Excavation in the Roman Legionary Fortress at Caerleon: The Priory Field Store, 2007-2010 - Couverture souple

Guest, Peter; Gardner, Prof. Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1803276908 ISBN 13 : 9781803276908

Editeur : Archaeopress Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

The Priory Field excavation was a research, training and engagement project that investigated a large courtyard store-building in the legionary fortress of Isca at Caerleon. This was the first legionary store excavated to modern standards in the Roman Empire. The excavation exposed the building's main entranceway and two small adjoining rooms, as well as four squarer storerooms. The coins and pottery provide an excellent chronological sequence for the store, which was constructed around AD 90-110 and remained in use until the end of the 3rd century, after which it fell into a derelict state before being partially demolished and levelled by around 350. Debris from the building's collapse and demolition sealed the floors of two store rooms, one of which was littered with military finds, many of which survived in a very fragile condition. These included the highly fragmentary remains of a rare example of an elaborately decorated horse's headpiece, at least one set of dismantled lorica segmentata body armour, as well as another set of unusual scale armour. Two new buildings were constructed among the ruins of the old and partially demolished legionary store, including one 3 room cottage-like building. Radiocarbon dates demonstrate this building was constructed and in use between 430 and 600. This is the first new structure at a Roman site definitively dated to the post-Roman 5th and 6th centuries from Wales (and, arguably, from Britain), and it has an important story to tell about life in Isca after the ending of Britannia, c. 410.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr Peter Guest MCIfA FSA is an archaeologist and numismatist who has spent much of his career researching Roman Wales. He has previously worked for Cardiff University, the British Museum and the National Museum of Wales. Prof. Andrew Gardner is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the UCL Institute of Archaeology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Archaeopress Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1803276908
• ISBN 13: 9781803276908
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 374
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