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Whetstones from Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire : character, manufacture, provenance and use : 'putting an edge on it'
- Title
- Whetstones from Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire : character, manufacture, provenance and use : 'putting an edge on it' / J.R.L. Allen.
- Author
- Allen, John R. L.
- Publication
- Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2014.
- ©2014
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DA147.S54 A46 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 118 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 30 cm
- Series Statement
- BAR British series ; 597
- Uniform Title
- BAR British series ; 597.
- Subject
- To 1500
- Whetstones > England > Silchester
- Excavations (Archaeology) > England > Silchester
- Stone industry and trade > England > History > To 1500
- Quarries and quarrying > England > History > To 1500
- Rocks > England
- Whetstones > England > History > To 1500
- Whetstones > Wales > History > To 1500
- Classical antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Quarries and quarrying
- Rocks
- Stone industry and trade
- Whetstones
- Römerzeit
- Schleifstein
- Silchester (England) > Antiquities, Roman
- England > Antiquities, Roman
- Wales > Antiquities, Roman
- England
- England > Silchester
- Wales
- Silchester
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-108).
- Contents
- Abstract -- Sharpening stones -- Typology, description, manufacture -- Whetstones from the brownstones (Lower Devonian) -- Whetstones of upper old red sandstone (Upper Devonian) -- Whetstones of pennant sandstone (Late Upper Carboniferous) -- Whetstone from the Portland Group (Upper Jurassic) -- Whetstone from the Weald clay formation (Early Lower Cretaceous) -- Whetstones of greensand (Lower Cretaceous) -- Whetstones of sarsen (Cenozoic) -- Whetstones of ironstone (Cenozoic) -- Whetstones from miscellaneous geological sources -- Whetstones from other sites at Silchester -- Whetstone supply and use at Insula IX -- References -- Appendix 1. Gazeteer of whetstones from published Roman sites in southern Britain.
- ISBN
- 9781407312804
- 1407312804
- LCCN
- 2015463473
- OCLC
- ocn883898174
- 883898174
- SCSB-1784119
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library