TY - BOOK AU - Fulford,Michael TI - Silchester Revealed: The Iron Age and Roman Town of Calleva SN - 9781911188865 AV - DA90 .F854 2021 U1 - 936.2271 PY - 2021/// CY - Havertown PB - Windgather Press KW - Excavations (Archaeology)-England-Silchester KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Discovering Calleva -- Uncovering the town -- New techniques -- What next? -- And then … -- 2 Beginnings: the late Iron Age Royal Centre of Calleva -- Early defences, early settlement -- The earliest inhabitants -- Crafts and agriculture -- Trade networks -- Calleva in context -- 3 Caratacus, the Roman conquest, Nero and Calleva -- An unusual building -- Nero and Calleva -- Elsewhere in Calleva -- Over in Insula IX -- The Silchester Eagle -- Eating and drinking in Insula IX -- The Roman town takes shape -- 4 From town to city: Calleva, a regional centre -- No change on Insula IX -- The first forum basilica -- The baths -- A mansio -- Temples -- Private properties -- Back to Insula IX -- 5 The 2nd century: Calleva at its peak -- Water and waste -- Homes and gardens -- Urban economy -- Town and country -- Life and death -- 6 Calleva defended -- Labour and materials -- More changes -- 7 Late Roman Calleva -- A church? -- Town houses -- Smaller buildings -- 8 Living in late Roman Calleva -- Food and drink -- Breeding and growing -- Craft and industry -- Transport and economy -- Dogs and cats -- Ritual practices -- 9 The end -- Increasing insecurity -- The house of Tebicatos -- Where did all the people go? -- Medieval Silchester -- Postscript -- Further information and reading -- Index -- Back Cover UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6579890 ER -