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Britannia 42

Title:

Britannia 42

Series:

Britannia

Volume:

42

Number of Pages:

496

Publication Type:

Journal

Year of Publication:

2011

Source:

BIAB (biab_online)

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URI:	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?iid=8411583

Created Date:

01 Jul 2012

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Article Title	Access Type	Author / Editor	Page Start/End	Abstract
Romano-British reuse of prehistoric ritual sites		Ronald Hutton	1 - 22	Seeks to build on existing work by making a detailed study of such activity in three specific cases: the limestone caves of the Bristol Channel region, the Neolithic chambered tombs of the Cotswold-Severn area and the Peak District, and the three most spectacular prehistoric monuments of the Wessex chalklands: Stonehenge, the Avebury complex and the Uffington White Horse.
The Praetorium of Edmund Artis; a summary of excavations and surveys of the palati...		Stephen G Upex Adrian Challands Jackie Hall Ralph Jackson David D Peacock Felicity C Wild	23 - 112	Attempts to draw together all of the previous work at the site and provide a comprehensive plan, a set of suggested dates, and options on how the remains could be interpreted.
The Vindolanda writing-tablets (Tabulae Vindolandenses IV, Part 2)		Alan K Bowman J David David Thomas R S O Tomlin	113 - 144	Contains full editions with commentaries of the second and final instalment of the approximately 37 ink writing-tablets from Vindolanda discovered in the excavation seasons of 2001, 2002 and 2003. The editions are numbered continuously from 870, following the sequence in Tab. Vindol. IV.1, and are grouped in the following categories: Military Document, Letters, Descripta.
The King of the Batavians; remarks on Tab. Vindol. III, 628		David B Cuff	145 - 156	Discusses the varying interpretations of the letter. PP-B
A Campanian vessel foot from Silchester Hampshire		Nina Crummy	157 - 165	Describes the vessel foot - made from leaded bronze and topped by a figure of Harpocrates - and suggests that it is further evidence that a high-status early Roman building was located close to Insula IX at the site. PP-B
Samian Ware and society in Roman Britain and beyond		Steven Willis	167 - 242	Brings a large body of Samian ware data together to explore the nature of its incidence at settlements and in graves.
Roman grain pests in Britain; implications for grain supply and agricultural pro...		David N Smith Harry Kenward	243 - 262	Reviews the topic in the light of new data from a range of archaeological deposits, including civilian and military sites dating from the earliest period of Roman occupation. Infestation rates and, potentially, grain loss may have been high throughout Roman Britain, though many infestations may have been in equine feed. Beetle grain pests are not recorded in Britain prior to the Roman invasion, and it appears that they were absent, or extremely rare, in the early medieval period and up to the Norman Conquest. This pattern of occurrence is reviewed and it is suggested that ecological theory offers an explanation which is in accord with supposed socio-economic changes and trade. The role of grain pests is considered in the economic modelling of Romano-British agriculture.
The saga of Verulamium Building XXVII 2		Sheppard S Frere	263 - 274	Recent debate about the dating of Building XXVII 2 at Verulamium highlights a potential conflict between archaeological and stylistic dating of mosaics. The stratigraphic and artefactual, particularly the numismatic, evidence for the dating of the construction of Building XXVII 2 and subsequent phases of activity are examined in detail. The coin finds indicate a late date (after c. a.d. 380) for the initial construction of this building and its mosaics, with a sequence of development suggesting the continuation of urban life well into the fifth century. This dating has been challenged, however, and it has been suggested that the mosaics, stylistically, are significantly earlier. Comments are offered on the stylistic dating of the Verulamium mosaics in an Appendix by Patricia Witts. In conclusion, it is argued that there would appear to be no compelling reason why the historically important sequence of structures, suggesting the continuation of urban life in Verulamium well into the fifth century, as originally proposed, has to be rewritten.
Appendix; some brief comments on the stylistic dating of mos...		Patricia Witts	270 - 273
Understanding the Romano-British'“early medieval transition; a zooarchaeological perspective from Wroxeter (Vir...		Andy Hammon	275 - 305	Analyses the animal bone assemblage from the long-running Wroxeter excavations, in order to explore the social and ethnic identity of the site's inhabitants through their dietary habits. Au/PP-B
Measuring the landscape of the Bartlow Hills		John W M Peterson	307 - 309	Discusses issues with viewshed analysis of the landscape, particularly focussing on the lack of precise location for many of the sites included. PP-B
A lead bust of the goddess Isis from Groundwell Ridge, Swindon, Wiltshire		Jörn Schuster	309 - 314	Describes the bust and places it in its historical context. PP-B
A probable opus sectile pavement from the Halstock Villa in Dorset		Bryn Walters	315 - 318	Reviews stones excavated from the villa in the late 1970s, suggesting that they probably derived from an opus sectile mosaic. PP-B
Roman Britain in 2010; I. Sites explored		Evan M Chapman Fraser Hunter Pete R Wilson Paul Booth	319 - 398	Roman Britain in 2010: sites explored in Wales, Scotland and England.
Roman Britain in 2010; II. Finds reported under the Portable Antiquities ...		Sally Worrell John Pearce Sam Moorhead Philippa Walton	399 - 437	Gives a short synthesis of the frequency of the different artefact types recorded and an overview of their distribution. Descriptions of significant individual artefacts recorded by the Finds Liaison Officers then follow. Additionally, this report provides a summary account of the Roman coins recorded by the Scheme since its inception in 1997.
Roman Britain in 2010; III. Inscriptions		R S O Tomlin	439 - 466	Inscriptions discovered during 2010: A. Monumental; B. Instrumentum Domesticum.