Roman Books

Finds From the Frontier

Material culture in the 4th–5th centuries

edited by Rob Collins and Lindsay Allason-Jones

Finds front cover Finds from the Frontier brings together papers given at a conference held at Newcastle upon Tyne in 2008. Its aim is to elucidate the life of the 4th-century limitanei of Britain through their material culture. The papers consider whether the excavated artefacts justify the traditional implication that the period is one of declining standards and largely come to the conclusion that, on the contrary, the period was rich in artefacts that have much to tell us about the late frontier.

Londinium and Beyond

Essays on Roman London and its hinterland for Harvey Sheldon

edited by John Clark, Jonathan Cotton, Jenny Hall, Roz Sherris and Hedley Swain

Londinium cover This exciting volume pays tribute to the work of the archaeologist Harvey Sheldon, who has been involved in the archaeology of London for over four decades.

Landscape, Community and Colonisation

The North Somerset Levels during the 1st to 2nd millennia AD

by Stephen Rippon

Somerset Levels cover This innovative study examines the changing ways that human communities chose to exploit, modify and ultimately transform their environment over two millennia.

An Atlas of Roman Rural Settlement in England

by Jeremy Taylor

Roman Atlas cover This publication will present the major findings of a project on the characterisation, mapping and assessment of late prehistoric and Roman rural settlement.

Roman Droitwich

Dodderhill fort, Bays Meadow villa, and roadside settlement

by Derek Hurst

Droitwich cover This volume covers three major sites in Roman Droitwich (Salinae). The full extent and character of the Neronian fort on Dodderhill are explained, and the remains of the large and spectacular villa at Bays Meadow are also revealed.

The Barland's Farm Romano-Celtic Boat

by Nigel Nayling and Seán McGrail

Barland's Farm cover This report provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the remains of a remarkably well-preserved Romano-Celtic boat and of the environment in which it was used.

Cataractonium

Roman Catterick and its hinterland: excavations and research, 1958–1997

edited by Pete Wilson

Cataractonium 2 cover This two-part Report represents over forty years of excavation and fieldwork undertaken at Catterick (Cataractonium), North Yorkshire.

Roman Alcester Volume 3

Northern extramural area

by Paul Booth and Jeremy Evans

Alcester 3 cover This final volume in the Alcester excavation series focuses on the area of the town containing the early postulated fort around which the town is believed to have originated.

The book describes significant assemblages of pottery, metalwork, bone objects, glass and faunal remains, which add considerably to our knowledge of material culture, trade and animal husbandry.

The Defences of the Lower City

Excavations at the Park and West Parade 1970–2 and a discussion of other sites excavated up to 1994

The Archaeology of Lincoln series: Vol VII–2

by Christina Colyer, Brian JJ Gilmour and Michael J Jones. Edited by Michael J Jones

Lower defences cover This latest report, the largest to date in the Archaeology of Lincoln series, forms a companion volume to those on the Upper Defences (1980, 1984) and includes accounts of the impressive remains of the defences.

Romano-British Glass Vessels

A Handbook

by Jennifer Price and Sally Cottam, with drawings by Yvonne Beadnall

Roman glass cover This handbook has been written as an introduction to the practical study of the glass vessels of Roman Britain.

Roman Samian Pottery in Britain

by Peter Webster

Roman samian cover This handbook aims to provide a practical introduction to the study of samian pottery.

Finds from the Fortress

by HEM Cool, G Lloyd-Morgan and AD Hooley

AY17/10: Cool et al cover Reports on the finds other than pottery recovered during three excavations with the fortress of York, at Blake Street and Swinegate in the praetentura and the Purey Cust Nuffield Hospital in the retentura. This is the largest collection of Roman artefacts to have been published from York.

Roman Pottery from York

by Jason Monaghan

AY16/8 Monaghan cover Draws together evidence for the production and use of Roman ceramics in York from cAD71 through to the 5th century, summarising information relating to 260 sites excavated since the 19th Century and presents a detailed concordance of sites, enabling city-wide patterns of both ceramic use and structural development to be recognised.

Roman Pottery from the Fortress

by Jason Monaghan

AY16/7 Monaghan cover The pottery from this site reveals the changing patterns of ceramic use within the legionary fortress of Eboracum. Excavations at 9 Blake Street resulted in the recovery of the longest sequence of Roman pottery seen in York to date. Of particular interest was material deposited during the early military occupation of York, which included a large group of unused South Gaulish samian and quantities of early Flavian fine wares, plus an unusual assemblage of lamps.

Roman Pottery from the Colonia

Tanner Row and Rougier Street

by JR Perrin

AY16/4 Perrin cover This report examines the 9,500 sherds of Roman pottery from two sites within the colonia of York. A dating framework is based mainly on the samian ware and mortaria, and there is a discussion of the application of statistical analyses to the wares grouped by fabric and period. This is followed by a report on amphorae from York, which emphasises the important position held by Spanish olive oil and French wine in the economy of the area.

Environmental Evidence from the Colonia

Tanner Row & Rougier Street

by AR Hall and HK Kenward

AY14/6: Hall et al cover This report deals with biological evidence from two sites within the area of the Roman civil town or colonia close to the River Ouse and the probable Roman river crossing.

Urban Structures & Defences

Lloyds Bank, Pavement and Other Sites

by PV Addyman and RA Hall

with a Survey of Defences North-East of the Ouse

AY8/3 Addyman cover The area of central York between the Rivers Foss and Ouse has, over the past hundred years, became something of a locus classicus for the archaeological study of the Viking Age town in Britain.

Excavations in the Praetentura

9 Blake Street

by RA Hall

AY3/4 Hall cover The most complete data-set for the development of the fortress. After successive phases of later 1st-mid 2nd century timber buildings, a replanning and rebuilding in stone provides the framework for a series of later changes in the style and form of Roman occupation.

Excavations and Observations on the Defences and Adjacent Sites

Excavations and Observations on the Defences and Adjacent Sites: 1971–90

by Patrick Ottaway

AY3/3 Ottaway cover As one of the three fortresses permanently occupied from the late 1st century onwards, York is of great importance for Romano-British military studies.

Women in Roman Britain

New Edition

by Lindsay Allason-Jones

Women in Roman Britain cover What was life really like for women in Roman Britain? This new edition chronicles the latest discoveries – tombstones, writing tablets, curse tablets, burials and artefacts – to build up a vivid picture of the lives, habits and thoughts of women in Britain over four centuries.