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Facing the Palace: Excavations in front of the Roman Palace at Fishbourne
John Manley & David Rudkin
Volume 141, 2003
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| 1 | Plan of southern Britain and north Gaul, showing some key sites, and tribal names at the time of the Roman invasion of ad 43, and the location of Fishbourne. | p9 | | |
| 2 | Plan of southern Britain showing the location of Fishbourne, the location of key pottery industries, and stone resources such as flint (from the chalk) and greensand. | p9 | | |
| 3 | Plan of Chichester harbour showing the location of the Palace and Roman Chichester, and the Chichester Dykes. | p10 | | |
| 4 | Aerial photograph of the Palace from the east. The cover building over the North Wing of the Palace is clearly visible, and the location of our excavations in the field between the Palace and the A27 at the bottom. | Plate | ||
| 5 | Aerial photograph of Chichester Harbour from the north; the road at bottom left is the A27. | Plate | ||
| 6 | Plan of Fishbourne Roman Palace, indicating some of the floor coverings. From an original by Ernest Black and finished artwork by Sue Rowland. | p10 | | |
| 7 | Outline plan of the Palace and the location of Area A and Area B, indicating the outline of Building 3 and the ditch in Area B. | p11 | | |
| 8 | Plan of all excavations east of the Palace carried out in the 1980s and 1990s; finished artwork by Sue Rowland. | p12 | | |
| 9 | Plan of the areas excavated in each of the five seasons, superimposed on an outline plan of Building 3. | p13 | | |
| 10 | Plan showing the co-ordinates of the excavation grid system based on eastings and northings. | JPG | 24Kb |
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| 11 | Birthday celebrations during the 1995 season; the cake schematically portrays the main features uncovered in the 1995 season. | JPG | 70Kb |
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| 12 | Richard drawing a small section in 1996. | JPG | 73Kb |
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| 13 | Corinne sieving for small finds in 1996. | JPG | 38Kb |
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| 14 | Robbie and Helen plan the southern walls of Building 3 in 1995. | Plate | ||
| 15 | Training tomorrow's archaeologists was a central component of the dig. | p14 | | |
| 16 | Phase AA - distribution of selected flint finds; note the very different distribution of the flint finds compared with that of most other artefact distributions. | JPG | 26Kb |
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| 17 | Phase AA - location of context 56. | JPG | 22Kb |
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| 18 | Phase AA - distribution of four selected flint categories. | JPG | 32Kb |
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| 19 | Phase AA - bar diagram of contexts with more than 9 flints. | JPG | 50Kb |
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| 20 | Flint finds 1-10. | JPG | 127Kb |
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| 21 | Flint finds 11-17. | JPG | 55Kb |
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| 22 | Phase AB - plan of the foundations of Building 3, indicating the location of all sections excavated through the foundation walls. These sections were excavated in order to find out more about the method of construction of the walls, and to try and locate datable artefacts incorporated in the foundation walls. | p16 | | |
| 23 | Phase AB - plan of the foundations of Building 3, indicating robbed and unrobbed foundations, and the locations of 'red-clay' foundation fills; rows 1 and 3 post-holes and the north-south road. | p17 | | |
| 24 | Phase AB - plan of the foundations showing all masonry context numbers. | p17 | | |
| 25 | The junction of foundation walls 410/407 from the north-east. The north wall of Building 3 is centre left and the boundary wall is centre right. The two foundation walls were bonded together - indicating contemporary construction. | p18 | | |
| 26 | Building 3 - Section 5. | JPG | 59Kb |
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| 27 | Building 3 - Section 6. | JPG | 54Kb |
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| 28 | Building 3 - Section 9. | JPG | 50Kb |
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| 29 | Building 3 - Section 12. | JPG | 39Kb |
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| 30 | Building 3 - Section 13. | JPG | 61Kb |
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| 31 | Building 3 - Section 14. | JPG | 38Kb |
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| 32 | Building 3 - Section 15. | JPG | 44Kb |
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| 33 | Building 3 - Section 16. | JPG | 46Kb |
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| 34 | Building 3 - Section 18. | JPG | 53Kb |
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| 35 | Building 3 - Section 105. | JPG | 65Kb |
