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Calleva Atrebatum: An Interim Report on the Excavation of the Oppidum, 1980–86

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Michael Fulford
Michael Fulford*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading, England
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Abstract

Excavation of the basilica of the Roman town of Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) has produced evidence for two phases of pre-Roman occupation. The earlier, probably dating to the mid-first century BC, consisted of roundhouses and pits. Around 20 BC a rectilinear steet pattern, with building plots at right angles to the streets and rectangular buildings, was laid out; later a palisaded enclosure was built. Imports included amphorae and fine pottery; Central Gaulish wares suggest an early trade connection to the south. There is some evidence of disuse before the Roman streets were laid out on a different alignment in mid first century AD.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , 1987 , pp. 271 - 278
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1987

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