Pre-Roman and Roman Winchester Part 2: The Roman Cemetery at Lankhills

by Clark, Giles; Macdonald, J. L.; Biddle, Martin; Winchester Research Unit, the

• ISBN13: 9780198131779
• ISBN10: 0198131771
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1980-03-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Outside the north gate ofVenta Belgarum , Roman Winchester, a great cementary stretched for 500 yards along the road to Cirencester. Excavations at Lankhills from 1967 to 1972 uncovered 451 graves, many elaborately furnished, at the northern limits of this cemetery, and dating from the fourthcentury A.D. This book, the second in a two-part study of iVenta Belgarum, which forms the third volume of Winchester Studies, describes the excavations of these burials and analyses in detail both the graves and their contents - perhaps the richest single group of fourth century objects yet foundin Britain. There are detailed studies and important re-assessments of many categories of object, but it is the information about late Roman burial, religion, and society which is of special interest.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Author's Preface	p. vii
List of Figures	p. xvii
List of Abbreviations	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. li
Circumstances of Excavation	p. 1
The Excavation	p. 1
Archaeological Background	p. 4
General Character of the Excavation	p. 12
The Graves	p. 14
Other Features	p. 96
Analysis	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Chronology	p. 113
Age and Sex	p. 123
Cremations	p. 128
Inhumations: The Grave	p. 131
Inhumations: The Grave-Furniture	p. 145
Cemetery Organisation	p. 183
Introduction	p. 201
The Finds	p. 201
Coins	p. 202
Pewter Vessels	p. 206
Glass Vessels	p. 209
Pottery Vessels	p. 221
Animal Remains	p. 239
Equipment	p. 246
Cross-Bow Brooches	p. 257
Belts and Belt-Fittings	p. 264
Beads and Necklaces	p. 292
Bracelets	p. 301
Other Personal Ornaments	p. 315
Hobnails and Footwear	p. 322
Miscellaneous Objects	p. 326
Textile Remains	p. 329
Coffin-Nails, Coffin-Fittings, and Coffins	p. 332
Human Skeletons: Preliminary Reports	p. 342
Economic Conclusions	p. 345
Late Romano-British Burial Practice	p. 347
Discussion	p. 347
Foreign Elements	p. 377
Religion	p. 404
Concordances	p. 434
Addenda	p. 451
Index of Sites	p. 517
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