The Reports
The Reports
Twelve Colchester Archaeological Reports (CARs) were published between 1981 and 1983. They cover the major digs of the time in some technical detail and also serve as standard reference books for certain aspects of Colchester, in particular Roman finds. All are available here, except for Volume 6.
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Colchester Archaeological Report 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester
by Philip Crummy (with contributions from Nina Crummy, Tania M Dickinson, Vera I Evison, Patricia Galloway, D E Greenway, Margaret Guido, Sonia C Hawkes, S E Rigold, D Stephenson, D M Wilson, G Zarnecki)
Contents
Illustrations
Introduction and acknowledgments
Chapter 1 - The archaeological evidence: 5th to 9th centuries
Chapter 2 - Some written evidence
Chapter 3 - The ceramic evidence: 10th to 12th centuries
Chapter 4 - Excavations in the grounds of St John's Abbey
Chapter 5 - Topographical evidence
Chapter 6 - Stone houses in Colchester
Chapter 7 - Colchester from the 5th to the 12th century: general discussion and summary
Appendix 1 - Origins of personal names of burgesses in Colchester Domesday and of moneyers operating in Colchester during the period 979-1087 by Nina Crummy
Appendix 2 - Bronze mount from the castle bailey
Appendix 3 - Earliest known references to present streets in Colchester town centre by Nina Crummy
Appendix 4 - Notes on Colchester keep
Appendix 5 - Notes on the borough seals of Colchester
Appendix 6 - Descriptions of illustrated pottery and other clay objects
Bibliography
Index
© Colchester Archaeological Trust, Department of the Environment, and Council for British Archaeology
First Edition 1981
Reprinted 1995 by the Colchester Archaeological Trust (with a few additional footnotes)
ISBN 0 906780 06 3
Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9
by Nina Crummy
Contents
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Introduction
Category 1 : Objects of personal adornment or dress with contributions from Elizabeth Fowler, Martin Henig and Mark Hassall
Category 2: Toilet, surgical or pharmaceutical instruments with contributions from Patricia Galloway and Mark Hassall
Category 3: Objects used in the manufacture or working of textiles
Category 4: Household utensils and furniture with a contribution from D G Buckley and H Major
Category 5: Objects used for recreational purposes
Category 6: Objects employed in weighing and measuring
Category 7: Objects used for or associated with written communications
Category 8: Objects associated with transport
Category 9: Buildings and services
Category 10: Tools
Category 11: Fasteners and fittings
Category 12: Objects associated with agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry
Category 13: Military equipment with contributions from Dr Graham Webster and Stephen Greep
Category 14: Objects associated with religious beliefs and practices with a contribution from Dr JP Wild
Category 15: Objects and waste material associated with metal working
Category 16: Objects and waste material associated with antler, horn, bone and tooth working
Category 17: Objects and waste material associated with the manufacture of pottery vessels or pipeclay objects
Category 18: Objects the function or identification of which is unknown or uncertain
Bibliography
Object index
Index of objects by material(s)
Microfiche supplement:
Categories 1 to 18 as above
Appendix 1 : The jet pin roughs in the Yorkshire Museum
Appendix 2: Grave goods from the Butt Road cemeteries
Appendix 3: Further pottery counters
© 1983 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and Department of the Environment
Colchester Archaeological Report 3: Excavations at Lion Walk, Balkerne Lane, and Middleborough, Colchester, Essex
by Philip Crummy (with contributions from Howard Brooks, P M Barford, J Bayley, C M Cunningham, Nina Crummy, P J Drury, A J Gouldwell, K F Hartley, Dr S Limbrey, Dr Roger Ling, Joan Liversidge, Dr R Luff, P M Murphy, David S Neal, Dr R Reece, Dr D J Smith, R P Symonds, Maisie Taylor, and Dr J P Wild )
Contents
Chapter One: Roman and medieval Colchester
Chapter Two: Excavations at Lion Walk 1971-4
Chapter Three: Excavations at Balkerne Lane 1973-6
Chapter Four: Excavations at Middleborough 1979
