Excavations at Redhouse, Adwick le Street, Doncaster : Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman Occupation / Tracy Preece.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preece, Tracy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Doncaster.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Bronze age--England.

Bronze age.

Iron age--England.

Iron age.

Doncaster (England)--Antiquities.

Doncaster (England).

Doncaster (England)--Antiquities, Roman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

From May 2000 to June 2017, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) undertook a programme of archaeological excavations and watching briefs atAdwick Le Street, 6.5km to the north-west of Doncaster (South Yorkshire). They revealed evidence for Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman activity.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents Page

List of Figures

Figure 1.1. Site location

Figure 1.2. Archaeological works

Figure 1.3. All features phased plan

Figure 2.1. Plan of Bronze Age ring ditch and sections

Figure 2.2. Ring ditch RD1, looking south

Figure 2.3. Pits within RD1, looking north-east

Figure 2.4. Bronze Age pottery

Figure 2.5. Stone axe

Figure 2.6. Bronze awl

Figure 3.1. Iron Age field systems and enclosures.

Figure 3.2. Roman field system and enclosures

Figure 3.3. Plan of Iron Age enclosure E1

Figure 3.4. South-east corner of enclosure E1, looking south-west

Figure 3.5. Enclosure E1, D1 sections

Figure 3.6. Internal entranceway in ditch D2, looking west

Figure 3.7. Pit sections

Figure 3.8. Pit [186], looking east

Figure 3.9. Plan of Iron Age enclosure E4

Figure 3.10. Enclosure E4 sections

Figure 3.11. Trackway ditches D73, D76 and D77

Figure 3.12. Plan of Iron Age pits and sections

Figure 3.13. Crouched inhumation burial HB1 in pit G100

Figure 3.14. Inhumation burial HB1 plan and section

Figure 3.15. Plan of Roman enclosure E2

Figure 3.16. Plan of Roman enclosure E3

Figure 3.17. Enclosure E3 sections

Figure 3.18. Pit PG36, looking south-west

Figure 3.19. Plan of Roman enclosure E5

Figure 3.20. Enclosure E5 sections

Figure 3.21. Plan of Roman enclosure E6

Figure 3.22. Ditch D80, looking west

Figure 3.23. Enclosure E6, section 435

Figure 3.24. Ring ditch RH1 plan and sections

Figure 3.25. Plan of Roman enclosure E7

Figure 3.26. Enclosure E7, D113 sections

Figure 3.27. Enclosure ditch D113 showing limestone blocks, looking north-east

Figure 3.28. Plan of Roman enclosures E8, E9 and E10

Figure 3.29. View of Roman enclosure E8

Figure 3.30. Enclosure E8, D132 and PG136 sections.

Figure 3.31. Enclosure E8, PG135 and E9, D98/D129 and PG130 sections

Figure 3.32. Enclosure E10, PG147 and droveway G143 sections

Figure 3.33. Plan of Roman enclosure E13

Figure 3.34. Inner enclosure ditch D160, looking east.

Figure 3.35. Oven G164

Figure 3.36. ABG found in pit PG166

Figure 3.37. Plan of Roman road

Figure 3.38. Plough scars G21 and section through the road, looking south

Figure 3.39. Section through the Roman road, looking south-east

Figure 3.40. Roman road section 135

Figure 3.41. Roman road, section 24

Figure 3.42. Reconstruction drawing of Redhouse in the Roman period, looking north

Figure 3.43. Iron Age pottery

Figure 3.44. Roman pottery

Figure 3.45. Roman pottery

Figure 3.46. Roman pottery

Figure 3.47. Roman pottery

Figure 3.48. Roman pottery

Figure 3.49. Roman pottery

Figure 3.50. Roman pottery

Figure 3.51. Roman pottery

Figure 3.52. Roman pottery

Figure 3.53. Roman pottery

Figure 3.54. Roman pottery

Figure 3.55. Relative quantities of jars and bowl/dish tablewares at urban and rural sites in Yorkshire and the north (deep, wide-mouthed jars are counted as jars for the purpose of this analysis)

Figure 3.56. Samian ware

Figure 3.57. The complete quern, SF 108 (photo scale 50mm)

Figure 3.58. Roman coins

Figure 3.59. Roman coin moulds

Figure 3.60. Pipe fragment

Figure 3.61. Coin mould reconstruction

Figure 3.62. Stereo microscope image of the surface of SF 4, showing silver-coloured metal surface worn away to reveal and green-copper corrosion protruding from the coin interior

Figure 3.63. Stereo microscope image of edge of SF 26, showing silver-coloured metal worn away to reveal and green-copper corrosion underneath.

