Isurium Brigantum : an archaeological survey of Roman Aldborough / Rose Ferraby and Martin Millett ; with contributions by Jason Lucas [and 5 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferraby, Rose, author.

Millett, Martin, author.

Contributor:

Society of Antiquaries of London, issuing body.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Research report of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; no. 81.

Research report of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; no. 81

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Aldborough (North Yorkshire).

Excavations (Archaeology).

England--Aldborough (North Yorkshire).

Classical antiquities.

Aldborough (North Yorkshire, England)--Antiquities, Roman.

Aldborough (North Yorkshire, England).

North Yorkshire (England)--Antiquities, Roman.

North Yorkshire (England).

England--North Yorkshire.

Physical Description:

xv, 187 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Society of Antiquaries of London, 2020.

Language Note:

English with summaries in English, French and German

Summary:

Modern-day Aldborough, in North Yorkshire, lies on the site of Isurium Brigantum, the former administrative capital of the Brigantes, one of the largest indigenous tribes of Roman Britain. Strategically located on Dere Street, by the second century AD it had become a key Roman town engaged with the supply of the northern frontier, with buildings and mosaics that reveal a thriving economy through to the fourth century. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the site of Isurium Brigantum was the subject of important antiquarian investigations. However, unlike some southern counterparts - for example, Calleva Atrebatum or Verulamium - in the twentieth century it attracted less archaeological attention. Then, in 2009 a team of archaeologists led by Dr Rose Ferraby and Professor Martin Millett began a major re-examination of the site. This included large-scale geophysical surveys using both gradiometry and high-resolution ground-penetrating radar. Most of the town and its surroundings were revealed, allowing its development from the second century AD to the medieval period to be mapped with great accuracy. Brought together in this volume for the first time are the results of those surveys, together with a re-evaluation of the earlier antiquarian work and more recent archaeological fieldwork and excavations - some never before published. The resulting volume provides historians and archaeologists with exciting new information about the topography and development of the Roman town and later landscape, together with a thorough review of the town in the broader context of Roman Britain and the western Empire. The volume is complemented by an interactive digital archive, which is free to access.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction

1.1. Background to this study

1.2. Geographical setting

1.3. Historical background

1.4. Previous inferences on urban origins

1.5. Textual evidence

1.6. History of the town

1.7. Previous archaeological work

1.8. Organisation of this volume

ch. 2 Previous antiquarian and archaeological work

2.1. Knowledge up to the mid eighteenth century

2.2. The later eighteenth century

2.3. The first half of the nineteenth century

2.4. From the 1850s to the 1920s

2.5. Excavations of the 1920s and 1930s

2.6. From the 1940s to the 1980s

2.7. The 1990s onwards

ch. 3 The geophysical surveys

3.1. Introduction

Methodology

Presentation of the results

3.2. Area 1: North-western intra-mural area

3.3. Area 2: North-eastern intra-mural area

Note on terracing in the southern half of the town

3.4. Area 3: Central intra-mural strip

3.5. Area 4: South-western intra-mural area

3.6. Area 5: South-eastern intra-mural area

3.7. Area 6: South-eastern extra-mural area

3.8. Area 7: Eastern extra-mural area

3.9. Area 8: South-eastern extra-mural area

3.10. Area 9: Northern extra-mural area

3.11. Area 10: Northern extra-mural area beside the river

3.12. Area 11: Northern bridgehead

3.13. Area 12: Western extra-mural area

3.14. Area 13: South-western extra-mural area

ch. 4 Re-evaluating the history of Isurium Brigantum

4.1. The Iron Age background

4.2. The Roecliffe fort

4.3. Earliest activity on the site of Aldborough

4.4. Town planning

4.5. The forum and the establishment of the civitas

4.6. The Town Wall

4.7. The character of the early to mid Roman town

4.8. The development of the extra-mural areas

4.9. The later Town Wall and annexes

4.10. The later Roman townscape

4.11. The transition to the Middle Ages

4.12. Epilogue: history, antiquarian development and landscape

4.13. Retrospect and prospect

Appendices

Appendix 1 Gazetteer of archaeological interventions

Appendix 2 Concordance with RIB

Appendix 3 Concordance with CSIR

Appendix 4 Architectural stonework

Appendix 5 Stone altars.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

085431301X

9780854313013

OCLC:

1140352105

Publisher Number:

99987680304