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Excavations Along Hadrian’s Wall 2019–2021 - Structures, Their Uses, and Afterlives (Hardcover)
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Excavations Along Hadrian’s Wall 2019–2021 - Structures, Their Uses, and Afterlives (Hardcover)
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The Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP)
conducted a series of fieldwork projects along the Hadrian’s Wall
corridor between 2019 and 2021. The work focused on sites that were
poorly understood or under particular threat and aimed to improve
understanding of them so they could be better managed in future. At
several sites excavation was followed by conservation and
consolidation work. This volume brings together the final reports
of these excavations, at seven Roman sites in the Wall corridor. As
the sites were spread along the length of the Wall the character
and afterlife of the Wall in very different landscape locations
could be compared. An assessment of the Vallum at Heddon on the
Wall identified how earthwork archaeology survived in a sloped,
heavily ploughed landscape. Three excavations investigated the
condition of the stone Wall curtain at Port Carlisle, Walltown
Crags, and Steel Rigg and Cats Stairs. At each site the Wall
builders had responded to the demands of the local terrain and made
use of local resources. It is also clear how at each site the Wall
had a different post-Roman history. Excavations at the bridging
point of the Cam Beck revealed for the first time how the Wall was
carried over a ‘minor’ watercourse, and discovered traces of
the Turf Wall. Small buildings were also identified just south of
the Wall as it approached the bridge. At Corbridge Roman town,
excavations on the northern periphery of the settlement
demonstrated that from early in its history the most northerly town
in Europe was of considerable extent. The area investigated showed
that, even at the edge of town, shops lined the roads alongside
well-appointed houses with bustling yards. Later on in the Roman
period the town contracted behind walls and cremation burials were
inserted by the road. Each site is reported on independently,
presenting the primary data for each investigation. The volume
concludes with a synthetic analysis of what the results of these
excavations together reveal about Hadrian’s Wall, considering,
amongst other things, construction details and the decay and
destruction of the monument in the centuries following Roman
occupation.
General
Imprint: |
Oxbow Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2024 |
Authors: |
Rob Collins
• Jane Harrison
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Dimensions: |
297 x 210mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78925-944-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-78925-944-4 |
Barcode: |
9781789259445 |
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