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Calleva - A Roman city<\/a><\/h5>\n
City of the Client Kingdom<\/a><\/h5>\n
Calleva Atrebatum: The Civitas Capital<\/a><\/h5>\n
The Late Roman city<\/a><\/h5>\n
Abandonment<\/a><\/h5>\n
Recording and Publication<\/a><\/h5>\n
A-Z of Small Finds<\/a><\/h5>\n
Acknowledgments<\/a><\/h5>\n
Online database<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Insula IX<\/h3>\n
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The Town Life project was an 18 year excavation of one block of the Silchester Roman Town by the Department of Archaeology at the University of Reading. Established in 1997, the project was both a training Field School and a research excavation located in a major Roman civitas capital (administrative centre), situated in the parish of Silchester, in the county of Hampshire (England).<\/p>\n

This excavated block is called Insula IX and was chosen from all the other insulae by a number of factors. Recent aerial photography and geophysical survey had shown that more buildings existed here than had been originally identified by the Victorian excavators<\/a> in 1893.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Insula IX showing cropmarks in green and the excavation area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Why Insula IX?<\/h3>\n
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A large building of flint foundations had been discovered by the Victorians but it's alignment was asymmetrical to the street grid perhaps suggesting this was an earlier structure of Iron Age date.<\/p>\n

There were also apparently 'blank' areas, where neither the excavation of 1893 nor subsequent aerial survey had revealed structural remains. Our excavation offers the opportunity to see if these 'blank' areas contained timber buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Large scale excavations were carried out over 20 years (1890-1909) by the Society of Antiquaries of London. Their achievement was to excavate the whole of the Roman Town within the walls, resulting in the now familiar plan of Silchester.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Victorian plan of Silchester showing Insula IX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More about the Victorian excavations<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Who's in charge?<\/h3>\n
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\"Mike_sm\"<\/td>\nProfessor Mike Fulford<\/p>\n

Univ. of Reading
\nPrincipal Investigator<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Michael Fulford - Project director and Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading. Mike has been excavating at Silchester since 1974.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Amanda_sm\"<\/td>\nAmanda Clarke<\/p>\n

Univ. of Reading
\nField Director<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Amanda Clarke - directs the Field School and co-directs the excavation. She is an experienced field archaeologist and has a particular interest in delivering training in field techniques.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

Late Roman Silchester<\/h3>\n
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Explore the online database of Late Silchester<\/a><\/p>\n

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