| Abstract: |
This publication describes the rescue excavations of part of the Roman legionary fortress (in particular, barracks, headquarters building, and streets), post-Roman use of the fortress, and an Anglo-Scandinavian cemetery. Part 1 is devoted to the excavation and its techniques. Contributions include `From the foundation of York to the end of the Roman period' by B Heywood (1-8), `The post-Roman period to 1066' by E James (9-15), `The excavation campaign' (16-22) and `The excavations' (23-176) by A D Phillips, `Note on the first-cohort barracks' by D P Davison (170-3), and `Roman to Norman at York Minster' by M O H Carver (177-205). Part 1 concludes with several tables, including phasing and dating.Part 2 on the finds begins with `Roman architectural and sculptured stonework' by T F C Blagg (223-45), followed by `Roman inscribed stones' by R P Wright & R S O Tomlin (246-7), `Roman wall-plaster from York Minster' by F J Weatherhead (248-64), `Analysis of mortar samples from the Roman phases of York Minster' by S E Warren & J Evans (265-8), `Roman tile fabric' by I M Betts (268-9), `Stamped and marked tiles' by E M King (270-1), `The samian pottery' by G Simpson (272-90), `Amphorae' by D F Williams (291-303), `Mortaria' by K Hartley (304-23), `Roman coarse pottery' by J R Perrin (324-45), `Roman glass' by J Price (346-71), `Roman intaglios' by M Henig (372-3), `Roman ironwork' by W H Manning (374-7), `Roman non-ferrous metalwork' by G Lloyd-Morgan (378-90), `Roman brooches' by S A Butcher (391-3), `Roman coins' by P J Casey (394-413), `Roman and early medieval bone and antler objects' by A G MacGregor (414-27), `An ivory weaving tablet' by P Walton (428-9), and `Objects of shale and jet' by M Henig (430-2).Under the section devoted to finds of the early medieval period, c 400-1100, contributions include `Pre-Conquest sculpture' by J Lang (433-68) with a note on the Anglo-Saxon pigment by P Wilthew (465), `Post-Roman pottery' by J Holdsworth (468-80), `Early medieval glass fragments' by V I Evison (481-3), `Iron objects' by I H Goodall (484-8; note on the spur by B Ellis on 487-8), `Iron-bound coffins and coffin-fittings from the pre-Norman cemetery' by B Kjolbye-Biddle (489-521), `Non-ferrous metal objects' by A R Goodall (522-6), `Post-Roman coins' by E J E Pirie (527-30), `Ferrous slag' by J G McDonnell (531-2), `Animal bone from post-Roman contexts' by D J Rackham (533-58, including `The bird bones' by E P Allison on 556-7), and `Palaeopathological report on selected skeletons from the pre-Norman cemetery' by F Lee (559-73). The report concludes with an `Assemblage summary' by M O H Carver & B Heywood (574-617), and an `Index to material held in archive' by A Sinclair (618-20). LRA |