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| 36 | Building 3 - Section 106. | JPG | 37Kb |
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| 37 | Building 3 - Section 107. | JPG | 70Kb |
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| 38 | Building 3 - Section 108. | JPG | 51Kb |
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| 39 | Building 3 - Section 109. | JPG | 49Kb |
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| 40 | Building 3 - Section 130. | p18 | | |
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| 41 | 1996 dig: David talking to a guided tour group; guided tours were undertaken several times each day of the excavation. | p21 | | |
| 42 | 1996 dig: the eastern range of Building 3 from south; scales are 2 m; note the central pit in the middle of the range. | p21 | | |
| 43 | 1996 dig: the western side of the eastern range being excavated, viewed from the south. | p22 | | |
| 44 | 1997 dig: the western range of Building 3 from the north; scales are 2 m; the stream is to the right of the excavation. | p23 | | |
| 45 | Sarah plans part of the south-west room of the western range in 1997 - taken from the south. | p23 | | |
| 46 | The south-east corner of Building 3 (context 222); the line of the foundations in this area was heavily robbed in antiquity. | Plate | ||
| 47 | The southern corridor walls of Building 3; scales are 2m; note the greensand edging stones and the flint core of the foundations. | p24 | | |
| 48 | The north wall (414) of the south-west room of Building 3; the scale on the top of the wall is 0.5 m; note the greensand edging stones. | p25 | | |
| 49 | An excavated section through the west wall (411) of Building 3; the vertical scale is 1 m. | p26 | | |
| 50 | Don, Annie and Richard take a closer look at the western wall of Building 3 in 1997. | Plate | ||
| 51 | South-east corner of Building 3; robber trench (259); scales are 1 m. | p26 | | |
| 52 | The eastern end of wall 6 of Building 3 in 1995, from the east. | JPG | 63Kb |
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| 53 | Coursed flint masonry in the side of wall 6, Building 3; note how the flints have been layered. | JPG | 84Kb |
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| 54 | Wall 222 of Building 3 from the east; note the greensand edging stones; scales 2 m. | JPG | 55Kb |
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| 55 | Phase AB - hypothetical reconstruction of Building 3 by David J.A . Taylor. | p27 | | |
| 56 | The western wall of Building 3, from the north; the stream is to the right; scale 2 m. | JPG | 43Kb |
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| 57 | The robbed-out northern corridor wall, and the north wall of Building 3, from the east. | JPG | 37Kb |
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| 58 | The robbed-out northern corridor wall, and the north wall of Building 3, from north-west. | JPG | 74Kb |
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| 59 | Sally and the western external wall (411) of Building 3, from the south; the scale on the wall is 0.5 m. | JPG | 42Kb |
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| 60 | The boundary wall extending south from Building 3, cut by the stream. | JPG | 58Kb |
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| 61 | The northern boundary wall of Building 3 in 1998 from the south; the overlying soil and stones are the make-up of the flint road. | JPG | 54Kb |
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| 62 | Phase AB - row 1 post-hole plans and sections. | JPG | 32Kb |
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| 63 | Phase AB - row 3 post-hole plans and sections. | JPG | 31Kb |
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| 64 | Phase AC - general plan; note that the boundary wall to the north of Building 3 has been demolished, and the aqueduct cuts through the foundations of the wall. | p31 | | |
| 65 | Phase AC - the plan of the aqueduct, which at its western end terminated in the sump. | p32 | | |
| 66 | Phase AC - the eastern section of the aqueduct. | p32 | | |
| 67 | Phase AC - the eastern section of the aqueduct. | p33 | | |
| 68 | Phase AC - the pottery dump in the aqueduct; this is a critical assemblage (Assemblage 7), since the boundary wall of Building 3 must be earlier than the date of deposition of this assemblage. | p33 | | |
| 69 | Rim of a mortarium from the upper filling of the aqueduct of Phase AC. | p34 | | |
| 70 | Rim of a storage jar from the filling of the aqueduct of Phase AC. | p34 | | |
| 71 | The dump of pottery in the eastern end of the aqueduct (Phase AC), from the west. This is a critical assemblage (Assemblage 7), since the boundary wall of Building 3 must be earlier than the date of deposition of this assemblage. | JPG | 49Kb |
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| 72 | Phase AC - the aqueduct cuts through the boundary wall. This was a key stratigraphic observation. | p34 | | |
