British sites and their Roman coins

Reece, Richard

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“…The urban/rural split is one that frequently emerges when any large-scale analyses are carried out. It has long been observed in coin studies (Reece 1993) and is also present in the use of glass vessels (Cool and Baxter 1999, 92-3). In pottery it can be recognised both in the different functions that the vessels served (Evans 1993b, 99-104) and the different sources that urban and rural consumers used (Cooper 2000, 79-81).…”

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“…Coins may be grouped according to issue periods and the resulting tables are now a commonplace in excavation reports, sometimes illustrated by bar charts. It is of some interest to be able to compare these formally as it has long been clear that different types of sites have different patterns of coin loss (Reece 1993). A variety of attempts were made to do this (summarised in Lockyear 2000, 397) culminating in a method which presented cumulative percentage curves adjusted for the British mean (Reece 1995a).…”

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Exploring Romano–British finds assemblages

Cool¹,

Baxter²

2002

Oxford J Archaeology

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This paper presents a synthesis of current approaches to the comparison of archaeological assemblages. It draws its data from Roman Britain but the methodology discussed is equally applicable to other periods and places. Different types of assemblages including those of small finds, broken vessels and animal bones are discussed, and the problems relating to quantification are considered. The different sorts of questions that may be asked of data of varying quality are examined, and it is shown that even`poor quality' data can provide useful insights into past societies. It is argued that to explore the full richness of the data available, multivariate statistics are an invaluable tool and this is illustrated by exploration of two groups of assemblages using Correspondence Analysis. Finally, attitudes within the archaeological community which may prove a barrier to further advances are examined.

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Exploring Romano–British finds assemblages

Cool¹,

Baxter²

2002

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…A difference throughout the Roman period can certainly be seen between the assemblages from villa sites and what Reece has termed the 'good towns'. 77 Again, this is not just a case that villas have scaled-down versions of urban and military site assemblages, but reveals different patterns of supply, loss, and presumably use. A survey of the use of pottery in northern Britain also revealed that the functional composition of urban and rural assemblages is noticeably different, especially in the 2nd and later 4th c. 78 This is especially interesting as, in the north of Britain, pottery itself is a new introduction associated with the coming of Rome.…”

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“…The assemblage used in Table 2 and Table 5 comes from Leadenhall Court and derives from the series of buildings and their associated middens that were built c. 75 and demolished prior to the building of the Forum Basilica on the site in c.95-100. The assemblage in Table 2 comes from the occupation of these buildings (Periods 3 and 4 c. [75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90], and the drinking vessel assemblage in Table 5 consists of all the relevant material stratified in these phases together with that from Period 2 (the farmsteads that preceded Phase 3, dated to 65-75) and Phase 5 (the civic building site, 95-100). 119 Pentre Farm, Flint was the site of a building complex thought to be associated with the official exploitation of the lead mines between c.120 and 200.…”

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Peeling the onion: an approach to comparing vessel glass assemblages

Cool¹,

Baxter²

1999

J. Roman archaeol.

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Roman sites frequently produce large quantities of artefacts which are identified, catalogued and published with no little expenditure of time and effort. This material should be one of the most important resources for telling us about the lives of the people who used it, but to a large extent its potential is untapped. The comparison of assemblages of finds from sites of different types and dates to see if recurrent patterns emerge promises to be one way of exploiting the resource, and this paper explores a methodology for doing this. It is rooted in a particular category of find and area (vessel glass and the province of Britannia), but we believe the approach could have wider applications. In it we seek to reveal the different types of information that the data may possess. All assemblages are likely to be the product of many different influences. Chronology, geography, status, gender, and the ways in which the material enters the archaeological record are ones that immediately spring to mind, and many others could be suggested. Some may be so dominant that the patterns they produce may mask those due to other influences. Our aim is to identify the major influences, and then progressively to analyse the data so that the effect of the dominant factors is removed, and the patterns produced by the less dominant ones are revealed. The gradual peeling of the layers of an onion to reveal a smaller, and sometimes differently-shaped or double core, may be a good analogy for the method.* Vessel glass and Roman BritainThe Roman world saw a great explosion of the use of glass vessels during the later 1st c. B.C. and the early 1st c. A.D. Not only was the scale of production of cast vessels greatly increased, but the discovery of blowing allowed the rapid production of a whole range of new forms, including the closed ones that had hitherto been difficult to produce. This meant that glass vessels could be used as both tablewares and more mundane containers. With the advent of blowing, the price fell, so that by the Neronian period writers marvelled at how cheap glass cups were.

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“…52 This is an excellent example of how integrating the various strands of information can add to our understanding 49 Reece 197349 Reece , 1974 Reece 1993. 51 Reece 1991, 2.…”

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Where Do We Go From Here? Recording and Analysing Roman Coins from Archaeological Excavations

Lockyear¹

2007

Britannia

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The publication of English Heritage's guidelines for the analysis and publication of coins from excavations has not met with acceptance by the relevant specialists. This paper takes the opportunity to look back over what we have been doing, consider what the guidelines suggest, and makes recommendations as to where we could be going. In particular it argues that we should be making more of existing database technologies and the internet, and that the analysis of coins should be integrated with other aspects of the archaeological record. The paper is not a new set of guidelines, but is intended to stimulate debate.

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British sites and their Roman coins

Abstract: An analysis of the Roman coins lost on different types of site within Roman Britain shows strong chronological and geographical trends, as well as providing a critique for the current classification of sites.

Cited by 13 publications

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Exploring Romano–British finds assemblages

Exploring Romano–British finds assemblages

Peeling the onion: an approach to comparing vessel glass assemblages

Where Do We Go From Here? Recording and Analysing Roman Coins from Archaeological Excavations

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