassall)
- The Amphorae (David Williams)
- The Coarsewares
- Catalogue of Illustrated Sherds
- The Briquetage (Jane Timby and David Williams)
- Discussion of Pottery by Period
- Summary and Discussion
- III.3 The Glass (Denise Allan, with a contribution by Jennifer Price)
- Report on fragments from two glass vessels
- III.4 Beds and Other Objects (Denise Allan and George Boon)
- III.5 Objects of Copper Alloy and Iron
- The Brooches (Mark Corney)
- Other Objects of Copper Alloy (George Boon)
- III.6 Objects of Lead (George Boon)
- III.7 The Ironwork (David Richards)
- III.8 Objects of Shale and Jet (George Boon)
- III.9 Objects of Bone and Deer Antler (George Boon)
- III.10 The Stone Artefacts (Jameson Wooders)
- III.11 Objects of Fired Clay (Jane Timby)
- PART IV: INDUSTRIAL WASTE / TECHNICAL ANALYSES
- IV.1 Metallurgical debris: catalogue and analysis (Peter Northover and Natalie Palk)
- Crucibles
- Catalogue of Crucible Material
- Mopulds and Gate Fragments
- Coin Moulds
- Analysis of Metal Residues and other Materials
- Metal-Working Processes at Silchester and their Distribution
- IV.2 Iron-Working and Other Miscellaneous Metal-Working Residues (David Richards)
- IV.3 Petrological Analysis of the Roman Moulds (David Williams)
- PART V: BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
- V.1. Diet, Economy and Ritual Evidence from the Faunal Remains (Annie Grant)
- V.2. The Fish Remains (Sheila Hamilton-Dyer)
- V.3 The Bird Bones (Dale Serjeanston)
- V.4 The Human Bones (Janet Firth)
- V.5 The Plant Remains (Martin Jones)
- V.6 The Charcoal (Vanessa Straker)
- V.7 Iron Age Pollen (Jameson Wooders and Michael Keith-Lucas)
- V.8 The Rope (JP Wild)
- PART VI. RECONSTRUCTION
- Observations on the Architectural Reconstruction of the Timber and Masonry Basilicas
- PART VII: SYNTHESIS (Michael Fulford)
- The Oppidum - Latest Iron Age and Earliest Roman
- The Pre-Flavian Occupation
- The Flavian Florum-Basilica
- The Hadrianic Forum-Basilica
- The Laste Roman Occupation
- APPENDICES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY