Roskams, Steve orcid.org/0000-0003-1695-7344, Neal, Cath orcid.org/0000-0002-2686-0506, Richardson, Jane et al. (1 more author) (2013) A Late Roman well at Heslington East, York:ritual or routine practices? Internet Archaeology. ISSN 1363-5387
Abstract
The supply of fresh water is a central requirement for human settlement. This paper discusses evidence associated with the construction, use and demise of a late-Roman well recently excavated at Heslington East near York, UK. It seeks to suggest that, by a holistic analysis of all archaeological evidence, we can distinguish the ideological from the functional dynamics that made up the site formation processes within this feature. The assemblages that evidence these activities might be considered mundane in some respects but their integrated assessment, along with a detailed examination of depositional and formation processes in the feature, produces compelling evidence for what has been termed ‘structured deposition’.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is Open Access, made possible by the generous support of the Departmental Research Committee, Department of Archaeology, University of York. Except where otherwise noted, content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s), the title of the work, the Internet Archaeology journal and the relevant URL/DOI. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2014 17:00 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:17 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.34.5 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.11141/ia.34.5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75793 |