Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Roman Finds from the River Tees at Piercebridge in Context

Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Roman Finds from the River Tees at Piercebridge in Context
ISBN-10
0907764487
ISBN-13
9780907764489
Category
History
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
2021-08
Publisher
Britannia Monograph
Authors
Hella Eckardt, Philippa Jane Walton

Description

When Roman objects are discovered in rivers they are commonly interpreted as accidental losses or as rubbish deposits revealed by fluvial erosion; this is in contrast to prehistoric assemblages, which are often seen as ritual offerings. Our project challenges these assumptions by publishing for the first time an entire riverine artifact assemblage and comparing its composition to nearby excavated assemblages. The ca. 3,600 finds retrieved by two divers from the River Tees at Piercebridge are also related to the Roman bridges, settlement, and fort, and analyzed to better understand the people who used and deposited them.

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