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Ariconium, Hertfordshire
Robin Jackson
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The Roman 'small town' of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production centre but has remained very poorly understood. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal centre, which owed its evident status and wide range of contacts to control of the production and distribution of Forest of Dean iron. Rapid expansion during the second half of the 1st century AD indicates that the local population was able to articulate rapidly with the economic opportunities the Roman conquest brought. The ... Read more
The Roman 'small town' of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production centre but has remained very poorly understood. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal centre, which owed its evident status and wide range of contacts to control of the production and distribution of Forest of Dean iron. Rapid expansion during the second half of the 1st century AD indicates that the local population was able to articulate rapidly with the economic opportunities the Roman conquest brought. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842174494
SKU
V9781842174494
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About Robin Jackson
Robin Jackson is Senior Archaeological Project Manager at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service with many years’ experience of designing and implementing archaeological fieldwork and research In recent years he has specialised in working with the mineral extraction industry and on large-scale infrastructure projects with particular research interests in prehistoric archaeology and river valley landscapes.
Reviews for Ariconium, Hertfordshire
The synthesis concludes with a valuable review of the ironworking industry within its wider context. All this emphasises just how much can be learnt from a well-designed project without extensive excavation.
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