St Joseph's Covent York Report on an Archaeological Excavation Part 2 Specialist Reports and Catalogues (original) (raw)

A group of mid 2nd century AD pottery from a series of layers at Kingsbury House, Camlet Way, St. Albans

2012

Trial-trench and open area excavations recovered a total of 2356 sherds (31, 437g) of Roman pottery. The bulk of the Roman pottery, in a fragmented but unabraded condition, was contained in a series of layers ) that appear to represent an episode of rapid rubbish disposal between c.AD130-150. These layers, although differentiated by context, form a homogenous ceramic group that includes significant quantities of south and central Gaulish samian ware, sparse imported continental and regional fine wares, high quantities of coarse wares produced in the Verulamium environs, and sparse southern Spanish amphorae. The ceramic group from the sequence of layers forms an important addition to the corpus of dated pottery groups recorded in Roman Verulamium. Further sherds of comparable date and character were contained in ditches and pits that truncated the series of layers, while a single late Roman pit was also recorded close to the south-western edge of the excavated area.

An Analysis of Roman Ceramic Building Material from York and its Immediate Environs

2012

This study comprises the analysis of 8.11 tonnes of Roman tile from York and its immediate hinterland. The tile was recovered from 215 archaeological investigations undertaken by York Archaeological Trust, together with the tile from excavations at Heslington East undertaken by the Department of Archaeology of the University of York. The tile was analysed in terms of the chronological and spatial variations present, the results being examined in relation to three widely debated research themes, namely the nature and speed of Romanization, the role of the Roman army, and the economic relationship of the town to its hinterland. Given that the use of tile was introduced to Britain by the Romans, and that it formed a key element of classical architecture, the speed of its adoption has been used to show that the process of Romanization occurred slowly in the York area, with many of the buildings outside the fortress reflecting state-sponsored building-campaigns, rather than the spontaneo...

Schuster, J., 2016, Review of Session Three: Papers based on finds from York and the Yorkshire Museum. Presentations at the Roman Finds Group Spring Conference: Finds from Roman York, Brigantia and beyond, The University of York, 1st–2nd April 2016, Lucerna 51, 18–20.

Review of conference session with talks by Thomas J. Derrick on Containers and culture: perfume and medicine consumption in Roman North Yorkshire; Matthew Fittock on Pipeclay figurines in the Yorkshire Museum and Kurt Hunter-Mann & Sandra Garside-Neville on The Driffield Terrace cemetery, York and the Ravenglass vicus, Cumbria: the finds and the interpretation of two sites excavated by the York Archaeological Trust.

The Palatine East pottery project. A holistic approach to the study and publication of an excavated pottery assemblage from Rome

Proceedings of the European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics ’07 (Katalin T. Biro ed.) , 2009

This paper presents an overview of the methodological procedures being employed by the Palatine East Pottery Project to study and publish the 12 tons of Roman pottery recovered in the Palatine East Excavations in Rome. By combining traditional and innovative procedures used for the classification, characterization, quantification, and presentation of the materials dated to ca. AD 50-450/500, the final result of the project will represent a methodologically ambitious exposition of a large pottery assemblage spanning nearly the entire period of the Roman Empire.