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Oxford J Archaeol 14 (1)
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Oxford J Archaeol 14 (1)
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Oxford Journal of Archaeology
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14 (1)
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1995
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Date Of Issue From: 1995
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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20 Jan 2002
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The Orce Basin (Andalucía, Spain) and the initial Palaeolithic of Europe
Derek A Roe
1 - 12
Recent excavations in southern Spain have led to claims that humans were present in this part of Europe much earlier than had been generally believed. The evidence from the Orce basin is summarised and discussed. Initial work at a newly discovered site, Fuentenueva 3a, indicates a good chance that genuine artefacts may indeed be present in early Pleistocene levels. Further excavation at this site can be expected to settle the matter in due course.
Fieldwalking without flints: worked quartz as a clue to the character of prehistoric settlement
Richard Bradley
13 - 22
The collection and analysis of lithic artefacts plays an increasing role in the studies of prehistoric settlement in the British Isles, almost all this work has been conducted in regions with local sources of flint. This is not the case over large parts of highland Britain. This paper outlines a methodology for investigating the character of prehistoric activity using the evidence of worked quartz and illustrates these procedures with a case study from the Scottish Highlands (Strath Tay).
The composition of Iron Age struck `bronze' coinage in eastern England
Philip Clogg
Colin Haselgrove
41 - 62
EDXRF was used to analyse the composition of eighty-eight IA copper and copper alloy coins excavated from the site of a pre-Roman shrine and Roman temple at Harlow (Essex). Most of the coins are local to the Essex--Hertfordshire region, with a few of Kentish origin. The earliest struck base metal issues were struck from almost pure copper, but from the late first century BC their composition shows more variety. Particularly interesting are a group of types belonging to the Romanising phase of Tasciovanus' coinage, which were struck in brass and possibly represent a distinct denomination. Roman coinage and other metalwork imports from the Roman world presumably provided the initial impetus, and the ultimate source of the brass. However, this experiment was relatively short lived. Cunobelinus, who ruled eastern England during the earlier first century AD, mainly employed bronze to strike his abundant base metal composition from those struck at his unlocated second mint in the Hertfordshire area, although the precise alloy does vary, sometimes within the same type. This suggests that unlike gold and silver issues, the source and purity of the metal used for minting base metal coinage was not always critical.
Models in collision; east and west in Roman Britain
Richard Reece
113 - 115
A brief consideration of regionality in Roman Britain -- specifically differences between material culture and postulated lifestyles of settlements in the west, such as Dorchester, and those in the east, such as Colchester.