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Author:   Simon Esmonde Cleary ,  Jason Wood ,  Emma Durham
Publisher:   Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Imprint:   Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Volume:   35
ISBN:  

9780907764496

ISBN 10:   0907764495
Pages:   626
Publication Date:   19 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. A HISTORY OF WORK AT AND PUBLICATION ON CHEDWORTH 1864: The Villa Uncovered 1864–1924: Conservation and Publication 1924–57: The Early National Trust Years 1957–65: Sir Ian Richmond 1966–2010: Targeting Problems CHAPTER 2. FABRIC SURVEY AND ANALYSIS (Jason Wood) Introduction Description and Analysis South range West range West baths Room 17: nymphaeum North baths and north range Cross gallery Discussion Roman Victorian First half of twentieth century Second half of twentieth century CHAPTER 3. THE ROMAN STRUCTURAL REMAINS Introduction The South Range The West Range The Nymphaeum (Room 17) The North Range The Cross Gallery The Areas Around the Main Villa Buildings Water Management Appendix Excavations at Chedworth Roman Villa, 1977 (Ron Shoesmith and Tim Copeland) Excavations at Chedworth Roman Villa by the University of Sheffield 2000–2002 (Maureen Carroll) CHAPTER 4. THE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS AND FINDS Introduction The Mosaics (S.R. Cosh) The Sculptured Stone (Martin Henig) The Architectural Stone (Kevin Hayward) The Marble (Susan Walker) Plaster and Mortar (Emma Durham with J.R.L. Allen) Ceramic Building Material (Peter Warry) The Worked Flint (Richard Bradley) Roman Small Finds (Emma Durham with Martin Henig) Post-Roman Finds (Emma Durham) The Vessel Glass (Emma Durham) The Window Glass (Emma Durham) Reports Prepared by Wessex Archaeology The coins (Nicholas Cooke) Metalwork (Grace Perpetua Jones with Phil Andrews and Martin Henig) Worked bone (Lorraine Mepham) Shale/jet (Lorraine Mepham) Glass (Lorraine Mepham) Pottery (Rachael Seager Smith) Ceramic building material (Rachael Seager Smith) Animal bone (R. Billson) Overview of the Coins (Simon Esmonde Cleary) Overview of the Small Finds (Emma Durham) Overview of the Pottery (Jane Timby with Joanna Bird) The Infant Burials (Anna Rohnbogner) Overview of the Animal Remains (Claire Ingrem) CHAPTER 5. CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA Pre-Roman Activity The Origins and Structural Development of the Villa The ‘Developed Villa’ Decline and Fall: The End of the Villa and After CHAPTER 6. CHEDWORTH, THE COTSWOLDS AND VILLA CULTURE Landscapes of Production and Prestige Chedworth and Villas in the Locality Chedworth and Rich Villas in the Cotswolds and Britain Chedworth and Late Roman Aristocratic Behaviour CHAPTER 7. REIMAGINING THE VILLA SINCE 1864 Farrer, Eldon and the Consolidation and Display of the Villa 1864–1870 Landscape Management 1864–2010 (Rupert Goulding) Torpor to the Trust: the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries After World War II: Half a Century of Exploration and Presentation Reconstructions of the Villa The Development of the Heritage Lottery Fund Bids and the New Cover-Building, 1994–2012 (Julie Reynolds) ‘The Honoured Guest’: Interpreting the Chedworth Roman Villa to Modern Visitors (Peter Salway) Bibliography Index

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[T]he volume is coherently structured and contains helpful lists of figures and tables, as well as a comprehensive index. * Transactions (Bristol and Gloucestershire Arch Soc *

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Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Birmingham and a specialist in the western Roman Empire experienced archaeologist and heritage consultant, currently the Director of Heritage Consultancy Services archaeologist and artefact specialist and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading.

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