Title & Author:

The archaeology of Roman towns : studies in honour of John S. Wacher / edited by Pete Wilson.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2003.

Description:

xviii, 269 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
"Emeritus professor John Stewart Wacher, BSc, MIFA, FSA: an archaeological bibliography": pages xvi-xviii.
Includes bibliographical references.
John Stewart Wacher : an appreciation / Alan McWhirr -- John Stewart Wacher BSc, MIFA, FSA : an archaeological bibliography / Pete Wilson, Elizabeth Hartley and Sarah Wacher -- Ancyra, Metropolis Provinciae Galatiae / Julian Bennett -- Investigating an 'industrial small town' : recent work at Dolaucothi-Pumsaint / Barry C. Burnham -- The genesis of Roman towns on the lower Rhine / Maureen Carroll -- New light of Roman Leicester (Ratae Corieltauvorum) / Nicholas J. Cooper and Richard Buckley -- Colchester's Roman town wall / Philip Crummy -- Early decorated Samian from London reassessed / Geoffrey Dannell -- Nijmegen : a Roman town in the frontier zone of Germania Inferior / Harry von Enckevort and Jan Thijssen -- Civil defences in the West under the High Empire / Simon Esmonde Cleary -- Collage and spectacle. Urban art in Roman Britain / Iain M. Ferris -- Julio-Claudian and early Flavian Calleva / Michael Fulford -- The Tabularium in provincial cities / Mark Hassall -- Sources of effluence : water through Roman Lincoln / Michael J. Jones -- The story of a street : the Vicolo di Narciso and the urban development of Pompeii / Rick Jones and Astrid Schoonhoven.
Shepton Mallet : a roadside settlement on the Fosse Way / Peter Leach -- Luguvalium (Carlisle) : a civitas capital on the northern frontier / Mike McCarthy -- The defences of Roman Chichester / John Magilton -- The defences of Caerwent / W.H. Manning -- Rethinking Richborough / Martin Millett and Tony Wilmott -- Building 2, Insula XXVII from Verulamium : a reinterpretation of the evidence / David S. Neal -- One city's contribution to our understanding of Roman Urbanism / A.G. Poulter -- An early fort at Caerwent? A review of the evidence / Peter Webster -- Resolving the paradox : the work of the Wroxeter Hinterland Project / R.H. White and V.L. Gaffney -- The towns of Roman Dalmatia / J.J. Wilkes -- Water and the Roman city : life in Roman London / Tim Williams -- Air-photography and Venta Icenorum / D.R. Wilson -- The Roman towns of Yorkshire : 30 years on / Pete Wilson.

Summary:

These twenty-six essays on the archaeology of Roman towns were written in honour of John Wacher, doyen of Roman town studies.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1842171038
9781842171035

Subject:

Wacher, John, 1927-
Wacher, J. S. Anniversaries, etc.
Wacher, J. S. Bibliography.
Wacher, J. S.
Cities and towns Rome.
Cities and towns, Ancient Great Britain.
Excavations (Archaeology) Rome.
Excavations (Archaeology) Great Britain.
Villes antiques Grande-Bretagne.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Rome.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Grande-Bretagne.
Antiquities.
Cities and towns.
Cities and towns, Ancient.
Classical antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archeologische vondsten.
Steden.
Romeinse oudheid.
Cidades antigas (arqueologia;arquitetura) Roma (itália)
Arquitetura romana (arqueologia)
Arquitetura antiga (arqueologia) Roma (itália)
Escavação arqueológica Grã-bretanha.
Escavação arqueológica Roma (itália)
Rome Antiquities.
Great Britain Antiquities, Roman.
Rome Antiquités.
Great Britain.
Rome (Empire)
Europe Antiquities, Roman.

Form/genre:

Festschriften.

Added entries:

Wacher, J. S.
Wilson, P. R. (Peter R.)

Roman towns

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227717
Call No.: DE59 .A7 2003
Status: Available