With contributions by D. M. Bailey, J. Bayley, T. F. C. Blagg, D. G. Buckley, S. A. Butcher, A. Cameron, T. C. Darvill, B. Dickinson, C. M. Guido, B. R. Hartley, K. F. Hartley, M. Henig, R. Holgate, A. D. Hooley, S. Horton, A. Isaac, R. P. J. Jackson, S. J. Keay, C. Keepax, G. Lloyd-Morgan, L. Mepham, L. Monk, T. S. N. Moorhead, H. Pengelly, A. B. Powell, R. Reece, R. H. Seager Smith, R. F.Tylecote, S.Vaughan and B.Walters.
Wanborough, near modern Swindon, is the site of a Romano-British small town on Ermin Street, between Cirencester and Silchester. It is usually identified with the Durocornovium of the Antonine Itinerary. This report presents the results of excavations along Ermin Street undertaken before development between 1966 and 1976. From possible military origins the settlement developed into a 'small town', which in the late 3rd and 4th century extended to over 25 ha. and seems to have been divided into insulae. Many buildings were excavated, including a rare type of timber-framed building in which the joists rested on stones that raised them from the ground. The large number of finds suggests that most of the buildings were both residential and 'commercial', while the products of the local north Wiltshire pottery industry are also prominent in the major pottery assemblage. The excavations at Wanborough provide an insight into the everyday life and crafts of an ordinary roadside settlement or 'small town' in southern England.
Author(s): Alastair S. Anderson, John S. Wacher, Andrew P. Fitzpatrick
Series: Britannia Monograph Series, 19
Publisher: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 400
City: London
List of Plates vii
List of Figures viii
List of Tables xi
Acknowledgements xii
Summary xiii
Résumé xiv
Zusammenfassung xv
PART ONE: THE EXCAVATIONS
1. Introduction 1
Geology and Topography 1
Reasons for the Excavations 1
Recording and Notation Systems 5
2. The Excavations 1967–1976 (A. S. Anderson) 6
Excavations in 1967 6
Excavations in 1968 6
Excavations in 1969 6
Excavations in 1970 7
Excavations in 1975 7
Excavations in 1976 7
3. Chronology (A. S. Anderson) 8
Period 1: First century A.D. 8
Period 2: Late first to third centuries A.D. 8
Period 3: Third and fourth centuries A.D. 8
4. Results (A. S. Anderson and A. B. Powell) 9
Pre-Roman 9
Roman 9
Period 1 Phase A 9
Period 1 Phase B 11
Period 1 Phase C 14
Period 2 Phase A 14
Period 2 Phase B 16
Period 3 Phase A 21
Period 3 Phase B 28
PART TWO: THE FINDS
5. The Prehistoric Finds 37
Flint and Bronze (R. Holgate) 37
Flint 37
Bronze 38
Prehistoric pottery (L. Mepham) 38
6. Coins (R. Reece) 39
7. The Brooches (S. A. Butcher) 41
Metallurgical examination and analysis of the brooches (J. Bayley) 69
8. Copper alloy and silver objects (A. D. Hooley) 75
9. Lead Objects (A. S. Anderson) 117
10. Pewter Objects (A. S. Anderson) 119
11. Iron Objects (A. Isaac) 121
Metallurgical Examination of the Ironwork (R. F. Tylecote) 139
Examination of Slags and Furnace Material (R. F. Tylecote) 144
12. Jet and Shale Objects (S. Horton) 148
13. Carved and Sculptured Stones, Clay and Metal Figurines (T. F. C. Blagg) 153
14. Querns and Millstones (D. G. Buckley) 156
15. The Whetstones (L. Mepham) 161
16. Glass (L. Monk) 162
17. Glass Beads (C. M. Guido) 172
18. Intaglios (M. Henig) 174
19. Lamps (D. M. Bailey) 177
20.The Samian (H. Pengelly, B. R. Hartley and B. Dickinson) 179
The Potters’ Stamps (B. Dickinson) 192
21. Amphorae (S. J. Keay) 210
22. Mortaria (K. F. Hartley) 220
23. The Coarse Pottery (R. H. Seager Smith) 232
24. Stamps on Coarsewares and Oxfordshire Colour-coated Ware (A. S. Anderson) 301
25. The Face Masks (L. Mepham) 305
26. The Graffiti (A. S. Anderson) 307
27. The Decorated Wallplaster (B.Walters) 309
28. The Marked Tiles (L. Mepham) 313
29. The Roman Ceramic Tile Fabrics (T. C. Darvill) 317
30. The Counters (L. Mepham) 320
31. Objects of Bone and Related Materials (S. Vaughan) 322
32. Leather Objects (A. D. Hooley) 333
33.The Human Bones (A. Cameron, J. Bayley and C. Keepax) 342
PART THREE: DISCUSSION
Period 1 345
Period 2 345
Period 3 347
APPENDIX 1
A Roman Coin Hoard from Wanborough (T. S. N. Moorhead) 351
BIBLIOGRAPHY 356
INDEX 372
