Thesis
An archaeobotanical analysis of Silchester and the wider region across the late Iron Age - Roman transition
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The separation of agricultural practice from urban communities has long been understood as a key defining feature of urban societies. This thesis investigates the relationship between developments in agriculture and urbanisation in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain. The Late Iron Age period saw the rise of oppida, characterised by extensive dyke systems, the presence of elites and imported material culture. Three models of the agricultural basis of oppida are currently available: agricultura...
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+ Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Funding agency for:
Lodwick, L
Grant:
AH/I01215X/1
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2014
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:11845
- Deposit date:
- 2015-07-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Lodwick, L
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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