| 73 | 1998 dig - the eastern end of the aqueduct at lower right; the northern boundary wall runs left to right across the middle of the photograph . | p35 | | |
| 74 | 1998 dig - boundary wall of Building 3 to left; the excavated post-holes in the foreground were those excavated by Alec Down. | p36 | | |
| 75 | Phase AC - the western section of the sump. | p36 | | |
| 76 | Phase AC - sump, and Phase AE - greensand causeway; from the north. | p37 | | |
| 77 | The sump (621) (Phase AC), from the east. | JPG | 52Kb |
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| 78 | Phase AC: plan of the robber trench on the north flanking/boundary wall; the beam slot cut across the top of the filled-in robber trench. | p38 | | |
| 79 | Phase AC: pottery in robber trench; this is a key assemblage (Assemblage 8). | p39 | | |
| 80 | The robbed-out end of the northern boundary wall (Phase AC), from the south. | JPG | 49Kb |
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| 81 | Nearly complete vessel found in the linear slot of Phase AD. | Plate | ||
| 82 | Phase AD: general plan; note that the row 2 post-holes cross the line of the demolished boundary wall. | p40 | | |
| 83 | Phase AD: greensand road; note that the western section has been truncated by the excavations of Alec Down. | p40 | | |
| 84 | Phase AD: wheel ruts in the greensand road. | p41 | | |
| 85 | Phase AD: wheel ruts and post-holes in the greensand road. | p41 | | |
| 86 | Phase AD: row 2 post-hole plans and sections. | JPG | 40Kb |
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| 87 | Phase AD: row 2 post-hole plans and sections. | JPG | 35Kb |
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| 88 | Phase AD: 530, row 2 post-hole, from the west; scale is 0.3 m. | p42 | | |
| 89 | Phase AD: cut for stream, showing the positions of the stake-holes at the bottom. | p43 | | |
| 90 | Phase AD: section across the stream. | p44 | | |
| 91 | Phase AD: section along the stream. | p45 | | |
| 92 | David getting wet excavating the deposits in the bottom of the stream in 1997. | Plate | ||
| 93 | Phase AE: greensand stones in the stream; Assemblage 14 came from this context. | p47 | | |
| 94 | Phase AD: stake-holes in the bottom of the stream; taken from the south. | p47 | | |
| 95 | Phase AD: linear slot. | p48 | | |
| 96 | Phase AD: upturned pot in the linear slot; scale is 0.3 m. | p48 | | |
| 97 | Phase AD: linear slot. Phase AE - water-pipe. The linear slot crosses from left to right; the water-pipe runs from top to bottom. | p49 | | |
| 98 | Phase AD: south-west end of the linear slot. | p49 | | |
| 99 | Phase AE: general plan; note part of the timber building at the northern edge of the excavation. | p50 | | |
| 100 | 1999 dig - rows 4 and 5 post-holes to left. | p51 | | |
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| 101 | Phase AE: 567 post-hole: row 5; horizontal scale 0.5 m, vertical scale 0.3 m. | p52 | | |
| 102 | Excavating post-holes from rows 4 and 5 from the east. | p52 | | |
| 103 | Phase AE: the greensand causeway from the south. | p56 | | |
| 104 | Phase AE: row 4 post-hole plans and sections. | JPG | 51Kb |
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| 105 | Phase AE: row 4 post-hole plans and sections. | JPG | 55Kb |
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| 106 | Phase AE: row 5 post-hole plans and sections. | JPG | 53Kb |
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| 107 | Phase AE: row 5 post-hole plans and sections. | JPG | 65Kb |
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| 108 | Post-holes 575 and 542 (row 4; Phase AE) from the south. | JPG | 77Kb |
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| 109 | Post-holes 543 and 544 (rows 4 and 5; Phase AE) from the east. | JPG | 90Kb |
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| 110 | Phase AE: industrial pit; scale 0.5 m. | p57 | | |
| 111 | 1998 excavation season - the boundary wall of Building 3 to the right, and the square imprint of Alec Down's trench D to the left. | p57 | | |
| 112 | Phase AE: the plan of the long east-west slot for the timber building. | p58 | | |
| 113 | Phase AE: the plan of the shorter north-south slots for the timber building. | p58 | | |
| 114 | David looks down at the chalk floor (600,608; Phase AE) over the robbed-out end of the northern boundary wall. | Plate | ||
| 115 | Phase AE: the plan of the water-pipe trench; the iron collars joining wooden sections of the pipe were still standing upright. | p60 | | |
| 116 | One of the iron water pipe collars from Phase AE. | p60 | | |
| 117 | Phase AF: the general plan; note the position of Alec Down's trenches B,C and D. | p61 | | |
| 118 | Phase AF: the plan of the central pit; note how the 'floor' was formed by irregularly shaped pieces of greensand, with the gaps between the stones filled by small flints, and a piece of Purbeck marble. | p62 | | |
| 119 | Part of a rim of a bowl of colourless glass from the midden in Phase AF - number 10 in the Glass Catalogue. | p62 | | |
