Interpreting Roman London: Papers in Memory of Hugh Chapman (Oxbow Monographs in Archaeology) - Hardcover

Bird, Joanna; Bird, J.; Hassall, Mark; Sheldon, H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1900188023 ISBN 13: 9781900188029

Publisher: Oxbow Books, 1996

Synopsis

Roman London was Hugh Chapman's stamping ground and it is entirely fitting that his friends and colleagues should have chosen it the theme of this tribute to his memory: it is no surprise at all that there are many contributors. Contents: The Temple of Diana (G. Clark) ; The Beginnings of Arhcaeology in the City of London (P. Marsden) ; London as Provincial Capital (M. Hassall) ; the Status of Londinium (J. Wilkes) ; Characterizing Roman London (M. Millett); How to Interpret Roman London? (R. Reece); Monumental architecture (T. F. C. Blagg); A palace disproved: reassessing the provincial governor's presence (G. Milne); the cemeteries of Roman London (J. Hall); a miniature chalk head from the Thames and the 'cult of the head' (J. Cotton); sculptors from the west (M. Henig); the London hunter-god and his significance (R. Merrifield); Isis, not Cybele: a bone hairpin from London (C. Johns); frogs from the Walbrook: a cult and its attribution (J. Bird); Petrecus connected: thirty years on (G. B. Dannell); the hare with three legs (A. H. Easson); Iron Age and Roman pottery traditions (P. Tyers); Procuratorial mortarium stamps (K. F. Hartley); coin interpretation (M. J. Hammerson); decorated Roman spoons (C. E. E. Jones and D. Sherlock); a new collyrium stamp and some thoughts on eye-medicine (R. Jackson); Roman meterial from London in the Pitt-Rivers collection at Salisbury (N. Griffiths); Dem dry bones (C. Orton); a five-acre wood in Roman Kent (R. S. O. Tomlin); the London region in the Roman period (D. G. Bird); in search of Sulloniacis (H. Sheldon); Stony Jack's Roman London (J. Macdonald); Displaying Roman London (M. Hebditch). Michael Robbins contributes an appreciation of Hugh Chapman, and Bernard Nurse a bibliography of his publications.

Table of Contents

The Temple of Diana (G. Clark)
The Beginnings of Arhcaeology in the City of London (P. Marsden)
London as Provincial Capital (M. Hassall)
The Status of Londinium (J. Wilkes)
Characterizing Roman London (M. Millett)
How to Interpret Roman London? (R. Reece)
Monumental architecture (T. F. C. Blagg)
A palace disproved: reassessing the provincial governor's presence (G. Milne)
The cemeteries of Roman London (J. Hall)
A miniature chalk head from the Thames and the 'cult of the head' (J. Cotton)
Sculptors from the west (M. Henig)
The London hunter-god and his significance (R. Merrifield)
Isis, not Cybele: a bone hairpin from London (C. Johns)
Frogs from the Walbrook: a cult and its attribution (J. Bird)
Petrecus connected: thirty years on (G. B. Dannell)
The hare with three legs (A. H. Easson)
Iron Age and Roman pottery traditions (P. Tyers)
Procuratorial mortarium stamps (K. F. Hartley)
Coin interpretation (M. J. Hammerson)
Decorated Roman spoons (C. E. E. Jones and D. Sherlock)
A new collyrium stamp and some thoughts on eye-medicine (R. Jackson)
Roman meterial from London in the Pitt-Rivers collection at Salisbury (N. Griffiths)
Dem dry bones (C. Orton)
A five-acre wood in Roman Kent (R. S. O. Tomlin)
The London region in the Roman period (D. G. Bird)
In search of Sulloniacis (H. Sheldon)
Stony Jack's Roman London (J. Macdonald)
Displaying Roman London (M. Hebditch).
Michael Robbins contributes an appreciation of Hugh Chapman, and Bernard Nurse a bibliography of his publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxbow Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900188023
• ISBN 13: 9781900188029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270