The Archaeology of The Upper City and Adjacent Suburbs

Steane, Kate; Jones, Michael; Darling, Margaret; Mann, Jenny

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“… 57 Steane et al . 2006, 186–8. There are also traces of an earlier monumental building which ‘may have gone up at the end of the 1st century’ (p. 188).…”

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Hadrian and Britain: The Civil Zone

Fulford

2022

Britannia

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The lack of written sources and the difficulties of establishing close chronologies from archaeological material mean that it is difficult to identify initiatives other than the commissioning of Hadrian's Wall that can confidently be attributed either to the emperor's visit to Britain in 122 or to his reign more generally. However, the early second century presents several archaeological proxies which point to a quickening of economic activity integrating the frontiers of Wales and the north of Britain with the civil zone of the south. Developments in the countryside hint at the growth of larger estates, including the emergence of larger, ‘complex’ farms, villages and better communications, together assuring the province's sustained ability to feed both military and civilian populations. At the same time there is evidence for public building across the towns of the south, especially of forum basilicas, which may be linked to administrative reforms including the establishment of new civitates.

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“… 57 Steane et al . 2006, 186–8. There are also traces of an earlier monumental building which ‘may have gone up at the end of the 1st century’ (p. 188).…”

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Hadrian and Britain: The Civil Zone

Fulford

2022

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From field to suburb: investigating a planted monastic settlement at Barnwell, Cambridge

Newman

2020

Archaeological Journal

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The Development of Towns

Rogers

2014

Oxford Handbooks Online

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This chapter examines urban foundation and development in the Roman period and the issues relating to town origins and purpose in Britain. It focuses on the chartered towns and reviews relating to the three main types of urban settlement—the coloniae, municipia and civitas-capitals—and the practice of settlement categorization. The chapter also contextualizes debate on urban development by discussing aspects of the history of approach to the documentation and interpretation of Roman town foundation in Britain. It discusses the practicalities of town construction and then moves on to emphasizing the need for Roman urban studies to embrace archaeological theory in order to avoid normative assumptions in interpreting urban material and town life. In particular it argues for greater recognition of the relationship between the development of urban spaces, the lived experience within towns, and the existing significance attached to places and landscapes in prehistory.

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The Archaeology of The Upper City and Adjacent Suburbs

Cited by 4 publications

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Hadrian and Britain: The Civil Zone

Hadrian and Britain: The Civil Zone

From field to suburb: investigating a planted monastic settlement at Barnwell, Cambridge

The Development of Towns

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