Provenance of chalk tesserae from a Roman town-house in Vine Street, Leicester

Tasker, A.; Wilkinson, I.P.; Williams, M.; Morris, M.; Cooper, N.J.; Fulford, M.G.. 2013 Provenance of chalk tesserae from a Roman town-house in Vine Street, Leicester. Britannia, 44. 219-246. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X13000214

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Abstract/Summary

Fourth-century a.d. chalk tesserae from Roman Leicester (Ratae Corieltavorum) yield rich microfossil assemblages that identify a biostratigraphical age of Cretaceous Late Cenomanian to Early Turonian. The nearest chalk outcrops to Leicester lie in Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and north Norfolk, indicating that the material for the tesserae must have been sourced remotely and transported to Ratae. Superimposing the Roman road network onto a map of the relevant Chalk Group distribution provides a guide to possible sources. A process of evaluation identifies Baldock in Hertfordshire and Bridlington in Yorkshire as the most likely sources for the Leicester tesserae.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X13000214
ISSN:	0068-113X
Date made live:	08 Jan 2014 11:39 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504438

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X13000214

ISSN:

0068-113X

Date made live:

08 Jan 2014 11:39 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504438