Series: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London

[SU 6204]. Twelve seasons of excavation in the SW quarter of the fort are reported. Established c 285-90 by Carausius, but abandoned soon afterwards, the fort was reoccupied by a largely civilian community when central government regained control. Occupation continued at least until the cessation of coin issues after 400. There is ample evidence for the presence of women (e.g. infant burials), and within the impresssive defences enclosing over 3 ha were insubstantial, rather squalid buildings overrun by cats. The so-called Saxon Shore system is now seen to have developed piecemeal as the North Sea pirates ranged ever further, Litus Saxonicum could well mean "shore settled by the Saxons". Specialist reports treat finds and environmental evidence.

This is an account of the excavations on the site of a Late Celtic urn-field at Swarling, in Kent, England, undertaken in 1920–1. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth these.

This is an account of the excavations at Durrington Walls, Wiltshire, in southern England, undertaken in 1966 to 1968. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, weaponry and metalwork, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth these.

This is an account of the excavations on the site of Hengistbury Head in Dorset, England, undertaken in 1911–12. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth these.

This is the first report of the excavations on the site of Roman Wroxeter in Shropshire, England, undertaken in 1912. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery and human remains, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth these.

This is the first account of the excavations of the Roman fort at Richborough (Rutupiae), Kent, in southern England, undertaken in 1922 and 1923. Included are descriptions of artefacts such as pottery, coins, buildings and metalwork, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth these.

This is a comprehensive study of the archaeological archives and artefact collections of Glastonbury Abbey, together with a new geophysical survey of the site. It analyses thirty-six seasons of archaeological excavation directed by such iconic figures as Sir William St John Hope, Sir Charles Peers, Sir Alfred Clapham and Dr Courtenay Arthur Ralegh Radford, and reveals new insights into the abbey’s origins and historical development.Previous interpretations are challenged and new evidence is presented for the Saxon and later medieval phases of the abbey, including an important complex of early glass-working furnaces, dated c 700. The study reveals, for the first time, archaeological evidence for the Norman and later medieval monastic ranges and the luxurious abbot’s hall and court.

Report of an interdisciplinary project to investigate the origin, chronology, and social function of the Neolithic monuments of Orkney. The main focus of attention was the chambered cairn of Quanterness, with supplementary investigations on Maes Howe, the Ring of Brogar, and the cairns of Rousay. Vegetational studies indicated pastoral and arable activity from Late Neo onwards. One of the six side chambers of the Quanterness cairn was completely excavated revealing quantities of artefacts and disarticulated bone; the cairn structure itself was in use from before 3400 BC to c 2400 BC. Thermoluminescence and 14C dates are presented. Pottery, flint, stone, bone/antler objects and human bones are catalogued and discussed, together with animal remains. A round house was inserted into the cairn side in 1st millennium BC passing through four phases, its pottery showing Jarlshof and Clickhimin links. The implications of the research are considered: cairn burial was not confined to a single segment of society; development of the Orkney Neo runs from Knap of Howar, simple tombs and the lesser stalled cairns with Unstan Ware (3000 BC-2550 bc), through cairns of Quanterness-Quoyness type with evolution towards Grooved Ware (3550 bc-2350 bc), to Maes Howe and the great henges after 2350 bc; there was a shift from small segmented societies to a more centralized authority (10,000 man-hours minimum needed to build Quanterness); more than mere burial places, these cairns were foci for group identity and territorial marking.

This is an account of the excavations at Mount Pleasant, Dorset, in southern England, undertaken in 1970 to 1971. Included are descriptions of human remains and artefacts such as pottery, coins, weaponry and metalwork, together with an account of the methodology used to unearth these.