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Excavations at Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) 2019: Interim Report
An interim report from the 2019 season of excavations at Aldborough Roman Town, North Yorkshire. Excavation was carried out between the 27th April – 1st June 2019 as part of the Aldborough Roman Town Project (University of Cambridge). A trench covering an area of 78m² was excavated by hand, in order to re-investigate a 1924 trench and the clarify the nature of the structures around it. The aim was to use the 1924 trench to examine the earliest contexts, whilst undisturbed areas could be dug to learn more about the latest phases of the town. The results of the magnetometry survey in this area were partly obscured by ridge and furrow, therefore the excavation would allow us to better understand the character of this part of the town, leading on from the 2018 work on the warehouses to the east. Finally, the location of the trench was designed to include part of the northern-most east–west street of the grid, providing an opportunity to date the construction of the street grid
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Roman Colonial Landscapes: Interamna Lirenas and its territory through Antiquity
Ground-penetrating radar survey at Falerii Novi : a new approach to the study of Roman cities
Our understanding of Roman urbanism relies on evidence from a few extensively investigated sites, such as Pompeii and Ostia, which are unrepresentative of the full variety of Roman towns. This article presents the results of the first high-resolution GPR survey of a complete Roman town-Falerii Novi, in Lazio, Italy. The authors review the methods deployed and provide an overview of the results, including discussion of a case-study area within the town. They demonstrate how this type of survey has the potential to revolutionise archaeological studies of urban sites, while also challenging current methods of analysing and publishing large-scale GPR datasets
Ground-penetrating radar survey at Falerii Novi: a new approach to the study of Roman cities
Our understanding of Roman urbanism relies on evidence from a few extensively investigated sites, such as Pompeii and Ostia, which are unrepresentative of the full variety of Roman towns. This article presents the results of the first high-resolution GPR survey of a complete Roman town—Falerii Novi, in Lazio, Italy. The authors review the methods deployed and provide an overview of the results, including discussion of a case-study area within the town. They demonstrate how this type of survey has the potential to revolutionise archaeological studies of urban sites, while also challenging current methods of analysing and publishing large-scale GPR datasets.AHRC grant AH/M006522/
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The Impact of High Resolution Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey on Understanding Roman Towns: case studies from Falerii Novi and Interamna Lirenas (Lazio, Italy)
Abstract—In three field seasons, the Roman towns Falerii
Novi and Interamna Lirenas (Lazio, Italy) were surveyed using
ground-penetrating radar (GPR). The aim was to take
maximum advantage of the high resolution capability of the
GPR technique. Beside the choice of the antenna frequency,
unaliased data recording is important when undertaking a fullresolution
GPR survey. In this project, the use of a GPR array
allowed a high sample density (~0.05 m in in-line direction, and
~0.06 m in cross-line direction). The accuracy and precision of
the positioning by means of an RTK GNSS and a robotic total
station nearly fulfilled the requirement that the accuracy and
precision should be better than half the required sample
density (in this case ~0.04 m). The data were 3D migrated,
which improves the lateral resolution. The results of the survey
contributed to the understanding of the investigated Roman
towns and their early development. For example, private
houses, revealed in detail, confirm the existence of a regular
pattern of land allotment
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Excavations at Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) 2017: Interim Report
An excavation was carried out by the Aldborough Roman Town Project, University of Cambridge, between the 4th – 23rd September 2017 on the site of the Roman forum at Aldborough. The project directors were Rose Ferraby and Martin Millett. The excavation was undertaken to confirm the location and orientation of the forum, as well as to gather possible dating and phasing. The trench would also test key questions about the early development of the Roman town. It was located on the grass verge by St Andrew's Church, opposite the Ship Inn
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Aldborough Roman Town Project: 2016 Excavation Interim Report
Interim report of the 2016 excavation at Aldborough Roman Town.
Excavation was carried out north of the English Heritage maintained mosaics (NGR 440492, 466311) in September 2016, directed by Rose Ferraby and Martin Millett, University of Cambridge. The works were undertaken as part of the Aldborough Roman Town Project, which has been mapping the area of Aldborough using geophysical survey since 2009. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SM NY 436, HA 1003133) and scheduled monument consent was granted by Historic England to facilitate the excavation
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Excavations at Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) 2018: Interim Report
An interim report from the 2018 field season of the Aldborough Roman Town Project.
Excavation was carried out in the north east corner of the Roman town of Isurium Brigantum between 3 – 27th March 2018 as part of the Aldborough Roman Town Project (University of Cambridge). A 7m x 3m trench was located in order to investigate a large building. First discovered during the 1924 excavations of Barber et al., the extent of the building was fully revealed as part our magnetometer recent survey, showing it to extend to c. 60m x 8m. The excavation was carried out to investigate the nature and date of the building, its chronological relationship to the town wall, and to test whether there was intra-mural road passing immediately to the north of it.
The report contains background to the research, historical maps, geophysical survey from the Aldborough Roman Town Project, and detailed discussion of the results of the 2018 excavations
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