Ancient and Early Medieval Coins from Cornwall & Scilly

Ancient and Early Medieval Coins from Cornwall & Scilly
Title Ancient and Early Medieval Coins from Cornwall & Scilly PDF eBook
Author Roger David Penhallurick
Publisher
Pages 312
Release 2009
Genre Coins, Ancient
ISBN 9780901405494

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Britain, unlike Europe, does not have a tradition of publishing regional numismatic corpora to agreed national standards. So far, only the Roman coins from North-West England and Wales have been published in detail. Roger Penhallurick was the late Senior Curator of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. From a Cornish family, returned from Wales, Roger truly 'gathered up the fragments that are left, that nothing be lost', (motto of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies). He worked on his coin corpus for many years and completed it in 2000 before his untimely death in 2004. The corpus is a true testament to his enthusiasm, commitment and awareness of the importance of coin finds to the archaeology and history of Cornwall. The work of reorganising the manuscript was undertaken by Dr. Nick Wells of Cardiff University. This task proved to be rather more complicated than initially envisaged though the Editors feel that the end result is worth the effort.

The Watlington Hoard

The Watlington Hoard
Title The Watlington Hoard PDF eBook
Author John Naylor
Publisher Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Pages 260
Release 2022-06-16
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN 1789698308

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Presenting the complete publication of the objects and coins in the Watlington Hoard, the authors discuss its wider implications for our understanding of hoarding in late 9th-century southern Britain, interactions between the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, and the movements of the Viking Great Army after the Battle of Edington in 878.

Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain

Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain
Title Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain PDF eBook
Author Roger Bland
Publisher Oxbow Books
Pages 767
Release 2020-06-30
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN 1785708562

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More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed. The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD, as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD 253–296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has been a collaborative research venture between the University of Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery of these finds. A comprehensive online database (https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field surveys of a sample of them.

Excavation of Later Prehistoric and Roman Sites along the Route of the Newquay Strategic Road Corridor, Cornwall

Excavation of Later Prehistoric and Roman Sites along the Route of the Newquay Strategic Road Corridor, Cornwall
Title Excavation of Later Prehistoric and Roman Sites along the Route of the Newquay Strategic Road Corridor, Cornwall PDF eBook
Author Andy M. Jones
Publisher Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Pages 174
Release 2019-05-10
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1789691532

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This volume presents the results of archaeological investigations on the Newquay Strategic Road and goes on to discuss the complexity of the archaeology, review the evidence for ‘special’ deposits and explore evidence for the deliberate closure of buildings especially in later prehistoric and Roman period Cornwall.

The Drowning of a Cornish Prehistoric Landscape

The Drowning of a Cornish Prehistoric Landscape
Title The Drowning of a Cornish Prehistoric Landscape PDF eBook
Author Andy M. Jones
Publisher Oxbow Books
Pages 258
Release 2023-06-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1789259258

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Between 2018 and 2019, Cornwall Archaeological Unit undertook two projects at Mount’s Bay, Penwith. The first involved the excavation of a Bronze Age barrow and the second, environmental augur core sampling in Marazion Marsh. Both sites lie within an area of coastal hinterland, which has been subject to incursions by rising sea levels. Since the Mesolithic, an area of approximately 1 kilometer in extent between the current shoreline and St Michael’s Mount has been lost to gradually rising sea levels. With current climate change, this process is likely to occur at an increasing rate. Given their proximity, the opportunity was taken to draw the results from the two projects together along with all available existing environmental data from the area. For the first time, the results from all previous palaeoenvironmental projects in the Mount’s Bay area have been brought together. Evidence for coastal change and sea level rise is discussed and a model for the drowning landscape presented. In addition to modeling the loss of land and describing the environment over time, social responses including the wider context of the Bronze Age barrow and later Bronze Age metalwork deposition in the Mount’s Bay environs are considered. The effects of the gradual loss of land are discussed in terms of how change is perceived, its effects on community resilience, and the construction of social memory and narratives of place. The volume presents the potential for nationally significant environmental data to survive, which demonstrates the long-term effects of climate change and rising sea levels, and peoples’ responses to these over time.

Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins Found in Britain and Ireland

Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins Found in Britain and Ireland
Title Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins Found in Britain and Ireland PDF eBook
Author Roger Bland
Publisher
Pages 430
Release 2010
Genre Coin hoards
ISBN

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Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester

Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester
Title Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester PDF eBook
Author Francis M. Morris
Publisher Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Pages 1402
Release 2023-12-28
Genre History
ISBN 1803276819

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This is a detailed study of the archaeology of Roman Winchester—Venta Belgarum, a major town in the south of the province of Britannia— and its development from the regional (civitas) capital of the Iron Age people, the Belgae, who inhabited much of what is now central and southern Hampshire.