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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Romano-British"”.
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Buried before the flood? A regional study of Romano-British tableware
Past discussions of Romano-British pewter tableware have tended to view the vessels in representative terms, as evidence either for the ‘Romanisation’ of the south of Britain, or as signifiers of elite identity. This thesis builds a more holistic understanding of how these vessels may have been …
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Buried before the flood? A regional study of Romano-British tableware
Past discussions of Romano-British pewter tableware have tended to view the vessels in representative terms, as evidence either for the ‘Romanisation’ of the south of Britain, or as signifiers of elite identity. This thesis builds a more holistic understanding of how these vessels may have been …
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The biological affinities of several Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon populations as shown by dental morphology
… to provide answers to certain questions facing British archaeology. The question directly confronted in this thesis is how the change in fifth century Britain, manifested by a change in cultural material from archaeological sites, came to pass. The transition from the Romano-British period to …
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A study of inscribed material from Roman Britain: An inquiry into some aspects of literacy in Romano-British society
The aim of this thesis is to test the theory that literacy in Roman Britain was largely an achievement of a wealthy, educated social elite. Inscribed material from Roman Britain has been examined in connection with four areas of human activity: religion, working life, funerary practice and …
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Survey Archaeology on the Yorkshire Wolds: An integrated remote sensing approach to Late Iron Age and Romano-British landscapes
… evolved throughout the Late Iron Age and Romano-British period. The research utilises data derived from four large-scale geophysical surveys undertaken across key parts of this landscape, integrated within an extensive aerial photographic study that collates evidence from both new and …
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Pooled resources: an experimental investigation of salt production and pottery manufacture within the LIA and Romano-British landscape of Poole Harbour, Dorset.
… paper explores links between Late Iron Age and Romano-British industries, around Poole Harbour, Dorset. Focusing on two major economic activities in the production of salt and a major pottery industry, South East Dorset Black Burnished Ware 1 (SEDBB1). Excavation has revealed evidence for a …
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Whence came the English?: exploring relationships between the Iron Age, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon periods in Britain and Denmark : a craniometric biodistance analysis
… the most striking changes was the 5th century AD Romano-British / Anglo-Saxon transition, which has often been explained using models which focus on a mass migration and invasion of Angles, Saxons and Jutes from what is now Denmark and northern Germany. This explanation, based on cultural …
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A gendered analysis of health from the Iron Age to the end of the Romano-British period in Dorset, England (mid to late 8th century B.C. to the end of the 4th century A.D.)
… in Dorset, England during the Iron Age and Romano-British period (N= 270). The study employed a standardised method of recording to collect data from 21 sites, which was analysed at the population level. The data was discussed using a combination of social archaeology and a medical ecology …
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Spatial association in archaeology. Development of statistical methodologies and computer techniques for spatial association of surface, lattice and point processes, applied to prehistoric evidence in North Yorkshire and to the Heslerton Romano-British site.
The thesis investigates the concepts of archaeological spatial association within the context of both site and regional data sets. The techniques of geophysical surveying, surface distribution collection and aerial photography are described and discussed. Several new developments of technique are …
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The Use of Coal for Ferrous Metallurgy in Roman Britain
The occurrence of coal on Romano-British archaeological sites has been recognized for many years, but the evidence for how coal was actually employed was mostly circumstantial. In this thesis, the use of coal for blacksmithing in Roman Britain is definitively proven based on the analysis of iron …
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Palaeoecology of human impact in northwest England during the early medieval period: investigating ‘cultural decline’ in the Dark Ages
… assigned major ‘woodland clearances’ to the Romano-British period, woodland regeneration phases to the early Dark Ages, ‘subdued’ agriculture to Anglo-Saxon farmers and pastoral clearances to the actions of Norse settlers.<br/>The overarching aim of this study has been to question the …
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Re-examining associated bone groups from southern England and Yorkshire, c4000BC to AD1550.
… proportion of ABGB from both regions comes from Romano-British sites. Furthermore, their nature is highly variable within and between periods and regions. The previous interpretation of these deposits is also an important factor. Currently, ABG deposits from prehistoric and Romano-British …
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Domesticated Dogs in the Art and Archaeology of Iron Age and Roman Britain
… for ritual practice involving animals found at a Romano-British temple complex in Springhead, Kent, and comparable finds from both sacred and secular sites, suggest that domestic dogs were also a favoured sacrifice during this period. As well as analysing such archaeological evidence, this study …
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Taken to the grave. An archaeozoological approach assessing the role of animals as crematory offerings in first millennium AD Britain.
… views on the utilisation of animals in Romano-British funerary practice. Cremation burials in first millennium AD Britain are shown to include the burnt remains of predominantly domestic taxa with occasional wild species. The pyre goods are interpreted as representing food offerings, …
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Healthiness, through the material culture of the late iron age and roman large urban-type settlements of South-East Britain.
… healthiness in the late Iron Age and Romano-British periods. The literature review explores current thinking around this topic, and confirms that aspects of good health mattered to people in the past. The research explores small finds that are traditionally associated with personal use …
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The economy of the Roman south Pennines with particular reference to the lead extraction industry in its national context.
… the economy of the upland south Pennines in the Romano—British period.It is particularly directed towards examining the role of lead mining in the national context of that industry.The initial chapters examine the Iron Age,historical and natural backgrounds,the probable size of the population and …
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Palaeoecological studies on the Rivington Anglezarke uplands, Lancashire
… this period, one well-marked example being of Romano British provenance. Incising cloughs probably remained well wooded during this period and the clearance of flanking woodlands is associated with increasing anthropogenic influence and a final upsurge in agrarian exploitation persisting from …
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Aspects of later Roman pottery assemblages in Northern England. Investigation of Roman pottery assemblages and supply with emphasis on East Yorkshire industries, and of the potential of neutron activation analysis for fabric characterisation.
… when nearly all the strands of evidence of Romano-British material culture disappear very rapidly.
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