With contributions by Denise Allen, John R. L. Allen, Joanna Bird, Roly Cobbett, Stephen R. Cosh, Nina Crummy, Brenda Dickinson, Janet Firth, Stephen Greep, Martin Henig, Virginia Hudson, William H. Manning, Graham Morgan, Jennifer Price, Richard Reece, Bruce Sellwood and Jane Timby. Illustrators: Alison Wilkins and Brian Williams with Sarah Lucas.
This report publishes the 1937–8 excavations in Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, which revealed one of the best preserved late Roman town houses so far discovered in Roman Britain. Extensively decorated with mosaics, the building has recently been re-displayed in a new cover building by Dorset County Council. In addition to the town house and its mosaics, the report publishes the surrounding buildings in the north-west quarter of the town, also mostly of late Roman date, and associated occupation along with an extensive collection of artefacts, including outstanding finds of coins, glass, iron and Kimmeridge shale.
Author(s): Emma Durham, Michael Fulford
Series: Britannia Monograph Series, 26
Publisher: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: XX+434
City: London
List of Figures vii
List of Tables xii
Summary xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Preface xvii
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION / Emma Durham and Michael Fulford 1
CHAPTER 2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF OCCUPATION AT COLLITON PARK / Emma Durham and Michael Fulford 10
CHAPTER 3. THE MOSAICS / Stephen R. Cosh 71
CHAPTER 4. THE ROMAN FINDS / Jane Timby and Emma Durham with contributions by D. Allen, J. R. L. Allen, J. Bird, R. Cobbett, N. Crummy, B. Dickinson, S. Greep, M. Henig, V. Hudson, W. H. Manning, G. C. Morgan, J. Price, R. Reece and B. Sellwood 88
CHAPTER 5. THE ANGLO-SAXON, MEDIEVAL AND POST-MEDIEVAL FINDS / Jane Timby and Emma Durham with contributions by N. Crummy, S. Greep and W.H. Manning 322
CHAPTER 6. THE INFANT BURIALS / Janet Firth 342
CHAPTER 7. CONCLUDING DISCUSSION / Nina Crummy and Michael Fulford 345
APPENDIX 1. CATALOGUE OF THE SAMIAN WARES / Joanna Bird 379
APPENDIX 2. THE INFANT BURIALS / Janet Firth 399
Bibliography 407
Index 423