| 120 | A typical piece of greensand used to face the walls of Building 3, and a tegula and imbrex from the filling of the central pit of Phase AH. | Plate | ||
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| 121 | Mollie and Annette on the floor of the central pit in 1996; Mollie had excavated with Alec Down on the site in 1983. | Plate | ||
| 122 | Phase AF: a section of the central pit. | p63 | | |
| 123 | Not a fake photo! Volunteers gawp as the first indications of the rough flagged floor of the central pit are revealed in 1996; Sandy is in the green T-Shirt. | Plate | ||
| 124 | Phase AF: the floor of the central pit; note the large fragment of tegula on the floor of the pit towards the top of the photograph. | p63 | | |
| 125 | Tile on the floor of the central pit (Phase AH). | JPG | 77Kb |
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| 126 | Gully 297 (Phase AF) running south from the central pit. | JPG | 39Kb |
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| 127 | Close-up of the floor of the central pit (Phase AF). | JPG | 78Kb |
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| 128 | Phase AF: plans of gullies from the central pit. | p64 | | |
| 129 | Helen lifts one of the greensand flagstones in 1996 to reveal... just red, natural clay and not a coin in sight! | p65 | | |
| 130 | Trial hole in the red clay beneath the greensand flags of the central pit. | JPG | 47Kb |
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| 131 | More natural red clay beneath the greensand flags of the central pit. | JPG | 79Kb |
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| 132 | Phase AG: general plan; Building 3 has been demolished. | p67 | | |
| 133 | Phase AG: plan of demolition deposit 556; is this an area where robbed stone was sorted, prior to being used elsewhere? | p68 | | |
| 134 | Phase AH: general plan; demolition deposits probably from the Palace spread across the western end of Building 3. | p70 | | |
| 135 | Phase AH: plan of the courtyard pit; the drain runs from its south-west corner. | p70 | | |
| 136 | Phase AH: section of the courtyard pit. | p71 | | |
| 137 | Mollie excavating the courtyard pit in 1995. | p71 | | |
| 138 | Phase AH: plans and sections of three post-holes around the central pit. | p72 | | |
| 139 | Phase AH: 211 (one of three post-holes around the central pit). | p72 | | |
| 140 | Post-hole 209 (Phase AH) from the west. | JPG | 70Kb |
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| 141 | Phase AH: plan of the drain which cut through the foundation walls of Building 3. | p73 | | |
| 142 | New Forest Beaker from the drain of Phase AH. | p74 | | |
| 143 | Phase AI: general plan showing the extent of key deposits. | p75 | | |
| 144 | Phase AJ: section across the robber trench 437. | p76 | | |
| 145 | Robber trench 232 in the eastern range of Building 3 (Phase AJ). | JPG | 46Kb |
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| 146 | Phase AK:- general plan; the late medieval drain crosses the northern foundation walls of Building 3 on its way to the stream. | p76 | | |
| 147 | Phase AK: plan of the late medieval drain. | p77 | | |
| 148 | Phase AK - section of the late medieval drain. | p77 | | |
| 149 | The medieval drain excavated, from the east (Phase AK). | JPG | 43Kb |
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| 150 | Phase AL: general plan. | JPG | 26Kb |
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| 151 | Phase AL: details of bones. | JPG | 67Kb |
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| 152 | Phase AL: the bone-line; Steve ponders what it all means. | p78 | | |
| 153 | Close-up of some of the horse bones in the bone-lines in 1997 (Phase AL). | JPG | 37Kb |
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| 154 | The bone-line turns a corner (Phase AL).? | JPG | 56Kb |
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| 155 | Phase AM: general plan. | JPG | 15Kb |
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| 156 | Area B: from the south-west; the early ditch runs from right to left. | p80 | | |
| 157 | Phase BA, BB: general plan; an outline plan of the excavated ditch. | p81 | | |
| 158 | Phase BC: the western pits, probably representing successive episodes of dumping in the top of the infilled ditch. | p81 | | |
| 159 | Phase BD: the line of smashed pottery. | p82 | | |
| 160 | The line of pottery, from the east - phase BD. | p83 | | |
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| 161 | Phase BF: plan of the northern pit. | p85 | | |
| 162 | Animal bones and stones in the northern pit; from the west. | p85 | | |
| 163 | Phase BF: animal bone filling of northern pit. | p85 | | |
| 164 | Area B: north section, providing a section through the northern pit. | p86 | | |
| 165 | Area B: west section, providing a section across the ditch and western pits. | p86 | | |
| 166 | Area B: east section, providing a section across the ditch. | p87 | | |
| 167 | Ditch: east section. | p87 | | |
| 168 | Area B: south section. | p88 | | |
