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Contains: P J Drury (pp 1-5), Introduction; Part 1, Principles and measuring systems: J T Smith (7-19), the validity of inference from archaeological evidence; P Huggins, K & R Rodwell (21-65), Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian building measurements. Part II, Interpreting excavated timber buildings G Guilbert (67-86), Post-ring symmetry in roundhouses at Moel y Gaer and some other sites in prehistoric Britain; H J M Green (87-99), The origins and development of cruck construction in eastern England; F W B Charles (101-12), The construction of buildings with irregularly-spaced posts; G Beresford (113-23), The reconstruction of some Saxon buildings at Goltho, Lincolnshire. Part III, Interpreting excavated masonry buildings: D Fowler (125-30), Temporary works, their construction and archaeology; T F C Blagg (131-51), Reconstruction of Roman decorated architecture: proportions, prescriptions, and practices; D S Neal (153-71), Romano-British villas: one or two storied?. Part IV, Replication. P Reynolds (173-98), Substructure to superstructure; O H Harsema (199-222), Structural reconstruction of Iron Age houses in the Netherlands; B Hobley (223-74), Roman military structures at 'The Lunt' Roman fort. experimental simulations 1966-77. Part V Beyond constructional details: P Dixon (275-87), How Saxon is the Saxon house ?; P J Drury (289-308), Form, function, and the interpretation of the excavated plans of some large secular Romano-British buildings. |