Late Iron Age Calleva Paperback

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Michael Fulford

The late Iron Age oppidum of Calleva underlies the Roman town at Silchester. Excavation (1997-2014) of a large area (0.3ha) of Insula IX revealed evidence of a rectilinear, NE/SW-NW/SE-oriented layout of the interior of the oppidum, dating from 20/10BC, with the remains of the larger part of one compound separated from its neighbours by fenced trackways. Within the compound was a large, 47.5m long hall surrounded by smaller, rectangular buildings associated with groups of rubbish pits. A concluding discussion characterises the oppidum, integrating and contextualising a series of major contributions reporting the pre-conquest finds and environmental evidence with the structural story.

9780907764458

English

Society For The Promotion of Roman Studies

01 Dec 2018

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Emma Durham is Research Assistant to Prof. Mike Fulford at Reading University. She has worked in commercial archaeology and as research assistant to Prof. Barry Cunliffe at Oxford University with whom she worked on field projects in Hampshire, France and Spain.

Amanda Clarke

Emma Durham

Nicholas Pankhurst

Overall, This Volume Provides an Important Step Forward in Better Understanding The Oppidum at Calleva, Oppida Settlements Across Britain And on The Continent And Social Relations in The Late Iron Age in general. * Proceedings of The Prehistoric Society *