Change and Continuity at the Roman Coastal Fort at Oudenburg from the Late 2nd until the Early 5th Century AD : Volume II: the Material Culture of the South-West Corner Site.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanhoutte, S. (Sofie)

Series:

Relicta Monografieën Series

Relicta Monografieën Series ; v.19B

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fortification, Roman.

Material culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (604 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2023.

Summary:

In the later Roman period the North Sea and Channel region was the scene of seaborne attacks, political crises, army reforms, Germanic invasions and changing imperial defence strategies. Literary evidence for this era is poor. On the other hand the Shore forts can yield highly significant information, but have been subject to little study in recent decades. At the Belgian coastal fort at Oudenburg large-scale excavations in the first decade of the 21st century revealed a strikingly well-preserved chronological, spatial and functional evolution of this military base, with five main fort periods running from the late 2nd until the early 5th century AD. For the first time within the context of the Shore forts securely datable structural evidence demonstrates the stages in progression of a mid- to late Roman fort where the horizons can be related to historically recorded processes and events in the region. Political, economic and social developments can be seen within this evidence, as a result of the assessment of the huge quantity of well-stratified finds types. Reports on the finds assemblage by specialist experts, using various analytical methods, represent 'touchstones' for regional military and later Roman studies in the North-West provinces.The study of Oudenburg, and in relationship to other Shore forts, enables exploration of 'change and continuity' and 'identity', in respect of the everyday lives of soldiers, and in their interaction with other forts and wider regional spheres. This is achieved by examining find contexts as reflections of the socio-cultural world. The study of 'military identities' is further emphasized through looking at the associated graveyards wherein the direct relationship with the successive fort periods is established. It is clear this fort was closely connected with the British forts and that there occurred an

increasing Germanic influence as the fort transformed into a community of military families.This is volume two of three and provides detailed reports on the finds assemblage of the south-west corner site of the Oudenburg fort.

Contents:

Intro

1. The pottery

A. Imported fine wares

1. Samian wares

Sofie Vanhoutte, Wim De Clercq and Johan Deschieter

2. Colour-coated and black-slipped wares

Robin P. Symonds and Sofie Vanhoutte

3. Marbled wares

Robin P. Symonds

4. Fine oxidized wares

Sonja Willems

5. Mica-dusted wares

6. Pompeian red wares

B. Imported coarse wares

1. Amphorae

Patrick Monsieur and Sofie Vanhoutte

2. 'Common' flagon wares

Sofie Vanhoutte and Sonja Willems

3. Mortaria

Sofie Vanhoutte, Sonja Willems and Robin P. Symonds

4. Eifelware and other coarse oxidized wares

Sofie Vanhoutte

5. Reduced wares

5.1 The Romano-British coarse pottery, handmade and wheel-turned

Malcolm Lyne and Sofie Vanhoutte

5.2 Imported greywares from the North of France

Sonja Willems and Sofie Vanhoutte

5.3 Low Lands Ware

5.4 Late Roman terra nigra

Vince Van Thienen

C. Local and imported handmade wares

1. North Menapian handmade wares

Wim De Clercq and Sofie Vanhoutte

2. Late Roman (Germanic-style) handmade pottery

D. Local wheel-thrown wares

1. North Menapian grey wares

Sofie Vanhoutte and Wim De Clercq

2. Two large beakers with an Oudenburg-Aardenburg-Britannia link

E. The North Menapian pottery group. Reviewing an important 2nd- and 3rd-century local/regional ceramic industry

2. The coins

Sofie Vanhoutte and Johan van Heesch

3. The metal finds

Sofie Vanhoutte With a case-study on the crossbow brooches by Vince Van Thienen

4. The items in worked animal products (antler, horn, bone and ivory)

5. The jet and jet-like finds

Sofie Vanhoutte and Peter Cosyns

6. The glass finds

Peter Cosyns and Sofie Vanhoutte

7. The figurines.

Jan De Beenhouwer and Sofie Vanhoutte

8. The leather finds

Carol van Driel-Murray

9. The ceramic building material

Tim R. Clerbaut and Sofie Vanhoutte

10. The stone implements

Sibrecht Reniere

Appendix. The key context assemblages

Bibliography

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Print version: Vanhoutte, Sofie Change and Continuity at the Roman Coastal Fort at Oudenburg from the Late 2nd until the Early 5th Century AD

ISBN:

9789464260885

9464260882