Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain

Chapter 3. Approaching hoarding and deposition -- Introduction -- Iron Age and Roman coin hoard studies in perspective -- Prevailing economic and ritual perspectives -- Archaeological approaches to hoarding and deposition -- The meaning of coinage -- Value and materiality -- Processes of hoarding --...

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Main Author: Bland, Roger
Other Authors: Chadwick, Adrian, Haselgrove, Colin, Mattingly, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, 2020.
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Summary:Chapter 3. Approaching hoarding and deposition -- Introduction -- Iron Age and Roman coin hoard studies in perspective -- Prevailing economic and ritual perspectives -- Archaeological approaches to hoarding and deposition -- The meaning of coinage -- Value and materiality -- Processes of hoarding -- Why were hoards not recovered? -- Summary -- Chapter 4. National and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards -- Introduction -- Constraints and affordances on the dataset -- Methodology and scales of analysis -- Results: National overview -- Results: The IARCH study areas.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (385 p.)
ISBN:9781785708565
1785708562