Martin Millett

Excavations at Cowdery's Down Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1978–81

This paper describes the excavations of an area of North Hampshire chalk land designated for housing development at Cowderys Down, Basingstoke, Hampshire (SU657532). The site produced evidence of activity from the Bronze Age to the Civil War which is dealt with sequentially. The bulk of the report deals with an extensive early medieval settlement which produced well preserved and detailed evidence for timber architecture of the sixth and seventh centuries A.D., and includes a detailed study of material recovered from the site. The excavation records and finds are deposited with Hampshire County Museum Service under the accession number A. 1978. 1.

An Early Medieval Building Tradition

Excavations have recently produced valuable new evidence for the structural types used in the vernacular architecture of lowland and eastern Britain during the sixth-eighth centuries A.D. The evidence from a number of contemporaneous sites suggests that a highly characteristic building tradition was in widespread use. The identifying features of this building tradition are defined and its affinities discussed.

Britons and Romans: advancing an archaeological agenda

This challenging book encourages those with an interest in Roman Britain to think broadly and to engage actively in shaping the future priorities of research into the subject. The volume reconsiders many assumptions about relations between Romans and the indigenous population and the authors explore themes as diverse as: the Iron Age/Roman and Roman/Medieval transitions; Romanisation; material culture and identity; rural society; urbanism; zooarchaeology; and soldiers and civilians. Within these themes the contributors seek to break down the relative insularity of Romano-British studies, and to open it up to new external perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches.

The Archaeology of the Hasholme Logboat

On the 29 July 1984 archaeologists engaged in a survey of the later Prehistoric and Romano-British landscape around Holme-on-Spalding Moor in East Yorkshire visited land at Hasholme which was being drained. Examination of the drainage works led to the discovery of fragments of a substantial logboat amongst timbers which had been removed from the fenland by the contractors after fouling their mole drainer. These fragments were rescued and their findspot (SE 822326) identified by the workmen. An excavation was organized by the first author in conjunction with Hull City Museums, to examine the remainder of the vessel, to investigate its context and establish its date. The spectacular and substantially intact remains of an oak logboat were located, excavated and recorded ‘in situ’ in co-operation with a team from the Archaeological Research Centre of the National Maritime Museum under the direction of the second author. The boat was raised and taken to the National Maritime Museum for study before being retur...

Infant and Child Burial Rites in Roman Britain: a Study from East Yorkshire

The discovery of infant burials on excavated domestic sites in Roman Britain is fairly common but in the past these burials have often been dismissed as a product of unceremonious disposal. There is a growing literature which considers the phenomenon, but it has been dominated by debates around the suggestion that these burials provide evidence for infanticide, with a focus on the osteological evidence for and against this hypothesis. There has been less systematic consideration of the archaeological context of such burials. In this paper we examine the excavated evidence of two large groups of such burials from sites in East Yorkshire which demonstrate that the burial of neonatal infants followed a careful age-specific funerary rite. We suggest that this conclusion further undermines the widespread assumption that infants were disposed of without ceremony and as a result of infanticide.

Falerii Novi : further survey of the northern extramural area

The results of a survey of the extra-mural area immediately to the north of the Roman town of Falerii Novi (Lazio) in Italy.

An Iron Age Burial from Viables Farm, Basingstoke

(1982). An Iron Age Burial from Viables Farm, Basingstoke. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 139, No. 1, pp. 69-90.

Archaeological Field Survey in the Environs of Aldborough ( Isurium Brigantum )

Abstract This paper presents the results of field surveys undertaken in 1987 and 1989–97 in the immediate vicinity of the Roman civitas capital of Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough, North Yorks). It presents the Roman finds from the survey, providing quantified analyses of pottery and ceramic building material as well as catalogues of the other artefacts collected. These studies provide new evidence for the history of the town and form the basis for a discussion of the development of the landscape in its environs, complementing other recent work at the site.

Hidden histories of Roman towns: seeing beneath the surface of Falerii Novi and Interamna Lirenas

Issue 90 CurrentWorldArChAeology above Today, the site of Falerii Novi is dominated by the farm and church established in a former monastery. Under the fields lie the buried remnants of a Roman city founded in 241 BC. Although excavating the urban area would be prohibitive in terms of time and funding, ground-penetrating radar offers the key to understanding the relationship between these buried buildings. Hidden histories of Roman towns

Research data supporting the publication of "Archaeological field-survey in the environs of Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum)"

Extended discussion of the Roman finds (principally the pottery and Ceramic Building Materials) recovered from the field walking survey in the vicinity of Aldborough (North Yorks), together with full data on individual findspots and identifications of individual finds.