Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Atkins, Rob (1968-....)
Clarke, Rachel (1968-....)
Titre(s) : Excavations at Wixoe, Roman small town, Suffolk [Texte imprimé] / by Rob Atkins and Rachel Clarke ; with contributions from Edward Biddulph... [and sixteen others]
Publication : Cambridge (GB) : Oxford archaeology East, 2018
Description matérielle : x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection : East Anglian archaeology ; report no. 164
Lien à la collection : East Anglian archaeology
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index. - Summaries in English, French and German.
Construction of the Abberton pipeline has provided the first opportunity for a major
excavation within a Roman small town in Suffolk for more than 20 years. The pipeline,
which extends from Kirtling Green (Suffolk) at the north end to Wormingford (Essex)
at the south, also provided an opportunity to investigate the hinterland of the Roman
town. Wixoe is one of only eight small towns known within the county and appears to
have developed on both banks of the River Stour, close to an ancient crossing point
and adjacent to the Via Devana. Apart from antiquarian investigations, little archaeological
work had been undertaken within the town. Recently, however, extensive fieldwalking
and metal detecting surveys conducted by local amateur archaeologists have led to
the recovery of over 4,000 coins from the site of the town and its environs. A much
clearer history of the town has begun to emerge as a result of the fieldwalking, geophysical
survey, evaluation and excavation undertaken in advance of the pipeline project. This
work has shown that Wixoe was a post-Boudican planned town probably established at
a similar time to several others in the region. The town appears to have reached its
peak in the 2nd century, following which there seems to have been a slow decline (at
least in the excavated part of the settlement) leading to its eventual abandonment
in the very late 4th or early 5th century. The excavations produced a significant
fmds assemblage that includes a major collection of pottery, analysis of which has
identified supply patterns similar to other civilian Roman 'borderland' settlements
in the region, especially Great Chesterford. --Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Fouilles de sauvetage (archéologie) -- Wixoe (GB)
Petites villes -- Suffolk (GB) -- Antiquité
Antiquités romaines -- Wixoe (GB)
Indice(s) Dewey :
936.264 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Angleterre - Suffolk - Des origines à 0410
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1907588108. - ISBN 9781907588105
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45580914v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45580914
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Ch. 1. Introduction ; Ch. 2. The archaeological sequence ; Ch. 3. The finds ;
Ch. 4. The zooarchaeological and botanical evidence ; Ch. 5. Discussion and conclusions.
