A relief-patterned flue-tile recovered during the excavations of the forum-basilica at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) features a previously unpublished roller-stamped design. The ...tile is described in terms of its fabric and design and compared to the other roller-stamped examples from Silchester.
Provider: - Institution: - Data provided by Europeana Collections- An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology between April and June 2016 at Greater Blackfriars ...(Quayside/Blackfriars), Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Seven trenches were excavated. Trenching identified potential natural sands and riverine alluvium, elements of the Roman defensive circuit, Roman walls and floors associated with several probable town houses, Anglo-Saxon and/or medieval deposits, including probable ditches associated with the 11th and/or 12th-century AD castles, and post-medieval and modern structural remains. The results provide valuable additional information on the Roman, medieval and later development of the site.- All metadata published by Europeana are available free of restriction under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. However, Europeana requests that you actively acknowledge and give attribution to all metadata sources including Europeana
During the last two archaeological campaigns (2021-2022) we worked in the central area of the large fort at Băneasa. As we expected, the trenches have intersected the defensive ditch of the second ...phase of the fort (it shrank at less than half of the original surface), and the new gate of the eastern precinct. The two phases are similar in many respects, as the shape and the size of the ditch, the almost flat rampart, the undersized palisade, as well as that unique tower-gate, with no analogies for the first half of the third century. There are also some differences; for instance, the end of this fortification seems rather pacific, as rendered by both the stratigraphic rendition and the short list of findings. There is still some news, as the discovery of stamped tiles, which is a first for this frontier – Limes Transalutanus – all across the plain, south of Pitești City. Unfortunately, those tiles were brought from Slăveni (the largest fort from southern Romania, located 39 km west-northwest of Băneasa, beyond Olt River) therefore we still do not know the name of the military unit garrisoned at Băneasa. The comparison made for the pottery of the two phases does not show relevant differences, but the chronological gap is not greater than two decades.
This paper concerns the archaeometric study carried out on a group of tiles and a brick belonging to the Roman period. In particular, the samples are dated back to the late 3rd-1st century BC and ...they come from the archaeological sites of Cariati, Scala Coeli and Terravecchia, in the province of Cosenza (Calabria, Southern Italy). Some of these samples are impressed with the stamps L./N. LUSIPETEL and M. MECONI, belonging to a production plant that operated in the north-central Ionian coast of the Calabria Region between the late Republican period and the Imperial age, owned to two important families of Petelia (today Strongoli). All samples were analyzed by Optical microscopy, X-ray Powder Diffraction and Energy Dispersion Microanalysis by Scanning Electron Microscope, in order to determine their minero-petrographic features and their geochemical composition, to identify the extraction area of the raw materials and the technological aspects related to the processing of the clay. In addition, the comparison between the chemical composition of the samples with the clay and the sand coming from some quarries of the Cariati area confirms that most of the samples were locally produced using raw materials from natural Pliocene outcrops.
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Provider: - Institution: - Data provided by Europeana Collections- Archaeology South-East (ASE), the contracting division of the Centre for Applied Archaeology (CAA), Institute of Archaeology (IoA), ...University College London (UCL) was commissioned by Andrew Hobbs to undertake an archaeological watching brief during development works at Hemstead Forest Equestrian Centre, Benenden, kent, TN17 4AJ, (centred on NGR: TQ 80442 34743). The clay geology was encountered at 85.33m AOD in the northeast corner of the sand school. As the ground was higher towards the west, it was not necessary to strip the west side of the sand school down to this level. No archaeological features or artefacts were encountered relating to the Roman Road to the west of the site. A single undated ditch with a ceramic land drain inserted into the base is likely to be earlier than the mid-19th century. No other archaeological finds or features were encountered; therefore the development work will not impact upon features of archaeological importance.- All metadata published by Europeana are available free of restriction under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. However, Europeana requests that you actively acknowledge and give attribution to all metadata sources including Europeana
