Winchester Museums Archaeology Reports

This volume provides a thorough record and analysis of the small finds from the less well known extra-mural areas of Winchester and assesses what these discoveries add to the understanding of the city’s past. The study is based on a series of excavations from the 1970s and early 1980s which, by examining sites on the defences and in the historic suburbs, enlarges the scope of previous extensive investigations within the city walls. This volume is essential reading for specialists in archaeological finds, as well as being of value to urban archaeologists and to those with an interest in the history and archaeology of Hampshire and southern England. It sheds light on the origins and development of the Roman and later town, as well as providing fascinating glimpses of everyday life and trade in Winchester over a period of about 1700 years.

This volume provides a record and analysis of Roman environmental evidence from the less well-known extra-mural areas of Winchester and assesses what these discoveries add to the understanding of the city’s past. It is one of the mostcomprehensive accounts of animal remains from a Roman town published up until this time. The study is based on excavations from the 1970s and early 1980s,which, by examining sites on the defences and in the historic suburbs, has enlarged the scope of previous extensive investigations within the city walls.It is essential reading for all those interested in the study of the animals, plants, and environment of a Roman town, as well as being of value to urban archaeologists and to those with a general interest in the history and archaeology of Hampshire. It sheds light on the management of animal and plant resources in and around one of the most well-known civitas capitals, as well as providing glimpses of everyday life in Winchester through this comprehensive study of the supply, consumption and disposal of mammals, birds, fish, and plants over a period of almost four hundred years.

This volume is a report on excavations undertaken in Winchester’s historic suburbs which produced evidence for their character, development and buildings over some 1600 years from the end of the Roman era to the nineteenth century. Included are specialist reports on the human remains and iron coffin fittings from the medieval Jewish cemetery, and on a 19th clay pipe kiln and an important assemblage of clay tobacco pipes made by a well-documented local entrepreneur.