Studies in the Roman and Medieval Archaeology of Exeter  
Exeter, A Place in Time Volume II
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This second volume presenting the research carried out through the Exeter: A Place in Time project presents a series of specialist contributions that underpin the general overview published in the first volume. Chapter 2 provides summaries of the excavations carried out within the city of Exeter between 1812 and 2019, while Chapter 3 draws together the evidence for the plan of the legionary fortress and the streets and buildings of the Roman town. Chapter 4 presents the medieval documentary evidence relating to the excavations at three sites in central Exeter (High Street, Trichay Street and Goldsmith Street), with the excavation reports being in Chapter 5–7. Chapter 8 reports on the excavations and documentary research at Rack Street in the south-east quarter of the

city. There follows a series of papers covering recent research into the archaeometallurgical debris, dendrochronology, Roman pottery, Roman ceramic building material, Roman querns and millstones, Claudian coins, an overview of the Roman coins from Exeter and Devon, medieval pottery, and the human remains found in a series of medieval cemeteries.
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This second volume presenting the research carried out through the Exeter: A Place in Time project presents a series of specialist contributions that underpin the general overview published in the first volume. Chapter 2 provides summaries of the excavations carried out within the city of Exeter between 1812 and 2019, while Chapter 3 draws together the evidence for the plan of the legionary fortress and the streets and buildings of the Roman town. Chapter 4 presents the medieval documentary evidence relating to the excavations at three sites in central Exeter (High Street, Trichay Street and Goldsmith Street), with the excavation reports being in Chapter 5–7. Chapter 8 reports on the excavations and documentary research at Rack Street in the south-east quarter of the

city. There follows a series of papers covering recent research into the archaeometallurgical debris, dendrochronology, Roman pottery, Roman ceramic building material, Roman querns and millstones, Claudian coins, an overview of the Roman coins from Exeter and Devon, medieval pottery, and the human remains found in a series of medieval cemeteries.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Appendices
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Summary
  • Foreign Language Summaries
  • 1. Introduction: Studies in the Roman and Medieval Archaeology of Exeter
  • 2. Summaries of the Excavations within the City of Exeter 1812–2019
  • 3. Roman Exeter: The Fortress Plan and Gazetteers of Evidence for the Street Plans and Stone Buildings
    • Section 3.1 The plan and buildings of the legionary fortress at Exeter
    • Section 3.2 Gazetteer of observations of the streets associated with the fortress and early town
    • Section 3.3 Gazetteer of observations of the streets associated with the expanded later town
    • Section 3.4 Gazetteer of buildings associated with the early town
    • Section 3.5 Gazetteer of buildings associated with the later town
  • 4. Medieval Documentary Evidence Relating to the High Street, Trichay Street and Goldsmith Street Excavations
  • 5. Excavations at Trichay Street and Pancras Lane, 1972–3
  • 6. Excavations at Goldsmith Street Area III, 1971–2
  • 7. Excavations at 196–7 High Street, 1972–4
  • 8. Excavations at Rack Street, 1974–5 and 1977–8
  • 9. The Faunal Remains from Exeter, 1976–1990
  • 10. Archaeometallurgy: An Assessment of Roman and Medieval Crucibles and Other Possible Metalworking Debris
  • 11. Dendrochronology: The Roman and Medieval Timbers from Exeter
  • 12. Pottery Supply in Roman Exeter and the South-West
  • 13.1 Roman Ceramic Building Material: Introduction
  • 13.2 Roman Brick and Tile Production in Devon
  • 13.3 An Analysis of the Roman Ceramic Building Material Industry in Devon Using pXRF
  • 14. The Querns and Millstones of Roman Exeter: Supplying and Feeding the Fortress and Town
  • 15. Can Analysis of Claudian Bronze Coins Found at Exeter Usefully Contribute to the Debate for an ‘Earlier’ or ‘Later’ Claudio-Neronian Origin for the Legionary Fortress?
  • 16. The Roman Coins from Exeter and its Hinterland
  • 17. The Local, Regional and Other North European Pottery, 900–1550
  • 18. The South European Pottery, 1250–1550
  • 19. Exeter’s Medieval Cemeteries: A Bioarchaeological Analysis
  • Bibliography
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