Appendix 1: Human remains from Lion Walk and Balkerne Lane
Appendix 2: Examination of a lead coffin and its contents from Balkerne Lane
Appendix 3: The stone architectural fragments
Appendix 4: Colchester ware louvers
Appendix 5: The Roman tiles
Appendix 6: Tables showing the Roman painted wall plaster from Buildings 8, 67, 69, 70 and 71
Appendix 7: Some technological finds from Lion Walk and Balkerne Lane
Appendix 8: Descriptions of complete or nearly complete burial pots
Appendix 9: A green stained soil sample from a pit at Lion Walk, Site J
Appendix 10: Summary of the ceramic dating evidence for some key areas at Lion Walk and Balkerne Lane
Appendix 11: Carbonised cereals and crop weeds from Buildings 38, 41, and 45 (Balkerne Lane)
Appendix 12: Soil monolith through the cultivated soil of Period 5 at Balkerne Lane
Appendix 13: Summary of the products of the Roman kiln F1019 (Middleborough)
Appendix 14: Miscellaneous soil samples (Middleborough)
Appendix 15: List of significant charcoal samples
© 1984 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and Department of the Environment
ISBN 0-9503727-4-9
Colchester Archaeological Report 4: The coins from excavations in Colchester 1971-9
by Nina Crummy (with contributions from Marion Archibald, Justine Bayley, Nina Crummy, Philip Crummy, John A Davies, Roger Goodburn, Michael Hammerson, Robert Kenyon, Richard Reece, and Martin Winter )
CONTENTS
Introduction by Nina Crummy
The coins as dating evidence by Philip Crummy
The Celtic coins by Roger Goodburn
The Roman coins by Richard Reece
The Claudian coinage by Robert Kenyon
The analysis of some Claudian coins from Colchester by Justine Bayley
The barbarous radiates by John A Davies
The coins of Carausius and Allectus by John A Davies and Nina Crummy
The Constantinian copies, AD 330-48 by Michael Hammerson
The medieval and some early post-medieval coins and tokens by Marion Archibald
Summary of all the post-Roman coins and tokens by Nina Crummy
Coin hoards from Colchester by Nina Crummy and Martin Winter
Catalogue 1: The most stratigraphically significant coins from excavations in Colchester 1971-9: listed by context
Catalogue 2: Coins from excavations in Colchester 1971-9: listed by site and numismatic identification
MICROFICHE SUPPLEMENT
Catalogue 3: Coins in the Colchester and Essex Museum: listed by numismatic identification
Catalogue 4: All the coins from excavations in Colchester 1971-9: listed by site and then by date of context
© 1987 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
Colchester Archaeological Report 5: The post-Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-85
by Nina Crummy (with contributions from Barry Ager, Justine Bayley, David Buckley, Philip Crummy, Geoff Egan, Dr Patricia Galloway, Joy Hind, and Hilary Major)
Contents
Introduction
Category 1: Objects of personal adornment or dress with contributions
Category 2: Toilet, surgical or pharmaceutical instruments
Category 3: Objects used in the manufacture or working of textiles with a contribution
Category 4: Household utensils and furniture
Category 5: Objects used for recreational purposes
Category 6: Objects employed in weighing and measuring
Category 7: Objects used for or associated with written communications
Category 8: Objects associated with transport
Category 9: Buildings and services
Category 10: Tools
Category 11: Fasteners and fittings
Category 12: Objects associated with agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry
Category 13: Military equipment
Category 14: Objects associated with religious beliefs and practices
Category 15: Objects and waste material associated with metal working
Category 16: Objects and waste material associated with antler, horn, bone and tooth working
Category 17: Objects and waste material associated with the manufacture of pottery vessels or pipeclay objects
Category 18: Objects the Function of Identification of which is Unknown or Uncertain
Microfiche
© 1988 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
ISBN 0-9503727-7-3
Colchester Archaeological Report 6: Excavations at Culver Sreet, The Gilberd School and other sites 1971 - 1985
by Philip Crummy
Please note: this report is not currently available for download. Printed copies can be purchased from the Trust.
