Late Iron Age and Roman Silchester: Excavations on the Site of the Forum-Basilica, 1977, 1980-86

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With contributions by D. Allen, J. Bird, M. Bird, G. C. Boont, M. Corney, C. L. Cram, B. Dickinson, J. Firth, A Grant, S. Hamilton-Dyer, M. W. C. Hassall, M. K. Jones, M. Keith-Lucas, P. Northover, N. Palk, J. P. Wild, J. Price, D. Richards, D. Serjeantson, V. Straker, N. Sunter, D. E. Williams and J. Wooders. The third volume in the Society's series on the excavations of this late Iron Age and Roman site. Excavations on the site of the forum-basilica of the civitas capital at Calleva Atrebatum have produced the first substantial evidence of the layout and character of the late Iron Age oppidum. In addition to the structural evidence, major assemblages of late Iron Age coins, ceramics, metalwork, faunal and other environmental data are reported on. 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: Robbing of Basilica 8. Period 9: The Victorian Excavations 9. Period 10: Modern Ploughsoil PART II: THE BUILDING MATERIALS II.1 The Stone Architectural Stonework Decorative Elements II.2 The Wall-Plaster II.3 The Ceramic Tile II.4 Foot-Impressed Tiles II.5 Fired Clay PART III: THE FINDS III.1 The Coins 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 III.3 The Glass III.4 Beads and Other Objects III.5 Objects of Copper Alloy and Iron III.6 Objects of Lead III.7 The Ironwork III.8 Objects of Shale and Jet III.9 Objects of Bone and Deer Antler III.10 The Stone Artefacts III.11 Objects of Fired Clay PART IV: INDUSTRIAL WASTE/TECHNICAL ANALYSES IV.l Metallurgical debris: catalogue and analysis IV.2 Iron-working and Other Miscellaneous Metal-working Residues IV.3 Petrological Analysis of the Roman Moulds PART V: BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES V.1 Diet, Economy and Ritual Evidence from the Faunal Remains V.2 The Fish Remains V.3 The Bird Bones V.4 The Human Bones V.5 The Plant Remains V.6 The Charcoal V.7 Iron Age Pollen V.8 The Rope PART VI: RECONSTRUCTION Observations on the Architectural Reconstruction of the Timber and Masonry Basilicas PART VII: SYNTHESIS The Oppidum - Latest Iron Age and Earliest Roman The Pre-Fiavian Occupation The Flavian Forum-Basilica The Hadrianic Forum-Basilica The Late Roman Occupation APPENDICES BIBLIOGRAPHY