Bøker av Peter Davenport

Detailed reports of excavations on four sites in Bath: Bath Street, Beau Street, at the Cross Bath and Julian Road, undertaken by Bath Archaeological Trust between 1984 and 1989. Earliest finds date to the Mesolithic time. Roman period starts with early Flavian occupation which can be followed through to the Late Roman Period. Evidence of a major re-planning of a part of the town was discovered in the late Antonine period. Further changes to the town planning have been found dated to the late Saxon period.

Prior to the building of the new Bath Spa, excavations were carried out to record the archaeological remains threatened by its construction. An important part of the dig was a programme of geoarchaeological research to study the microstructure of the soils excavated with a view to understanding the activities that led to their formation.

The first completely new and authoritative popular book on Roman Bath since 1984

This report describes three excavations within the town and some other fieldwork, including Swallow Street where substantial Roman foundations underlay late Saxon material. In Abbey St a Roman mosaic and post-Roman burials were excavated. The report includes finds from these sites, and other field investigations around the city.