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The prehistoric and Roman settlement at Kelvedon, Essex
K A Rodwell
CBA Research Report No 63 (1988)
Chelmsford Archaeological Trust Report 6
ISBN 0 906 780 51 9
Abstract
This report is an account of rescue excavations undertaken between 1968 and 1973 on the prehistoric and Roman settlements at Kelvedon, Essex (TL 864190). A gazetteer of other finds and a general discussion have also been included.
Contents
- Title pages
- Contents (p v)
- Illustrations (p vii)
- Contributors (p vii)
- 1. Introduction (p 1)
- Acknowledgements (p 1)
- Siting (p 1)
- Geology (p 2)
- Archaeological background (p 3)
- Outline chronology (p 3)
- The recording system (p 3)
- 2. Excavations in area B (p 4)
- Period 1: early prehistoric (p 4)
- Period 2C: late pre-Roman Iron Age (p 4)
- Period 3A: 1st century AD (p 5)
- Period 3B: other Roman (p 5)
- Period 3C: late Roman (p 9)
- Period 5: medieval (p 9)
- 3. Excavations in areas E and F by B R K Niblett (p 12)
- 4. Excavations in area J (p 15)
- Period 1: early prehistoric (p 15)
- Period 2: late pre-Roman Iron Age (p 15)
- Period 3A: mid 1st century AD (p 25)
- Period 3B: Roman non-cemetery features (p 26)
- Period 3C: the Roman cemetery (p 26)
- Catalogue (p 31)
- Analysis (p 31)
- Discussion (p 50)
- 5. Gazetteer (p 54)
- 6. The finds (p 57)
- Objects of copper alloy with a note on a head-stud brooch by S A Butcher (p 57)
- Objects of iron (p 67)
- Other metals(p 76)
- Objects of bone (p 76)
- Jet and Shale bracelets (p 76)
- The necklace(p 76)
- Beads (p 76)
- Glass vessels (p 76)
- Spindle whorls (p 76)
- The pipeclay fingurine by F Jenkins (p 78)
- The celtic coins (p 78)
- The Roman coins by R Reece (p 57)
- The briquetage (p 81)
- The flint artefacts by E Healey (p 82)
- Objects of stone (p 89)
- The animal bone by R M Luff (p 89)
- The human bone(p 89)
- 7. The pottery (p 92)
- The samian by W J Rodwell (p 92)
- Gallo-Belgic and coarseware stamps by V Rigby (p 99)
- Mortarium stamps by K F Hartley (p 101)
- Amphorae stamps with fabric identifications by F Williams (p 101)
- Early prehistoric pottery (p 103)
- Late pre-Roman Iron Age and Roman pottery (p 103)
- Introduction (p 103)
- Area J: period 2 A/B (p 103)
- Area J: period 2C/3A (p 107)
- Area J: period 3A(p 110)
- Area J: period 3B (p 114)
- Area J: period 3C (p 114)
- Area J: grave groups (p 117)
- Area B: period 2C(p 121)
- Area B: period 3A (p 123)
- Area B: periods 3B and 3C (p 123)
- Area Q3: pit group (p 128)
- Various localities, unstratified (p 129)
- Areas E and F (p 129)
- The medieval pottery by C M Cunningham (p 129)
- 8. Discussion (p 132)
- Early prehistoric settlement (p 132)
- The late pre-Roman Iron Age (p 132)
- Rectangular houses (p 132)
- Chronology (p 132)
- The Roman settlement (p 133)
- The road (p 133)
- The military phase (p 135)
- Development and economy (p 135)
- Religion (p 136)
- The cemeteries (p 136)
- The post-Roman settlement (p 137)
- Appendix: Table 16 (p 138)
- Correlations of published features, plans, sections and find (p 138)
- Bibilography (p 143)
- Microfiche: Excavations in area J, Gazetteer, The Finds
- Microfiche: The Pottery
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