Figure 3.64. Schematic diagram of a cross section of the coin surface, depicting how wear on the surface of a plated coin can expose the metal interior, as is the case for SF 4 and SF 26

Figure 3.65. Stereo microscope image showing dendritic structures visible on the surface of Coin SF 701. Dendrites are corroded to a greenish colour

the eutectoid retains a grey-white metallic appearance

Figure 3.66. Image of the edge of SF 701, showing area of a broken surface. Some possible layering is visible, but it is far less distinct than in the silver-plated forgeries (Figs 3.62 and 3.63)

Figure 3.67. The labelled XRF spectra of SF 25

Figure 3.68. The labelled XRF spectra for the coin SF 8

Figure 3.69. The labelled XRF spectra for the counterfeit coin SF 4

Figure 3.70. The labelled XRF spectra for the counterfeit coin SF 26

Figure 3.71. The labelled XRF spectra for the counterfeit coin SF 701

Figure 3.72. The backscatter electron image of SF 4, showing a close-up of the raised design shown in Fig 3.62. Due to its higher atomic weight, the silver plating (white) is clearly differentiated from the corroded underlying Cu-Sn alloy (mid-grey), and

Figure 3.73. EDS spectrum of silver-rich surface layer in the electron image (Spectrum 85).

Figure 3.74. EDS spectrum of the copper-tin alloy core below the silver-rich plated layer (Spectrum 86)

Figure 3.75. Backscatter electron image of the surface of SF 26

Figure 3.76. EDS spectrum of black spots in the electron image (Spectrum 167)

Figure 3.77. EDS spectrum of light grey region in the electron image (Spectrum 162)

Figure 3.78. Backscatter electron image of the surface of SF 701, showing dendritic structure.

Figure 3.79. EDS spectrum of the black coloured region of the electron image (spectrum 35). This is likely pitting in the corroded dendrite that has trapped some adhering sediment

Figure 3.80. EDS spectrum of the eutectoid (light-grey region of the backscatter image) (spectrum 40)

Figure 3.81. EDS spectrum of a corroded dendrite (dark grey phase in the backscatter image) (spectrum 41)

Figure 3.82. Backscatter electron image of the surface of SF 9

Figure 3.83. EDS spectrum of light grey spots in the electron image (Spectrum 106)

Figure 3.84. EDS spectrum of dark grey coloured region in the electron image (Spectrum 109)

Figure 3.85. The backscatter electron image of coin SF 25

Figure 3.86. EDS spectrum of black coloured region in the electron image (Spectrum 6)

Figure 3.87. Small finds

Figure 4.1. Sites mentioned in the text

Figure 4.2. Cropmark data of the magnesian limestone

Figure 4.3. Pottery distribution

Figure 4.4. Comparative sites in the area

List of Tables

Table 1.1. Periods of activity

Table 2.1. Pits within ring ditch RD1

Table 2.2. Radiocarbon dates for early Bronze Age cremation burials in Yorkshire

Table 2.3. The radiocarbon determinations for the Bronze Age ring ditch and cremations

Table 3.1. Fabric groups by estimated number of vessels

Table 3.2. Fabric groups by weight

Table 3.3. Quantification of Roman pottery

Table 3.4. Vessel quantification by chronological group

Table 3.5. Quantification of samian pottery

Table 3.6. Quantification of Roman coins

Table 3.7. Quantification of coin moulds

Table 3.7 continued. Quantification of coin moulds.

Table 3.8. The major and minor elements detected via pXRF in the coins. Entries highlighted are the coins identified as counterfeit. Note that many detected elements (including, but not limited to Si, Al, Ca, K, and P) are more likely to derive from adher

Table 3.9. Summary of small finds by material type and enclosure

Table 3.10. Species representation (NISP) of hand collected bones,

Table 3.11. Species representation by body parts for hand collected bones (calculated using the maximum count of zones per body)

Table 3.12. Environmental samples from enclosure ditch D1

Table 3.14. Environmental samples from structures S5 and S6

Table 3.15. Environmental samples from pits PG9 and PG12

Table 3.16. Environmental samples from enclosure E8

Table 3.16 continued. Environmental samples from enclosure E8

Table 3.17. Environmental samples from features associated with enclosure E13

Table 3.17 continued. Environmental samples from features associated with enclosure E13

Table 3.18. The radiocarbon determinations for the Iron Age, Roman and medieval

Table 4.1. Comparison of fields within co-axial system

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1

Introduction

Historical and archaeological background

Location, topography and geology

Mitigation works

Project background

Site phasing

Chapter 2

Neolithic and early Bronze Age

Overview

Pits

Ring ditch

Worked flint

by Yvonne Wolframm-Murray

Bronze Age pottery

by Blaise Vyner

Stone axe

by Andy Chapman

Bronze awl

by Blaise Vyner and Tora Hylton

Cremated human remains

by Chris Chinnock

Environmental remains

by Val Fryer

Radiocarbon dating

Chapter 3

Iron Age and Roman

Iron Age enclosures and field system

Enclosure E1

Overview.

Isolated Cremation Burial.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

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OCLC:

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