Venta Belgarum

Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester

Francis M. Morris, Professor Martin Biddle (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

1410 Seiten

2023
Archaeopress (Verlag)
978-1-80327-680-9 (ISBN)

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This is a detailed study of the archaeology of Roman Winchester—Venta Belgarum, a major town in the south of the province of Britannia— and its development from the regional (civitas) capital of the Iron Age people, the Belgae, who inhabited much of what is now central and southern Hampshire. The archaeology of the Winchester area in prehistory is considered, and so too is the later evidence from the town, between the end of organized Roman life shortly after 400 and the foundation, c.650, of the church later known as Old Minster. At the heart of this account is the publication of the relevant phases of the sites excavated in 1961–71 by the Winchester Excavations Committee, and of the finds recovered from these excavations.

Volume 1 (Excavations) outlines previous work of relevance, and describes the WEC excavations and the post-excavation analysis of the discoveries, including full reports on the prehistoric, Roman, and post-Roman (to c.650) phases of the 14 sites excavated in 1961–71, with gazetteers for Roman Winchester, listing and describing all significant observations of the defences, and the streets and buildings within the walls.

Volume 2 (Finds) presents about 4000 of the finds from the excavations of 1961–71, with additional significant objects from earlier excavations in Winchester or other Winchester collections. Finds are described and discussed by era and type, with coins and selected pottery followed by objects grouped by industry or purpose. Concordances list these finds by site and phase or by material.

Francis Morris has a particular interest in the late Iron Age, Roman, and early Anglo-Saxon periods in Britain and in contemporary connections between Britain and continental Europe at that time. He took a DPhil in Archaeology at the University of Oxford in 2010 and subsequently worked at the Oxford Celtic Coin Index and on the publication of the Biddles’ excavations at the chapter house of St Albans Abbey (forthcoming). Since 2012 Francis has contributed to the publication of books in the Winchester Studies series, especially WS 3.i (this book), WS 4.i The Anglo-Saxon Minsters of Winchester (forthcoming), and WS 11 The British Historic Towns Atlas of Winchester. Martin Biddle has an extensive archaeological career, but is perhaps most recognized for his excavations in Winchester where he introduced into urban archaeology a multi-period and multi-disciplinary approach employing archaeology, topography, and historical archives, treating all periods from the Iron Age to the post-medieval with equal weight. This is the first of the Winchester Studies series to publish detailed site reports of the field and urban archaeology from his Winchester excavations.

PART 1. INTRODUCTION

1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

2. PREVIOUS WORK

3. THE WINCHESTER EXCAVATIONS COMMITTEE EXCAVATIONS OF 1961–71

PART 2. GENERAL DISCUSSIONS

1. GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL SETTING OF WINCHESTER

2. PREHISTORY OF THE WINCHESTER AREA

3. ROMAN WINCHESTER

4. POST-ROMAN AND EARLY ANGLO-SAXON WINCHESTER

PART 3. SITE REPORTS

1. ON THE DEFENCES

2. INSIDE THE WALLS

3. OUTSIDE THE WALLS

PART 4. ROMAN WINCHESTER: GAZETTEERS

1. GAZETTEER OF DEFENCES

2. GAZETTEER OF STREETS WITHIN THE WALLED AREA

3. GAZETTEER OF BUILDINGS WITHIN THE WALLED AREA

PART 5. FINDS: INTRODUCTION

1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

2. RECORDING OF FINDS ON SITE AND IN THE FINDS SHED

3. POST-EXCAVATION FINDS PROCESSING

4. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE OBJECTS

5. CONTEXT DATES AND RESIDUALITY

PART 6. PREHISTORIC FINDS

1. COINS

2. POTTERY

3. OTHER OBJECTS 636

PART 7. ROMAN FINDS

1. COINS

2. POTTERY

3. INDUSTRIES AND THEIR TOOLS

4. INSCRIPTIONS, STATUARY, AND RELIGIOUS OBJECTS

5. PERSONAL POSSESSIONS

6. EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS

7. HORSE EQUIPMENT

8. MILITARY EQUIPMENT

9. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS

PART 8. POST-ROMAN AND EARLY ANGLO-SAXON FINDS

1. BYZANTINE COINS OF THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES

2. EARLY ANGLO-SAXON POTTERY

3. OTHER OBJECTS

FINDS CONCORDANCES

1. THE FINDS LISTED BY SITE AND FINAL PHASE

2. THE FINDS LISTED BY MATERIAL

3. THE FINDS LISTED BY SITE AND FIND NUMBER

APPENDIX. LANKHILLS RECONSIDERED

1. INTRODUCTION

2. TOPOGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY

3. PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED c.350

4.OTHER ASPECTS

5. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

Erscheinungsdatum	03.01.2024
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	213 x 277 mm
Gewicht	327 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-80327-680-0 / 1803276800
ISBN-13	978-1-80327-680-9 / 9781803276809
Zustand	Neuware