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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of illustrations (figures and tables)
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Summary
Résumé
Zusammenfassung
Introduction
1 The History of Archaeology in Colchester
The antiquarians and collectors
The excavators
The Colchester Archaeological Trust
2 Geology and the Deposit Model
Solid Geology
Drift Geology
The Colchester Deposit Model
Introduction
Character of archaeological deposits in Colchester
Sequence and nature of the deposits
Preservation of finds
Archaeological deposits
Results of the modelling
3 Prehistoric Colchester
Introduction
Past work
The finds evidence
The archaeological evidence
Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic
The Bronze Age
The early and middle Iron Age
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
4 Camulodunon in the Late Iron Age, c 50 BC-AD 43
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The finds evidence
The archaeological evidence
The oppidum
The dykes
Settlement - Sheepen
Other settlement evidence
Manufacturing and trade
Agriculture and the field system
Burials and ritual structures
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
5 The Roman Legionary Fortress, AD 43-49
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The finds evidence
The archaeological evidence
Military structures outside the legionary fortress
Siting, preparation, laying-out and construction of the fortress
Industrial activity
Food, water supply and drainage
Disposal of the dead
Claudian occupation evidence and Iron Age continuity
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
6 The Early Roman colonia, AD 49-61
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The finds evidence
The archaeological evidence
The creation of the colonia and its hinterland
Fortress into colonia: the revised layout
Defences
Buildings of the colonia
Manufacturing and trade
Diet
Cemeteries
Resistance to Rome - evidence for the Boudican revolt
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
7 The Later Roman town, AD 61-410
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The archaeological evidence
Topographical organisation
Boundaries, defences and roads
Public and monumental buildings and structures
Water supply
Domestic and commercial buildings
Manufacturing and trade
Farming strategies and diet
Religious and burial practice
Extramural development
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
8 Early Anglo-Saxon Colchester, 410-916
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The finds evidence
The archaeological evidence
Occupation
Coins
Burials
Possessions
Pottery
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
9 Late Anglo-Saxon Colchester, 917-1066
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The nature of the evidence
The finds evidence
The archaeological evidence
Town defences, street system and urban plan
Religious buildings
Secular buildings
Pottery and metalwork
Manufacturing and trade
The late Anglo-Saxon countryside
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
10 Early Medieval Colchester, 1066-1348
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The nature of the evidence
The finds evidence
The archaeological evidence
The castle
Town defences
Streets
Monastries and churches
Public buildings and works
Domestic architecture
Open space
Suburbs
The re-use of Roman materials
The Hythe, commerce, trade and manufacturing
The countryside
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
Colchester medieval deposits: biological remains
11 Late Medieval Colchester, 1349-1540
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The nature of the evidence
The finds evidence
The archaeological evidence
The urban plan
Public buildings and works
The town wall, town gates and castle
Manufacturing and trade
Domestic and commercial architecture
Cellars and undercrofts
The religious foundations and charitable institutions
Churches
The countryside
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
12 Post-Medieval Colchester, 1540-1700
Introduction and historical framework
Past work
The nature of the evidence
Summary of finds assemblages
The archaeological evidence
The urban plan
The impact of the Dissolution
Public buildings and other works
The Hythe
The town wall, town gates and castle
Domestic and commercial architecture
Standing buildings
Excavated buildings
Brick and tile
Manufacturing and trade
The cloth industry
The Civil War
Agriculture
The current state of knowledge
Preservation
Importance
Potential for future research
13 Post-1700 Colchester
Introduction and historical framework
Assessment of importance and potential
Appendices
Gazetteer of prehistoric monuments, elements and finds from the study area
Gazetteer of late Iron Age monuments, elements and finds from the study area
Gazetteer of Roman monuments, elements and finds from the study area
Gazetteer of early Saxon monuments, elements and finds from the study area
Gazetteer of late Saxon monuments, elements and finds from the study area
Gazetteer of medieval monuments, elements and finds from the study area
Gazetteer of the significant late medieval buildings of Colchester
Gazetteer of late medieval monuments, elements and finds from the study area
Gazetteer of post-medieval monuments, elements and finds from the study area
Gazetteer of excavations in Colchester 1845-2008
Tables
Bibliography
Index
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