| 169 | Two worked stones 1-2. | JPG | 44Kb |
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| 170 | Types of tile flanges (A-S) and cut-outs (A-F). | JPG | 34Kb |
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| 171 | Pie diagrams of relative percentages of tegula, imbrex, brick, flue tile and water pipe during the five years of excavation. | JPG | 39Kb |
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| 172 | The distribution of selected Roman keyed tile finds. (Note that in all distribution maps of finds, levels are in metres above sea-level, and numbers in brackets indicate actual numbers of finds; usually only finds with three-dimensional location co-ordinates are plotted - hence 'selected'.) | p94 | | |
| 173 | Bar chart indicating selected contexts with Roman keyed tile finds. | JPG | 36Kb |
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| 174 | Three relief-patterned tiles. | JPG | 56Kb |
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| 175 | The distribution of tesserae; note the concentration in the north of the excavation. | p95 | | |
| 176 | Bar chart illustrating the principal contexts containing tesserae. | JPG | 53Kb |
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| 177 | Blue Frit photos. See images embedded in supplementary text | |||
| 178 | Blue Frit XRF print-outs. See images embedded in supplementary text | |||
| 179 | Thin sections of two samples of mortar from Building 3. | JPG | 59Kb |
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| 180 | Distribution of selected Roman coin finds from the 95-99 excavation. | p99 | | |
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| 181 | Profiles of the three Roman coin assemblages from Fishbourne by periods of issue and numbers of coins in each group out of coins per thousand. A profile is also provided for the total assemblage of coin finds from Fishbourne (1961-1999). | p100 | | |
| 182 | Tincomaros. Gold quarter stater. SF 11914. | p101 | | |
| 183 | Tincomaros. Silver minim. SF 1626. | p101 | | |
| 184 | Carthage. Ae 18. SF 52 (1983). | JPG | 24Kb |
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| 185 | Claudius I. Plated denarius. SF 69 (1983). | JPG | 30Kb |
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| 186 | Decorated samian 1-10. | JPG | 32Kb |
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| 187 | a) Small bust of Pan from the midden in Area B - number 21 in the Decorated Samian Catalogue; | Plate | ||
| b) Sherd of Form 29 samian from the flint road of Phase AE - number 2 in the Decorated Samian catalogue. | Plate | |||
| 188 | Decorated samian 11-21. | JPG | 41Kb |
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| 189 | Arretine stamps. | JPG | 18Kb |
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| 190 | Arretine ware from the ditch and associated ground surface; note the graffiti TV, presumably the initials of the owner of this cup - SF 11115. | Plate | ||
| 191 | Samian stamps. | JPG | 34Kb |
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| 192 | Bar Chart illustrating the sizes of selected samian sherds. | JPG | 50Kb |
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| 193 | Bar Chart indicating the sizes of samian sherds by date. | JPG | 50Kb |
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| 194 | Bar Charts showing the numbers of samian forms by date - pre-Claudian, pre-Flavian. | JPG | 59Kb |
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| 195 | Bar Charts showing the numbers of samian forms by date - Flavian, Trajanic. | JPG | 65Kb |
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| 196 | Bar Charts showing the numbers of samian forms by date - Hadrianic, Antonine, Late Antonine. | JPG | 61Kb |
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| 197 | The respective quantities of samian sherds by date from selected samian production zones - Arretine, South Gaulish, Central Gaulish. | JPG | 52Kb |
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| 198 | The respective quantities of samian sherds by date from selected samian production zones - East Gaulish, MdV and Lezoux. | JPG | 58Kb |
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| 199 | Samian - pre-Claudian distribution. | p106 | | |
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| 200 | Samian - pre-Claudian Bar Chart. | JPG | 50Kb |
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| 201 | Samian - pre-Flavian distribution. | JPG | 36Kb |
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| 202 | Samian - pre-Flavian Bar Chart. | JPG | 35Kb |
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| 203 | Samian - Flavian distribution. | JPG | 39Kb |
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| 204 | Samian - Flavian Bar Chart. | JPG | 40Kb |
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| 205 | Samian - Trajanic distribution. | JPG | 32Kb |
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| 206 | Samian - Trajanic Bar Chart. | JPG | 49Kb |
