Settlement in Roman Southwark : archaeological excavations (1991-8) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project / [principal authors] James Drummond-Murray and Peter Thompson with Carrie Cowan ; [edited by Simon Burnell].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drummond-Murray, James.

Contributor:

Thompson, Peter (Archaeologist)

Cowan, Carrie

Burnell, Simon

Museum of London. Archaeology Service.

Jubilee Line Extension Project

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Series:

MoLAS monograph ; 12.

MoLAS monograph ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--London.

Excavations (Archaeology).

England--London.

Romans--England--London.

Romans.

Southwark (London, England)--Antiquities, Roman.

Southwark (London, England).

Physical Description:

xiv, 294 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, [2002]

Contents:

1.1 The Jubilee Line Extension 1

1.2 Circumstances of fieldwork 1

1.3 Background to the archaeology of Roman Southwark 5

1.4 Organisation of the report 7

2 The topography of north Southwark

2.1 Archaeological background 9

2.2 The Jubilee Line excavations 10

2.3 Discussion of topography and conclusions 12

3 The arrival of the Romans

3.1 Period 1: early Roman activity 14

4 The pre-Boudican settlement

4.1 Period 2: the first buildings in Southwark 25

5 The Boudican revolt in Southwark

5.1 Period 3: destruction of the first settlement 40

5.2 Historical sources 41

5.3 Archaeological evidence from north of the river 46

5.4 Previous evidence from Southwark 46

5.6 Pre-Boudican Southwark 48

6 Late 1st-century reconstruction and expansion of the setlement

6.1 Period 4: reconstruction of the settlement 54

7 Early 2nd-century continuity

7.1 Period 5: 2nd-century consolidation 82

8 Mid 2nd-century redevelopment

8.1 Period 6: Southwark's market hall 96

9 Evidence for later Roman activity

9.1 Late 2nd- to 3rd-century activity 122

9.2 Activity in the 4th century 143

9.3 Burials 147

11 Specialist appendices

11.1 The building materials 151

11.2 The Roman pottery 162

11.3 The accessioned finds 212

11.4 The glass 231

11.5 The Roman coins 232

11.6 Iron smithing 240

11.7 The botanical remains 242

11.8 The animal bones 259

11.9 The eggshell 274

11.10 Archaeological conservation on the Jubilee Line Extension Project 276

French and German summaries 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

1901992284

OCLC:

50653299