Aspects of Industry in Roman Yorkshire and the North
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Aspects of Industry in Roman Yorkshire and the North

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Aspects of Industry in Roman Yorkshire and the North

About this book

At the frontiers of the Roman Empire, military settlements had a profound influence on local crafting traditions. Legions were not just fighting units - they contained a large number of craftsmen, and the fortress would have been a centre of manufacturing activity. A timber legionary fortress, for example, required vast numbers of nails, many of which would have been made by legionary smiths on site, and an army of thousands would require many more pots, shoes and tents than could be produced by local domestic potters and leather workers. But can all developments in local craft and industry be seen as a result of the appearance of the Roman army? The ten papers in this volume focus on craft production in Roman Yorkshire, and the evidence for the role of the army in local manufacturing activities. Several papers examine broad questions surrounding the organisation and scale of production in urban and rural areas. Others consider the local evidence for individual materials and production processes, including those associated with pottery, glass, copper alloys, non-ferrous metals, leather, jet, and building stone.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Craft and Industry in Roman York H E M Cool
  9. Craft and Industry on the North York Moors in the Roman Period PR Wilson
  10. The Roman Pottery Industry at Holme-on-Spalding Moor in its landscape Peter Halkon
  11. The Roman Pottery of Yorkshire in its wider Historical Context Vivien G Swan
  12. Broken bottles and Quartz Sand: Glass Production in Yorkshire and the North in the Roman Period Jennifer Price
  13. Copper alloys in Roman Yorkshire David Dungworth
  14. Non-ferrous Metalworking in Roman Yorkshire Justine Bayley
  15. The Leather Trades in Roman Yorkshire and beyond Carol van Driel Murray
  16. The Jet Industry and Allied Trades in Roman Britain Lyndsay Allason-Jones
  17. Sources of Building Materials in Roman York G D Gaunt and P C Buckland