The Snettisham hoards / edited by Jody Joy, Julia Farley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joy, Jody, 1978- editor.

Farley, Julia, editor.

Series:

Research publication (British Museum) ; 1747-3640 no. 225.

British Museum research publication ; 225

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iron age--England--Snettisham.

Iron age.

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Snettisham.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Jewelry, Ancient--England--Snettisham.

Jewelry, Ancient.

Goldwork, Celtic--England--Snettisham.

Goldwork, Celtic.

Snettisham (England)--Antiquities, Celtic.

Snettisham (England).

Celtic antiquities.

England--Snettisham.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London : The British Museum Press, 2024.

Contents:

Volume 1. Acknowledgements

Part I. The site.

1. Introduction

2. Excavating at Snettisham

3. The site and its local context

4. The history of discoveries at Snettisham

5. The results of the 1990-1992 British Museum excavations

6. Phase 1: Early Neolithic (c. 3650-3400 BC)

7. Phase 2: Bronze Age to earlier Iron Age (c. 2500-350 BC)

8. Phase 3: Later Iron Age (c. 350-60 BC)

9. Phase 4: Latest Iron Age/Early Roman (c. AD 1-200) and Phase 5: Late Roman (c. AD 350-400)

10. Phase 6: Medieval and post-Medieval (c. AD 1100 onwards)

Appendix 1: Full list of contexts from the 1990-1992 excavations, with associated artefacts, ecofacts, and samples

Appendix 2: Unstratified flint and flint redeposited in later features

Part II. The late Iron Age and early Roman hoards

11. Introduction to Part II and summary of finds by hoard and type

12. Excavation of the hoards recovered in 1990-1991

13. Iron Age metalwork typology

14. Iron Age hoards and other metalwork

15. Iron Age and Roman coins

Volume 2. Part III: Discussion. 16. Conservation of the Snettisham torcs

17. Technology and manufacture of the Snettisham torcs

18. Compositional analysis of objects from Snettisham hoards A, B, and C in the collections of Norwich Castle museum

19. Seeing the wood for the trees: evaluating the woody resources of Snettisham

20. Torc biographies

21. Decoration of the Snettisham torcs and other objects

22. Torcs in Iron Age Britain

23. Interpreting Snettisham: what do hoards 'do'?

24. Summary and conclusions

Appendix 3: Concordance of finds

Appendix 4: Compositional analysis of Iron Age gold alloy coins from Snettisham parish

Appendix 5: Analysis of gold and silver alloy objects from hoards A, B, and C and comparative material

Bibliography

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780861592258

0861592255

OCLC:

1513213232

Publisher Number:

90104370759