With contributions from Howard Brooks, P. M. Barford, J. Bayley, C. M. Cunningham, Nina Crummy, P. J. Drury, A. J. Gouldwell, K. F. Hartley, S. Limbrey, Roger Ling, Joan Liversidge, R. Luff, P. M. Murphy, David S. Neal, R. Reece, D. J. Smith, R. P. Symonds, Maisie Taylor, and J. P. Wild.
This report is intended to be only a description of the structures and other substantial remains found during the major excavations in Colchester between 1971 and 1978 at Lion Walk, Balkerne Lane, and Middleborough. The finds selected for inclusion here are those which were part of structures (eg wall plaster and building tile) or which had impinged on the site in some way (eg as a votive pot or a gridiron 'in situ'). With the exception of coins, Roman objects which were 'loose', eg brooches and querns, are dealt within CAR 2; the remaining finds will be included in subsequent volumes of the series. The dates given in the report below are based on the coins and preliminary examinations of the pottery. Hence refinement and reassessment of some of the dating evidence is almost inevitable when the study and classification of the pottery is completed. Any changes will be set out in the pottery report together with a comprehensive statement of the dating evidence for all three sites. It is unfortunate that the structural reports have had to be prepared without the benefit of the definitive pottery study but the size of the task in hand and the very limited budget available for the post-excavation work in general leave a choice between publication in the present form in 1984 or publication in a more comprehensive fashion probably in the 1990s.
Author(s): Philip Crummy
Series: Colchester Archaeological Reports, 3
Publisher: Colchester Archaeological Trust
Year: 1984
Language: English
Pages: 426
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Introduction
Chapter One: Roman and Medieval Colchester
Chapter Two: Excavations and Lion Walk 1971-4
Chapter Three: Excavations at Balkerne Lane 1973
Chapter Four: Excavations at Middleborough 1979
Appendix 4: Colchester ware louvers
Appendix 7: Some technological finds from Lion Walk and Balkerne Lane
Bibliography
Index
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Appendix 1: Provisional lists of human remains from the Lion Walk and Balkerne Lane sites
Appendix 2: Examination of a lead coffin and its contents from Balkerne Lane, Colchester
Appendix 3: Stone architectural fragments
Appendix 4: Colchester ware louvers
Appendix 6: Tables showing the Roman painted wall plaster from Buildings 8, 67, 69, 70 and 71
Appendix 7: Some technological finds from Lion Walk and Balkerne Lane
Appendix 8: descriptions of complete or nearly complete buried pots
Appendix 9: Green-stained soil sample from a pit at Site J, Lion Walk
Appendix 10: Summary of the ceramic dating evidence for some key areas at Lion Walk and Balkerne Lane
Appendix 11: Carbonised cereals and crop weeds from Buildings 38, 41 and 45 (Balkerne Lane)
Appendix 12: Soil monilith through the cultivated soil of Period 5 of Balkerne Lane
Appendix 13: Summary of the products of the Roman kiln F1019 at Middleborough
Appendix 14: Miscellaneous soil samples from Middleborough
Appendix 15: Significant charcoal samples
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