Colchester Archaeological Report 7: Post-Roman pottery from excavations in Colchester, 1971-85
by John P Cotter (with contributions from Catherine Hills and M J Hughes)
Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - English wares: early to mid-Saxon (c 450-850)
Chapter 3 - English wares: late saxon and early medieval (c 850-1200)
Chapter 4 - English wares: medieval (c 1200-1550)
Chapter 5 - English wares: post-medieval (c 1550-1750)
Chapter 6 - English wares: modern (c 1750 onwards)
Chapter 7 - French wares
Chapter 8 - Low Countries wares
Chapter 9 - German and Rhenish wares
Chapter 10 - Iberian wares
Chapter 11 - Italian wares
Chapter 12 - Far Eastern wares
Chapter 13 - Miscellaneous unsourced ?imports
Chapter 14 - The stratified groups
Chapter 15 - Conclusions
Appendix 1: Concordance of illustrated pottery
Appendix 2: Documentary evidence for potters and kiln sites in the Colchester area
Appendix 3: Neutron activation analysis of redware pottery from north-east Essex, including Colchester-type wares
Bibliography
Index
Colour Photographs
© 2000 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
ISBN 1 897719 08 6
Colchester Archaeological Report 8: Roman vessel glass from excavations in Colchester, 1971-85
by H E M Cool and Jennifer Price
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Cast objects and vessels
3. Mould-blown vessels
4. Polychrome brown vessels
5. Cups and beakers
6. Bowls
7. Jars
8. Jugs
9. Flasks and unguent bottles
10. Miscellaneous forms and body fragments
11. Bottles
12. Waste
13. An overview of glass vessels from Colchester
14. The origins of the glass vessels in use in Roman Colchester
15. The vessel-glass assemblages from the sites
Bibliography
Concordance
Indexes
Appendices
© 1995 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
Published 1994 by Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, 12 Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex C03 3NF
ISBN 1897719027
Colchester Archaeological Report 9: Excavations of Roman and later cemeteries, churches and monastic sites in Colchester, 1971-85
by Nina Crummy, Philip Crummy, Carl Crossan (with contributions from H Cool, J Cotter, C Cunningham, John A Davies, C Going, A Harris, S Pinter-Bellows, J Price, R Reece, D Shimmin, N A Smith, A Stirland, R P Symonds, and D Watts)
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Excavations at Butt Road 1976-79, 1986, and 1988
3. Excavation of Roman Church at Butt Road
4. An Assessment of the Evidence for Christianity at the Butt Road Site
5. Excavations and Observations in the Grounds of St John's Abbey, 1971-85
6. Excavations at Maldon Road, 1971
7. Excavations at No 42 Crouch Street, Colchester, 1988
8. The Cemeteries of Roman Colchester
Appendix 1: Summary of burial characteristics, Butt Road
Appendix 6: Analysis and description of the human remains from St John's Abbey Grounds and the Maldon Road site, 1971-2
Bibliography
Index
Microfiche
© 1993 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
Published 1993 by Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, 12 Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex C03 3NF
ISBN 1-897719-01-9
Colchester Archaeological Report 10: Roman pottery from excavations in Colchester 1971-86
by Robin P Symonds & Sue Wade (with contributions from Joanna Bird, Philip Crummy, G B Dannell, A Desbat, Brenda Dickinson, P P A Funari, C J Going, K F Hartley, Philip M Kenrick, V Rigby, Graham Webster and D F Williams)
NB: The CAR 10 CD supplement is attached to the PDF as a .zip file
Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Samian
Chapter Three: Amphorae
Chapter Four: Mortaria
Chapter Five: Fine wares
Chapter Six: Coarse wares
Chapter Seven: The Camulodunum/Colchester type series
Chapter Eight: A survey of pottery production and supply at Colchester
Appendix One: Sites in Colchester excavated between 1971 and 1986
© 1999 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
ISBN 1 897719 07 8
Colchester Archaeological Report 11: Camulodunum 2
by C F C Hawkes and Philip Crummy (with contributions from G Carter, Nina Crummy, Thalassa Cruso, G B Dannell, R Kenyon, R Reece, Valery Rigby, G Simpson, N A Smith, John Wacher, and J J Wymer)
(NB: Fig 6.1 attached to PDF file)
Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Camulodunum
Chapter 3 - Sheepen: dyke, and pre-Roman occupation
Chapter 4 - The Lexden Tumulus: viewed in archaeology and history
Chapter 5 - Gosbecks
Chapter 6 - Catalogue of excavations and observations (1932-1993) relating to the pre-Roman period
Chapter 7 - Camulodunum: a review
Bibliography
Index
© 1995 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
Published 1995 by Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd
ISBN 0 897719 03 5
Colchester Archaeological Report 12: Animal Bones from Excavations in Colchester, 1971-85
by Rosemury Luff (with contributions from Don Brothwell)
Contents
Chapter 1 - The archaeological background
Chapter 2 - Aims and Methods
Chapter 3 - Patterns of bone fragmentation
Chapter 4 - The economic exploitation of domestic livestock
Chapter 5 - Poultry and game
Chapter 6 - Health and welfare
Chapter 7 - A synthesis of the faunal data in relation to other archaeological sites
Chapter 8 - A summary of main bioarchaeological results
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
© 1993 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
ISBN 1 897719 00 0