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| 207 | Samian - Hadrianic distribution. | JPG | 31Kb |
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| 208 | Samian - Hadrianic Bar Chart. | JPG | 41Kb |
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| 209 | Samian - Antonine distribution. | JPG | 47Kb |
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| 210 | Samian - Antonine Bar Chart. | JPG | 46Kb |
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| 211 | Samian - Late Antonine distribution. | JPG | 27Kb |
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| 212 | Samian - Late Antonine Bar Chart. | JPG | 27Kb |
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| 213 | Samian - 1st-century distribution. | JPG | 55Kb |
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| 214 | Samian - 1st-century Bar Chart. | JPG | 31Kb |
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| 215 | Samian - 2nd-century distribution. | JPG | 36Kb |
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| 216 | Samian - 2nd-century Bar Chart. | JPG | 48Kb |
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| 217 | Pottery finds 1-24. | JPG | 45Kb |
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| 218 | Pottery finds 25-36. | JPG | 37Kb |
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| 219 | Pottery finds 37-56. | JPG | 43Kb |
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| 220 | Pottery finds 57-77. | JPG | 58Kb |
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| 221 | Amphorae sherds: the two handles and body sherds came from the infilling of the stream. | p107 | | |
| 222 | Mortaria 1-6. | JPG | 32Kb |
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| 223 | Mortaria 7-13. | JPG | 28Kb |
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| 224 | Mortaria 14-16. | JPG | 30Kb |
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| 225 | Pie charts showing the number of sherds, the weight of sherds and the number of vessels from each mortaria production centre. | p110 | | |
| 226 | Glass finds 1-8, 10, 11, 13, 15-17. | JPG | 37Kb |
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| 227 | Glass finds 12, 18-20. | JPG | 33Kb |
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| 228 | Glass finds 21-28. | JPG | 24Kb |
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| 229 | Glass finds 29-40. | JPG | 29Kb |
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| 230 | Glass finds 41-44, 46, 48-51, 53-58. | JPG | 36Kb |
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| 231 | Glass finds 59-63, 66, 72. | JPG | 45Kb |
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| 232 | Glass finds 67-71. | JPG | 33Kb |
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| 233 | Polychrome and ground glass fragments - numbers 1, 2, and 4 in the Glass Catalogue. | Plate | ||
| 234 | The distribution of selected Roman glass finds. | p112 | | |
| 235 | Bar chart indicating selected contexts with more than nine Roman glass finds. | JPG | 47Kb |
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| 236 | Two intaglios from the upper filling of the stream. | JPG | 40Kb |
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| 237 | Intaglio 1. | Plate | ||
| 238 | Intaglio 2. | Plate | ||
| 239 | Copper-alloy finds 1-6. | JPG | 46Kb |
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| 240 | Copper-alloy finds 7-9. | JPG | 41Kb |
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| 241 | Copper-alloy finds 10-12, 15, 29. | JPG | 66Kb |
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| 242 | Copper-alloy finds 30-32. | JPG | 53Kb |
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| 243 | Copper-alloy finds 33-37. | JPG | 49Kb |
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| 244 | Copper-alloy finds 38-41. | JPG | 43Kb |
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| 245 | Copper-alloy finds 42-44. | JPG | 49Kb |
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| 246 | Copper-alloy finds 45-48. | JPG | 52Kb |
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| 247 | Copper-alloy finds 49, 50, 55-57. | JPG | 67Kb |
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| 248 | Copper-alloy finds 62, 77-80. | JPG | 40Kb |
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| 249 | Copper-alloy finds 81, 82, 83. | JPG | 31Kb |
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| 250 | Late 1st- to 2nd century brooch in the midden of Phase AF - number 8 in the Copper Alloy catalogue. | p114 | | |
| 251 | A trumpet-shaped fitting from the topsoil in the 1998 season - number 32 in the Copper Alloy catalogue. | p115 | | |
| 252 | Distribution of selected Roman copper-alloy finds. | p115 | | |
| 253 | Bar chart indicating selected contexts with more than one Roman copper-alloy find. | JPG | 72Kb |
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| 254 | Annie does some metal-detecting on boards on the spoil-heap. | p116 | | |
| 255 | Iron finds 1-11. | JPG | 37Kb |
