Ariconium, herefordshire : an iron age settlement and romano-british "small town". / / Robin Jackson; contributions from Hilary Cool; illustrated by Carolyn Hunt, Steve Rigby and Laura Templeton

• Autore: Jackson Robin (Robin Andrew)
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England : , : Oxbow Books; Oakville, Connecticut : , : David Brown Book Co., , [2012]; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 936.242
• Soggetto topico: Romans - Great Britain - Antiquities; Iron age - England - Herefordshire
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D Antiquities; Herefordshire (England) Antiquities
• Persona (resp. second.): CoolH. E. M.; HuntCarolyn (Illustrator); RigbySteve; TempletonLaura (Illustrator)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-220) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Background -- section 2. Archaeological investigations : summary and analysis -- section 3. Erosion and deposition history -- section 4. The finds and environmental evidence -- section 5. Archaeological synthesis -- section 6. Management, erosion and landuse -- section 7. Concluding remarks.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Roman 'small town' of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production centre but has remained very poorly understood. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal centre, which owed its evident status and wide range of contacts to control of the production and distribution of Forest of Dean iron. Rapid expansion during the second half of the 1st century AD indicates that the local population was able to articulate rapidly with the economic opportunities the Roman conquest brought. The town developed as a typical small
• Titolo autorizzato: Ariconium, herefordshire
• ISBN: 1-84217-935-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910477183803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II