| Coal in Roman Britain Contributor(s): Travis, John Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1407302280 ISBN-13: 9781407302287 Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Series: BAR British |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (2.06 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Coal has often been considered unimportant to the economy of Roman Britain, and not something that was deliberately mined. This study, based on growing archaeological evidence aims to overturn this view. Travis centres his research on Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire, tracing coal from these coalfields further afield, and finding that, in the case of Yorkshire and Derbyshire it was transported much further than has often been assumed. Lancashire presents a different case, and Travis posits that the coal was used primarily locally in industry controlled by the military. |