Roman Finds from Skeldergate and Bishophill
Item
- list of authors
- Arthur MacGregor
- list of contributors
- F. Jenkins
- P. J. Casey
- D. Charlesworth
- Is Part Of
- The Archaeology of York [Series]
- The Small Finds [Volume]
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 02
- Publisher
- Council for British Archaeology for York Archaeological Trust
- Date Copyrighted
- 1978
- Date Available
- Digitally available on 18 August 2023
- Abstract
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The finds discussed here are from excavations of Roman levels at Skeldergate and Bishophill and from a more limited investigation carried out within the Friends' Burial Ground. An account of the excavations appears in AY 4/1; pottery from these sites is described in AY 16/2 and the environmental evidence is published in AY 14{3. The principal features encountered at Skeldergate were a timber-lined well and a series of road surfaces, while at Bishop hill traces of three ranges of buildings standing on an artificial terrace were uncovered. Unequivocal evidence of structures was lacking in the Friends' Burial Ground, owing to the limited area which was excavated.
Amongst the more notable finds from these excavations were two figurines of the 2nd century in pipeclay (Fig. 20), produced in Central Gaul, and a third in bronze in the form of a cockerel (Fig. 21). Other metalwork included a selection of keys (Fig. 22) and an unusual iron knife with gilt-bronze mounts (Fig. 24). From the Skeldergate well came an important series of shoes (Figs. 27-9), mostly of the calceus type, and a number of wooden objects including a stave-built bucket made of imported timber with iron bindings (Fig. 26). Amongst various glass fragments, the most important find was part of a straight-sided bowl bearing an engraved mythical scene and a legend running around the rim (Fig. 30), probably dating from the 3rd century.
All the finds discussed here are now in the care of the Yorkshire Museum, York. - Rights Holder
- York Archaeological Trust
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0
- Format
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Is Format Of
- Paper publication
- Identifier
- GB2837-PUB-AY-17-2
- oclcnum
- 4270758
- Relation
- University of York Library
- isbn10
- 0900312726
- isbn13
- 9780900312724
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- page start
- 31
- page end
- 66
- number of pages
- 36
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