A Late Roman Town House and Its Environs: The Excavations of C.D. Drew and K.C. Collingwood Selby in Collition Park, Dorchester, Dorset 1937-8 Contributor(s): Durham, Emma (Author), Fulford, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0907764398 ISBN-13: 9780907764397 Publisher: Roman Society Publications OUR PRICE: $68.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 936.1 |
LCCN: 2014486469 |
Series: Britannia Monographs |
Physical Information: 436 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Publisher Description: This report publishes the 1937-8 excavations in Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, which revealed one of the best preserved late Roman town houses so far discovered in Roman Britain. Extensively decorated with mosaics, the building has recently been re-displayed in a new cover building by Dorset County Council. In addition to the town house and its mosaics, the report publishes the surrounding buildings in the north-west quarter of the town, also mostly of late Roman date, and associated occupation along with an extensive collection of artefacts, including outstanding finds of coins, glass, iron and Kimmeridge shale. |
Contributor Bio(s): Durham, Emma: - Emma Durham is Research Assistant to Prof. Mike Fulford at Reading University. She has worked in commercial archaeology and as research assistant to Prof. Barry Cunliffe at Oxford University with whom she worked on field projects in Hampshire, France and Spain. |