Research Catalog

Title

Fosse Lane, Shepton Mallet, 1990 : excavation of a Romano-British roadside settlement in Somerset / by Peter Leach with C. Jane Evans and contributions by Lynne Bevan ... [et al.] ; and illustrations by Mark Breedon, Nigel Dodds and Liz Induni.

Author

Leach, Peter E., 1923-

Publication

London : Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Evans, C. Jane
• Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

Description

xvi, 349 p. : ill., maps; 30 cm.

Series Statement

Britannia monograph series ; no. 18

Uniform Title

Britannia monograph series no. 18.

Subject

• Geschichte 1990
• Geschichte 1990
• Excavations (Archaeology) > England > Shepton Mallet
• Britons > England > Shepton Mallet
• Romans > England > Shepton Mallet
• Shepton Mallet (England) > Antiquities, Roman
• Fosse Way (England)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-342) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1.0.Introduction -- 1.1.The site and its setting -- 1.2.Background and circumstances of excavation -- 1.3.Research objectives and procedure -- 1.4.Excavation and recording strategies -- 1.5.Post-excavation research -- 2.0.Site Narrative -- 2.1.Introduction -- Appendix: Index of phased contexts and features -- 2.2.Area I/Building I and Area II -- 2.3.Area III -- compound and cemetery -- 2.4.Area IV -- compound, streets and cemetery -- 2.5.Area V -- the southern compounds -- 2.6.Area VI -- the northern compounds -- 2.7.Area/Building VII and environs -- 2.8.Area/Building VIII and environs -- 2.9.Areas/Buildings IX and X and environs -- 2.10.Summary and interpretation -- 3.0.The Finds -- 3.1.Introduction / Peter Leach -- 3.2.Prehistoric Material -- The flint / Lynne Bevan -- The pottery / Jane Evans -- 3.3.Vessels -- The Roman pottery / David Williams -- Glass vessels / Sally Cottam -- Metal vessels / Julie Smith -- Bucket mount / Derek Moscrop
• Note continued: Pot rivets and cramps / Iain Ferris -- Stone mortars / Fiona Roe -- Shale bowl / Julie Smith -- 3.4.Personal Objects -- Brooches / Donald Mackreth -- Glass and jet beads / David Kendrick -- Finger-rings and intaglio / Sally Cottam -- Bracelets / Julie Smith -- Pins / David Kendrick -- Buckles, belt and strap fittings / Julie Smith -- Dress fasteners and pendant / David Kendrick -- Hobnails / Olwen Coventry -- Toilet instruments / Julie Smith -- Palettes / Fiona Roe -- Gaming counters / Fiona Roe -- 3.5.The Coins -- Iron Age coin / Colin Haselgrove -- Roman coins / Simon Esmonde Cleary -- 3.6.Building Materials, Fixtures and Fittings -- Stone building materials / Fiona Roe -- Fired clay, brick and tile / Lynne Bevan -- Mortar and plaster analysis / Graham Morgan -- Window glass / Sally Cottam -- Keys, latch and door fittings / Martin Henig -- Miscellaneous fittings / Julie Smith -- Copper-alloy nails and studs / Julie Smith -- Nails / Olwen Coventry
• Note continued: 3.7.Domestic Equipment, Tools and Implements -- Querns and millstone / Fiona Roe -- Whetstones / Fiona Roe -- Weights / Iain Ferris -- Spindlewhorls / Jane Evans -- Styli / Julie Smith -- Spoons / Roger Tomlin -- Knives and cleavers / Derek Moscrop -- Craft and industrial tools / Derek Moscrop -- Agricultural equipment / Derek Moscrop -- 3.8.Industrial By-Products -- Bone and metalworking / Iain Ferris -- Inscribed lead ingot / Roger Tomlin -- Slag and other metalworking debris / David Starley -- 3.9.Funerary and Ritual -- Stone coffin / Fiona Roe -- Lead coffins / Stephen Minnitt -- Altar fragment / Fiona Roe -- Ammonite / Fiona Roe -- Silver pendant / Catherine Johns -- Votive objects / Martin Henig -- 3.10.Human Remains -- The human skeletons / Stephanie Pinter-Bellows -- Radiocarbon dates / Peter Leach -- 3.11.Animal Remains -- Animal bone / Stephanie Pinter-Bellows -- 3.12.Plant Remains -- Charred plant macrofossils / Vanessa Straker
• Note continued: Organic material preserved on metalwork / Jacqui Watson -- 4.0.Discussion and Review / Jane Evans.

ISBN

0907764274

LCCN

^^2001536141

OCLC

• 48154291
• SCSB-12612511

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library