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Ragstone to Riches: Imperial Estates, metalla and the Roman military in the south east of Britain during the occupation

Simon Elliott
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Ragstone to Riches tells the story of the huge Roman metalla extractive industries of the south east of the province of Britannia. These provided much of the iron to equip the military there, and ragstone to facilitate the construction of the built environment in the region during the occupation, through to the middle of the 3rd century AD. In the former case this was the Wealden iron industry, which, especially to the north of Hastings, featured sites as large as any industrial enterprise today. Meanwhile, regarding the upper Medway Valley ragstone quarrying industry, the work identifies for the first time the five specific quarries which provided the material to build Roman London. For both, the author also explores the role played by the military in running these enormous metalla enterprises.
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Maps
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. BACKGROUND -- KENT DURING THE ROMAN OCCUPATION
  • 3. ROMAN ANALYSIS -- THE WEALD
  • 4. REGIONAL ANALYSIS -- MEDWAY VALLEY
  • 5. DISCUSSION -- INTERPRETING THE EVIDENCE
  • 6. CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • APPENDICES
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Published: 2018
Publisher: BAR Publishing
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407316529 (paperback)
  • 9781407323244 (ebook)
BAR Number: B638
Subject
  • Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
  • Numismatics
  • Metallurgy / Mining
  • Classical and Hellenistic
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Early Modern and Modern
  • Conflict / Military / Fortifications
  • Landscape Archaeology
  • Mediterranean
  • Metal Objects
  • Epigraphy / Ancient and Medieval Texts / Papyri
  • Ceramics and Pottery Studies
  • Trade / Exchange / Travel / Economy
  • Architecture / Domestic and Urban Buildings and Space / Urbanism
  • Experimental Archaeology
  • Identity / Gender / Childhood / Ethnicity / Romanization
  • Roman
  • Late Antiquity and Byzantium
  • British Isles
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