Excavation in the Roman Legionary Fortress at Caerleon

Contents

Summary

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Zusammenfassung

Chapter 1: Introduction and Background

From Caerleon to Isca

The Priory Field excavation summary

Post-excavation: assessment, conservation and analysis

Excavation archive

Final research questions

Chapter 2: Overview and Discussion of Key Themes

The fortress of Isca and the Second Augustan Legion at Caerleon

Site formation processes, phasing and chronology

Architecture of the Legionary Store Building

‘Post-Roman’ buildings and occupation

Themes in Roman archaeology

Chapter 3: History of the Legionary Store and Post-Roman Occupation in Priory Field

Introduction

PHASE 0: Pre-legionary store building

PHASE 1: Construction of the masonry store building

PHASE 2: Occupation and alteration of the store

PHASE 3: Dereliction and demolition of the store building

PHASE 4: Post-Roman masonry buildings

PHASE 5: Wall robbing

PHASE 6: Medieval and early-modern occupation

PHASE 7: Modern activity

Chapter 4: Finds Catalogues and Specialist Reports

Introduction and discussion

Registered Artefacts Reports and Catalogues

Soil Blocks lifted from Room 2

Building Fabric

Ceramics

Animal Bone (Murray Andrews)

Botanical Remains (Astrid E. Caseldine and Catherine J. Griffiths)

Summary of the Archaeometallurgical Residues (T.P. Young)

Chapter 5: Bibliography

Appendix: Radiocarbon dates from the Priory Field excavation

Appendix: Soil Blocks Lifted from above Phase 2 floor in Room 2

Appendix: Evaluation Excavations in Golledge’s Field and Priory Field, 2007

Appendix: Summary of Community Engagement Activities, 2007-10

Appendix: Excavation Teams 2007, 2008 and 2010

Appendix: Archaeometallurgical Residues (T.P. Young)

About the Author

Dr Peter Guest MCIfA FSA is an archaeologist and numismatist who has spent much of his career researching Roman Wales. He has previously worked for Cardiff University, the British Museum and the National Museum of Wales.

Prof. Andrew Gardner is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the UCL Institute of Archaeology.