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The Roman Amphitheatre of Chester, Volume 1 : the Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Havertown :
Oxbow Books, Limited,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Book Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Summary; Résumé; Zusammenfassung; THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ROMAN CHESTER; Pre-Roman activity; Military occupation before the fortress; The construction of the fortress; The second-century hiatus; Third-century recommissioning; The fourth century and later; THE AMPHITHEATRE; The discovery of the amphitheatre; Excavation and presentation 1952-72; Dee House and development, 1992-2000; Research 2000-2003; THE CHESTER AMPHITHEATRE PROJECT; Background; Non-invasive survey; Excavation.
- Public access, popular publication and the amphitheatre conferencePost-excavation assessment and analysis; PART 2: BEFORE THE AMPHITHEATRE: THE PREHISTORIC PHASES; NATURAL GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY AND SOILS (Phase 0); MESOLITHIC TO EARLY BRONZE AGE (PERIOD 1, Phase 1a); Archaeological features; Struck flint and stone; Discussion: The Mesolithic to Bronze Age evidence in its wider context; By Dan Garner; IRON AGE SETTLEMENT AND LAND USE (PERIOD 1, Phases 1b-2); Middle Iron Age settlement (Phase 1b); Middle Iron Age cultivation (Phase 1c); The later Iron Age (Phase 2); Archaeobotanical evidence.
- By Ruth PellingPollen samples; By David E Robinson and Zoë Hazell; Radiocarbon dating; By Peter Marshall, Ruth Pelling, Gill Campbell, TonyWilmott, Christopher Bronk-Ramsey, Gordon Cook andPaula Reimer; Phases 1b-2: Finds; Discussion: Iron Age Chester and its wider context; By Dan Garner; ROMAN OCCUPATION BEFORE THE AMPHITHEATRE (PERIOD 2: Phase 3); PART 3: THE ROMAN AMPHITHEATRES; 3.1 THE FIRST ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE(PERIOD 3); AMPHITHEATRE 1a CONSTRUCTION (Phase 4); Area A; Newstead, 1929-31; Trench XII; Trench 18; Watching brief; Finds and dating.
- By Gillian Dunn, Alison Heke, Margaret Ward and TonyWilmottAMPHITHEATRE 1a USE (Phase 5); Area A; Trench 48; Finds and dating; By Gillian Dunn, Alison Heke, Quita Mould, David Shotter, Margaret Ward and Tony Wilmott; AMPHITHEATRE 1b: STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS (Phase 6); Area A; The outer wall and external stair; Robbing of the radial wall; The timber-framed seating structure; Area B; Previous work; Finds and dating; By Gillian Dunn, Alison Heke, Quita Mould, David Shotter, Margaret Ward and Tony Wilmott; AMPHITHEATRE 1b USE (Phase 7); Area A; South and west of the vomitorium.
- North and east of the vomitoriumPrevious work; Finds and dating; By Gillian Dunn, Alison Heke, Quita Mould, David Shotter, Margaret Ward and Tony Wilmott; THE FIRST ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE: DISCUSSION; Survey and layout; By Julian Baum and Tony Wilmott; Outer wall and cavea; Entrances; The Nemeseum; External activities; Sand supply; 3.2 THE SECOND ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE(PERIOD 4); INTRODUCTION; AMPHITHEATRE 2: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE (Phase 8); The outer wall; The major entrances; The vomitoria; The Pilaster bases; Architectural stonework; Finds and dating.