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| 256 | Iron water pipe collars. | JPG | 42Kb |
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| 257 | The distribution of selected nails. | p117 | | |
| 258 | Bar chart illustrating selected contexts containing more than 9 nails. | JPG | 44Kb |
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| 259 | Lead finds 1-10. | JPG | 57Kb |
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| 260 | A lead die, formed from an irregular cube, from the topsoil in the 1999 season. | p120 | | |
| 261 | The distribution of lead finds. | p121 | | |
| 262 | Bar chart illustrating selected contexts containing lead finds. | JPG | 41Kb |
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| 263 | Gold finds 1-2. | JPG | 34Kb |
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| 264 | Worked bone finds 1-5. | JPG | 34Kb |
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| 265 | Worked shale finds 1-2. | JPG | 32Kb |
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| 266 | The distribution of clay pipes. | JPG | 42Kb |
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| 267 | Bar chart illustrating the contexts containing clay pipes. | JPG | 55Kb |
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| 268 | Plan of Cunliffe's pre-Palace phases in relation to the Flavian Palace; the dotted outlines indicate the footprints of the pre-Palace buildings. | p136 | | |
| 269 | Plan showing how Building 3 might relate to Cunliffe's pre-Palace phases. | p137 | | |
| 270 | Simplified plan of the A27 excavations; ditch 11 is the early ditch located in Area B, and ditch 4A is the aqueduct. | p140 | | |
| 271 | Plan of Roman Chichester (original artwork by Sue Rowland). | p142 | | |
| 272 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AB walls. | JPG | 22Kb |
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| 273 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AC aqueduct. | JPG | 7Kb |
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| 274 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AC sump. | JPG | 7Kb |
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| 275 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AD greensand road. | JPG | 11Kb |
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| 276 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AD linear slot; Phase AE water-pipe. | JPG | 15Kb |
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| 277 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AE stream fills. | JPG | 28Kb |
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| 278 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AE flint road. | JPG | 6Kb |
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| 279 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AE timber slots; Phase AF midden. | JPG | 26Kb |
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| 280 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AH fills of courtyard pit. | JPG | 7Kb |
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| 281 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AH drain. | JPG | 2Kb |
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| 282 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AH central pit and three post-holes. | JPG | 14Kb |
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| 283 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AK - late medieval ditch. | JPG | 12Kb |
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| 284 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AL - bone-lines. | JPG | 9Kb |
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| 285 | Stratigraphic Matrix selected contexts - Phase AM - mole drains. | JPG | 8Kb |
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| 286 | Stratigraphic Matrix - Area B - all contexts. | JPG | 49Kb |
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| 287 | Stratigraphic Matrix - Area A - all contexts. (This image is very detailed and has been made as small as possible whilst retaining its legibility. Please contact us if you need access to a larger version.) | JPG | 212Kb |
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Tables
Tables in the printed volume
| Table number | Description | Page number | |
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| 1 | Six coins from the deposits in the stream. | 46 | |
| 2 | Animal bones (expressed as Minimum Number of Individuals - MNI) from context 598. | 61 | |
| 3 | Coins from the demolition deposits. | 79 | |
| 4 | Animal bones (expressed as Minimum Number of Individuals) from context 918. | 84 | |
| 5 | Animal bones (expressed as Minimum Number of Individuals) from contexts 905, 907. | 88 | |
| 6 | The relative occurrence of the more common building stones. | 92 | |
| 7 | Stones from some key context groups. | 93 | |
| 8 | Weights of brick and tile, by type and by year of excavation. | 94 | |
| 9 | Amphorae sherds by type and weight. | 108 | |
