This is the second of three monographs concerning archaeological excavations for Highways England... more This is the second of three monographs concerning archaeological excavations for Highways England's 2013-17 upgrading of the A1 to motorway status between Leeming and Barton in North Yorkshire. A1 scheme research themes "First Contact" and "Dere Street" are addressed here, along with research questions concerning evidence from Scotch Corner and its hinterland. The archaeological remains at Scotch Corner encompass a remarkable era of social, economic and political transformations associated with the absorption of northern England into the Roman province. Artefact typologies, radiocarbon dates and Bayesian modelling indicate that the initial settlement (c.55BC-c.AD15) was characterised by unenclosed roundhouses and mixed arable and pastoral farming. A growing economy promoted exchange amongst communities from the coast and further inland. The local Brigantian tribal elite developed a power centre at nearby Stanwick, which operated like a southern British oppidum and was a base for Roman diplomatic missions. This volume examines the character of native society, settlement, and economic activity at Scotch Corner and its environs once first contact with Rome occurred around the beginning of the 1st millennium. It presents evidence for a period of relative peace and unprecedented prosperity during the early to mid-1st century AD as native elites centred at nearby Stanwick negotiated political concord with the potential invader. Finally, it describes the evidence for Roman conquest at Scotch Corner, with far-reaching implications for how the process of invasion is understood in the environs and wider region
This is the third of three monographs that present the results of archaeological investigations c... more This is the third of three monographs that present the results of archaeological investigations carried out by Northern Archaeological Associates during Highways England's upgrading of 19km of the A1 dual carriageway to motorway status between Leeming and Barton in North Yorkshire from 2013-17. The first monograph concentrates on human burials, and the second upon the Late Iron Age and Early Roman transition period at Scotch Corner, and this work is focused principally on the Roman period. This monograph explores the research theme "Establishment, Consolidation and Retreat", along with a wide range of attendant research questions concerning the evidence from Cataractonium and its hinterland. The monograph is released in two parts and is released with 24 appendices
A Roman-era carriage fitting in tigress form, found in Norfolk in 2016, the first of its kind to ... more A Roman-era carriage fitting in tigress form, found in Norfolk in 2016, the first of its kind to be discovered in Britain. This note, published in Epistula XIV, December 2017 (the e-newsletter of the Society for the Promotion of Roman studies) considers the form and significance of the object, a status-defining and journey-protecting image. A reference is given to a fuller study.
This is the second of three monographs concerning archaeological excavations for Highways England... more This is the second of three monographs concerning archaeological excavations for Highways England's 2013-17 upgrading of the A1 to motorway status between Leeming and Barton in North Yorkshire. A1 scheme research themes "First Contact" and "Dere Street" are addressed here, along with research questions concerning evidence from Scotch Corner and its hinterland. The archaeological remains at Scotch Corner encompass a remarkable era of social, economic and political transformations associated with the absorption of northern England into the Roman province. Artefact typologies, radiocarbon dates and Bayesian modelling indicate that the initial settlement (c.55BC-c.AD15) was characterised by unenclosed roundhouses and mixed arable and pastoral farming. A growing economy promoted exchange amongst communities from the coast and further inland. The local Brigantian tribal elite developed a power centre at nearby Stanwick, which operated like a southern British oppidum and was a base for Roman diplomatic missions. This volume examines the character of native society, settlement, and economic activity at Scotch Corner and its environs once first contact with Rome occurred around the beginning of the 1st millennium. It presents evidence for a period of relative peace and unprecedented prosperity during the early to mid-1st century AD as native elites centred at nearby Stanwick negotiated political concord with the potential invader. Finally, it describes the evidence for Roman conquest at Scotch Corner, with far-reaching implications for how the process of invasion is understood in the environs and wider region
This is the third of three monographs that present the results of archaeological investigations c... more This is the third of three monographs that present the results of archaeological investigations carried out by Northern Archaeological Associates during Highways England's upgrading of 19km of the A1 dual carriageway to motorway status between Leeming and Barton in North Yorkshire from 2013-17. The first monograph concentrates on human burials, and the second upon the Late Iron Age and Early Roman transition period at Scotch Corner, and this work is focused principally on the Roman period. This monograph explores the research theme "Establishment, Consolidation and Retreat", along with a wide range of attendant research questions concerning the evidence from Cataractonium and its hinterland. The monograph is released in two parts and is released with 24 appendices
A Roman-era carriage fitting in tigress form, found in Norfolk in 2016, the first of its kind to ... more A Roman-era carriage fitting in tigress form, found in Norfolk in 2016, the first of its kind to be discovered in Britain. This note, published in Epistula XIV, December 2017 (the e-newsletter of the Society for the Promotion of Roman studies) considers the form and significance of the object, a status-defining and journey-protecting image. A reference is given to a fuller study.
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