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Book SynopsisFirst complete publication of one of the most important Iron Age sites in Europe at Snettisham, Norfolk. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Iron Age culture
Table of ContentsPart I: The site Chapter 1: Introduction (Julia Farley and Jody Joy) Chapter 2: A History of discoveries at the site (Jody Joy) Part II: The British Museum excavations at Snettisham Chapter 3: Excavating at Snettisham (Ian Stead) Chapter 4: The results of the 1990-1992 excavations (Julia Farley) Part III: Material Culture Chapter 5: Metalwork (Julia Farley, Jody Joy, Ian Stead, John Davies) Chapter 6: Coins (Eleanor Ghey, John Davies and Julia Farley) Chapter 7: Summary of finds by hoard (Julia Farley and Jody Joy) Chapter 8: Prehistoric Pottery (Sarah Percival) Chapter 9: Roman Pottery (Alice Lyons) Chapter 10: Roman CBM (Alice Lyons) Chapter 11: Furnace debris (Paul Craddock and Janet Lang) Chapter 12: Flint (Peter Makey) Chapter 13: Other stone objects (Peter Makey and Julia Farley) Chapter 14: Animal bone (Alan Pipe) Part IV: Conservation and analysis Chapter 15: The Conservation campaign (Fleur Shearman and Marilyn Hockey) Chapter 16: Technology and manufacture (Nigel Meeks, Aude Mongiatti, Daniel O'Flynn, Duncan Hook, and Caroline Cartwright, with contributions from John Fenn) Chapter 17: Compositional analysis (Peter Northover) Chapter 18: Seeing the wood for the trees; evaluating the woody resources of Snettisham (Caroline Cartwright) Chapter 19: Decoration of the Snettisham torcs (Jody Joy) Chapter 20: Torc biographies (Jody Joy, Nigel Meeks and Julia Farley) Part V: Discussion Chapter 21: Torcs and bodily adornment in Iron Age Britain (Jody Joy and Julia Farley) Chapter 22: Snettisham in its social and landscape context (Jody Joy and Julia Farley) Chapter 23: Conclusions (Julia Farley and Jody Joy) Part VI: Appendices Appendix 1: Other torcs from Great Britain (Julia Farley, Jody Joy and Ian Stead) Appendix 2: The radiocarbon dating programme (Julia Farley) Appendix 3: Analysis of Iron Age gold alloy coins from Snettisham (Matt Ponting) Appendix 4: Surface XRF analyses of selected objects from NCM (Peter Northover), the BM (Duncan Hook), and comparative material (Peter Northover) Appendix 5: Phosphate Survey (Mike Cowell) Appendix 6: The excavation methodology for the 1990-1992 excavations (Tony Spence) Appendix 7: Geophysical survey of the hoard field (Michael de Bootman) Bibliography Index