| 10 | The orgins of mortaria sherds. | 111 | |
| 11 | The number of mortaria from different sources at different periods. | 111 | |
| 12 | Ironwork quantification from all contexts. | 117 | |
| 13 | Ironwork quantification from sealed Roman contexts only. | 117 | |
| 14 | Metalworking residues quantification from all contexts. | 119 | |
| 15 | Metalworking residues quantification from sealed Roman contexts only. | 119 | |
| 16 | Shell species present expressed as Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI). | 123 | |
| 17 | Oyster shell from different Roman contexts, by period. | 123 | |
| 18 | The incidence of infesting species, epifauna and modification in oyster shells. | 124 | |
| 19 | MNI of oysters in some key contexts. | 124 | |
| 20 | Animal bone quantification by year of excavation. | 125 | |
| 21 | Animal bone quantification by approximate period. | 126 | |
| 22 | Cattle, sheep/goat, and pig by approximate period. | 126 | |
| 23 | MNI for equids in the 3rd and 4th centuries. | 127 | |
| 24 | The main phases from the 1960s excavations. | 138 | |
| 25 | Dating evidence for the timber buildings found in the 1960s. | 139 | |
| 26 | Excavations east of the A27. | 141 | |
| 27 | Early Roman pottery and features from the Fishbourne/Chichester excavations. | 144 | |
| 28 | The main components of the supplementary material. | 155 | |
| 29 | The context and small finds numbers used in the 1995-99 excavations. | 156 | |
| 30 | Summary Phase Table for Area A. | 156 | |
| 31 | Summary Phase Table for Area B. | 157 | |
| 32 | Summary of the dates of Roman features in Area A. This table provides dates for the main Roman phases. | 157 | |
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Tables in the supplementary text
| Table number | Description | Location | |
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| 51 | Prehistoric flintwork. | Supplementary text | |
| 52 | Phase AB - post-hole rows 1 and 3. | Supplementary text | |
| 53 | Phase AD - post-holes row 2. | Supplementary text | |
| 54 | Phase AE - post-holes row 4. | Supplementary text | |
| 55 | Phase AE - post-holes row 5. | Supplementary text | |
| 56 | Phase AE - Six post-holes. | Supplementary text | |
| 57 | Dating evidence from various contexts of Phase AI. | Supplementary text | |
| 58 | Dating evidence from various contexts of Phase AJ. | Supplementary text | |
| 59 | Dating evidence from various contexts of Phase AK. | Supplementary text | |
| 60 | Individual bone small finds from Phase AL. | Supplementary text | |
| 61 | Dating evidence from various contexts of Phase AL. | Supplementary text | |
| 62 | Worked stones. | Supplementary text | |
| 63 | Stones from the midden in Area B. | Supplementary text | |
| 64 | Stones from the northern pit in Area B. | Supplementary text | |
| 65 | Percentages of flanges and cut-outs of tegula. | Supplementary text | |
| 66 | Values for tegula thicknesses and flange heights. | Supplementary text | |
| 67 | Tegula thicknesses, flange heights and widths from Dell Quay tilery. | Supplementary text | |
| 68 | Tiles from post-holes in FBE 95-99. | Supplementary text | |
| 69 | Tessera colours from key contexts. | Supplementary text | |
| 70 | Blue frit from various contexts. | Supplementary text | |
| 71 | Consolidated list of coins, including the tabulation of coins from Alec Down's 1983 excavation (which cut across the area of the 1995-99 dig) and his excavations to the east of Building 3 in 1985-6, underneath the modern A27 (Fig. 8). | Supplementary text | |
| 72 | Summary lists of all the coins, tokens and jetons from the 1961-69, 1983, 1985-86, 1987-88 and 1995-1999 excavations at Fishbourne. | Supplementary text | |
| 73 | Estimated Vessel Equivalents for ceramic assemblage 6. | Supplementary text | |
| 74 | Estimated Vessel Equivalents for ceramic assemblage 7. | Supplementary text | |
| 75 | Estimated Vessel Equivalents for ceramic assemblage 8. | Supplementary text | |
| 76 | Estimated Vessel Equivalents for ceramic assemblage 11. | Supplementary text | |
| 77 | Estimated Vessel Equivalents for ceramic assemblage 16. | Supplementary text | |
| 78 | Estimated Vessel Equivalents for ceramic assemblage 17. | Supplementary text | |
| 79 | Estimated Vessel Equivalents for ceramic assemblage 23. | Supplementary text | |
| 80 | Percentage of animal bone fragments butchered, gnawed or burnt. | Supplementary text | |
| 81 | Body part data. | Supplementary text | |
| 82-84 | Epiphyseal fusion data for cattle. | Supplementary text | |
| 85-87 | Epiphyseal fusion data for cattle. | Supplementary text | |
| 88-90 | Epiphyseal fusion data for pig. | Supplementary text | |
| 91 | Charred Plant Remains: Samples 8-92. | Supplementary text | |
| 92 | Hand-picked charcoal. | Supplementary text | |
| 93 | Charred Plant Remains: Samples 94-147. | Supplementary text | |
| 94 | Waterlogged seeds. | Supplementary text | |
| 95 | Samples with no plant macrofossils. | Supplementary text | |
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