Wroxeter and the end of Roman Britain. (1st June 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Wroxeter and the end of Roman Britain. (1st June 2014)
- Main Title:
- Wroxeter and the end of Roman Britain
- Authors:
- Lane, Alan
- Abstract:
- Abstract : When and how did urban life in Roman Britain end? The excavations conducted by Philip Barker at Wroxeter from 1966–1990 produced evidence suggesting a post-Roman phase of urban activity that continued into the sixth or seventh century AD, up to 200 years beyond the traditionally accepted chronology. Careful re-examination of the evidence, however, throws doubt on these claims. More recent work on Late Roman Britain coupled with new discoveries in Wales and the west challenges the evidence for the post-Roman survival of Wroxeter as an urban centre and suggests that it may have been largely abandoned, along with other Roman towns, in the late fourth or early fifth century AD.
- Is Part Of:
- Antiquity. Volume 88:Number 340(2014)
- Journal:
- Antiquity
- Issue:
- Volume 88:Number 340(2014)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 88, Issue 340 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 88
- Issue:
- 340
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0088-0340-0000
- Page Start:
- 501
- Page End:
- 515
- Publication Date:
- 2014-06-01
- Subjects:
- Roman Britain, -- Wroxeter, -- Celtic West, -- Anglo-Saxon, -- urbanism, -- chronology, -- Mediterranean imports
Archaeology -- Periodicals
Antiquities -- Periodicals
930.05 - Journal URLs:
- http://antiquity.ac.uk/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0003598X00101140 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0003-598X
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- Ingest File:
- 5920.xml