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EXCAVATIONS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTHAMPTON 1953-1969 (2 VOLUMES)

Written by Colin Platt, R. Coleman-Smith
Published by Leicester University Press in 1975
ISBN: 0718511239

EXCAVATIONS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTHAMPTON 1953-1969 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Colin Platt, R. Coleman-Smith.
Stock no. 1827710
1st. 1975. Hardback. Slightly better than very good condition.

Volume 1: The Excavation Reports. Volume 2: The Finds. Large volume. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Contained in slipcase. ISBN: 0718511239. Lower front corner of board of volume 1 is bumped. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed at base and knocked to top rear spine edge.

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Cover of EXCAVATIONS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTHAMPTON 1953-1969 (2 VOLUMES) by Colin Platt; R. Coleman-Smith

Contents

  • VOLUME 1 THE EXCAVATIN REPORTS
  • Preface
  • List of figures
  • List of plates
  • List of abbreviations
  • PART I
  • Introduction by Colin Platt
  • Chronological table, A.D. 1000-1600
  • Surface geology of the site of medieval Southampton by F. Hodson
  • The surviving medieval buildings by Pl A. Faulkner
  • A. Gatehouses
  • B. Commercial buildings
  • C. Medieval house and undercrofts
  • PART II
  • The excavations, 1953-1955 by M. R. Maitland Muller, with D. M. Waterman
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • The excavations
  • Site 1, Upper Bugle Street
  • Site 2, the castle-mound ditch
  • Site 3, Albion Place
  • Site 4, Lansdowne Hill
  • Site 5, High Street 1
  • Site 6, High Street 2
  • Site 7, East Street
  • Site 8, West Street
  • Site 9, Gloucester Square
  • Site 10k The Star Hotel
  • Site 11, Zion Chapel
  • PART III
  • The excavations, 1956-1958 by J. S. Wacher
  • Introduction
  • Prehistoric settlement
  • The town defences
  • Buildings and other structures
  • Site A, Vyse Lane
  • Site B, Bargate Street
  • Site E, Brewhouse Lane
  • The pits
  • PART IV
  • The excavations, 1959-1961 by F. A. Aberg
  • Acknowledgements
  • The castle
  • Site 1, the castle mound
  • Site 2, the bailey defences, Albion Place
  • Spa Road
  • West Street
  • 184 French Street
  • 5 Cuckoo Lane
  • Quilter's Vault
  • The Wool House
  • Gloucester Sq2uare
  • Canute's Palace
  • Building sites
  • High Street, 1960
  • Brewhouse Lane, 1960
  • St Michael's Square, 1961
  • George's Restaurant, French Street, 1961
  • Midland Bank, Albion Place, 1961
  • 10-12 Bugle Street, 1961
  • National Provincial Bank, High Steet, 1961
  • PART V
  • The excavations, 1966-1969 by Colin Platt
  • High Street
  • Winkle Street
  • Cuckoo Lane
  • Bugle Hall
  • Gloucester Square
  • 49 Bugle Street
  • PART VI
  • Analyses of samples
  • The animal bones by Barbara Noddle
  • The bird bones by D. Bramwell
  • The fish bones by Alwyne Wheeler
  • The animal bones from J. S. Wacher's excavations by Juliet Clutton-Brock
  • The molluscan remains by F. R. Woodward
  • The seeds by G. W. Dimbleby
  • Parasite eggs by A. W. Pike
  • Pollen analysis (pit 101, High Street B) by K. E. Barber
  • Smithy floor (feature 172, High Street C) by P. J. Ovenden
  • Index to published finds
  • VOLUME 2 THE FINDS
  • List of figures
  • List of plates
  • Bibliography
  • THE POTTERY
  • Introduction by Colin Platt and Richard Coleman-Smith, with J. G. Hurst
  • The pit groups
  • The grass-marked sherd by D. P. S. Peacock
  • Some local and imported wares from Southampton by G. C. Dunning
  • The Southampton ceramics in contemporary paintings by Richard Coleman-Smith
  • Blackened medieval polychrome pottery, cleaned by heat treatment by Richard Coleman-Smith and Henry Hodges
  • Catalogue
  • English wares
  • French wares
  • German, Flemish and Dutch wares
  • Spanish wares
  • Italian wares
  • Mediterranean and other wares
  • THE TILES
  • Roof-fittings by G.C. Dunning
  • Catalogue
  • Roof-tiles and fittings
  • Floor - and hearth - tiles
  • THE GLASS
  • Introduction by R. J. Charleston
  • Catalogue
  • THE WOOD
  • Catalogue (identifications by J. D. Brazier)
  • THE SMAILL FINDS
  • The ampullae from Cuckoo Lane by Brian Spencer
  • The pewter saucer by Ronald F. Michaelis
  • The coin-weight by Michael Dolley
  • The bone pipe by J. V. S. Megaw
  • Catalogue by Yvonne Harvey, with contributions by Ian Goodall and Leo Bick
  • The bronze
  • Other metals
  • The bone
  • Bone and miscellaneous objects
  • The iron
  • THE LEATHER
  • Catalogue
  • THE STONE
  • Catalogue (identifications by I. M. West and F. W. Anderson; interpretation by P. A. Faulkner)
  • THE COINS AND JETTONS
  • by Michael Dolley
  • Catalogue
  • The Roman coins
  • The English coins
  • The Anglo-Irish coin
  • The Continental coins
  • The uncertain coins
  • The jettons
  • The coins from J. S. Wacher's excavations by S. E. Rigold
  • THE TEXTILES
  • by Elisabeth Crowfoot
  • Catalogue
  • Textiles
  • Rope and string
  • The Southampton Wools by M. L. Ryder and J. V. Hedges
  • THE BASKETS
  • by Dorothy Wright
  • THE CLAY TOBACCO-PIPES
  • by D. R. Atkinson
  • Catalogue
  • GENERAL INDEX