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Eating In and Dining Out in Roman Leicester: Exploring pottery consumption patterns across the town and its suburbs

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2018
This article presents an analysis of three dining-related assemblages of pottery from Roman Leicester (Ratae Corieltavorum) and compares them to the patterns already established for pottery supply and vessel use derived from other rubbish deposits across
Nicholas J. Cooper   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amphora Production in the Roman World: A View from the Papyri [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Survey of the papyrological evidence for the various stages of the pottery production process in Graeco-Roman Egypt with a focus on wine amphorae.
Gallimore, Scott
core   +1 more source

The power of the past: materializing collective memory at early medieval lordly centres

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 34-69, February 2026.
The repurposing of earlier sites and monuments is an enduringly popular theme in early medieval archaeology, but in England it has attracted little interest among Late Saxon and early post‐Conquest studies. From the tenth century, however, an increasingly prevalent pattern is discernible of secular lords locating their power centres in relation to ...
Duncan W. Wright   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An early Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Quarrington, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire : report on excavations, 2000-2001 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] The early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in the Kesteven part of Lincolnshire form two distinct distribution patterns (Fig.1): a north-south line along, or just to the west of, the limestone edge between the former Roman towns of Lincoln and ...
Dickinson, T.M.
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GATHERING THE HARVEST: THE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE IN ROMAN CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 68-92, February 2026.
Summary When Rome colonized Britain, it created a transport network spanning the province. This transformed the Iron Age economy, creating large new markets which in turn supported specialized manufacturing. This article explores the impact of transportation on Roman agriculture – the core of the Romano‐British economy.
Rob Wiseman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Notes on the Topography of Eresos [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
This paper is a tripartite study of the topography of the polis of Eresos in southwest Lesbos, addressing three specific problems. The first part provides a topographical discussion of the previously ignored chora of the Archaic polis, considering the ...
Schaus, Gerald, Spencer, Nigel
core   +2 more sources

The Soil Erosion Paradox Re‐Examined: Alluviation and Land Use History in a Small British Lowland River Catchment in the Late Holocene

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Modern studies show that soil erosion results in a loss of ecosystem function, particularly fertility, and is a cause of declining agricultural yields. However, despite the well‐attested high rates of soil erosion across Roman and medieval Europe there appears to have been little or no soil‐associated decline in agricultural production—the ...
Ben Pears   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

GHEORGHE POPILIAN AND THE ROMAN POTTERY FROM OLTENIA

open access: yesJournal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2019
Gheorghe Popilian’s monograph Ceramica romană din Oltenia is the main reference textbook for southern Romania, at least. The work is now pretty old – more than four decades – and although still very useful, it is obviously the product of its age.
Eugen Silviu Teodor
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating geochemical survey, ethnography and organic residue analysis to identify and understand areas of foodstuff processing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this paper we explore the integration of science-based and ethnographic approaches that respond to the need to consider ancient economy and subsistence in the Greek world on a landscape level.
Derham, B.   +4 more
core  

Geoarchaeological Investigation of Early Neolithic Lagoonal Fringe Landscapes in the Netherlands

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Coastal wetlands have historically been portrayed as too marginal for early crop cultivation during the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition due to their dynamic hydrology, low elevation, and poor drainage. However, growing evidence suggests that these environments played a crucial role in the spread of agriculture. We examined buried and submerged
Elena Familetto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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