A Roman Timber Framed Building Tradition

Goodburn, Damian

doi:10.1080/00665983.1991.11021375

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“…Additionally, only one wood type was tested. Furthermore wooden‐framed timber buildings may have lasted 15 years (Goodburn 1991, 192), and nails extracted from rotten wood may behave differently.…”

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“…It particularly suggests that, if nails were being used to attach two wooden items together, these items must have been thin. Cladding from buildings recovered from Roman London have thicknesses of around 20–30 mm (Goodburn 1991, 201; 2011, fig. 351), suggesting these turned nails were likely not used to clench wooden planking together.…”

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“…Oak was selected as the most common timber in Roman Britain (Hanson 1978, 298), and recovered from the A14 excavations (Goodburn 2019, 262–87). Plank dimensions were based on examples preserved from Roman London (Goodburn 1991, 201; 2011, fig. 351; Goodburn et al .…”

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nails? A New, Multi‐period Methodology and Typology for Recording Iron Nails

Manby

2024

Oxford J Archaeology

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SummaryThis paper sets out new recommendations for recording structural iron nails. Despite their ubiquity, iron nails have received limited analytical and interpretative attention and recording practices are highly variable. Too often current recording is time‐consuming and costly without providing meaningful information. This paper proposes a new recording methodology, developed through analysis of the Roman structural nail assemblage from the MHI A14 Cambridge‐Huntingdon excavations alongside experiments in nail shaping, with wider context provided by medieval and post‐medieval assemblages from the City of London. This approach includes a new nail typology, recommendations for bulk recording of basic details for whole assemblages (using counts and typologies), alongside detailed recording (shank morphology and further metric data) for certain nail groups. Shank morphology is a particularly important aspect proposed here, being indicative of how nails were used in antiquity.

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nails? A New, Multi‐period Methodology and Typology for Recording Iron Nails

Manby

2024

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…85 DeLaine 19972001;Barker and Russell 2012;Brogiolo 2017;Brogiolo et al 2017 Blagg 1976;2002. 93 For reuse of stone, see Barker et al 2018;for timber, see Hanson 1978;Goodburn 1991; for iron working, see Cleere and Crossley 1995; for the production and distribution of ceramic building material, as well as the involvement of the Classis Britannica in these processes, see Brodribb 1969;1987;Wright 1976;1978;McWhirr and Viner 1978;Crowley and Betts 1992;Warry 2006;Mills 2013;Peveler 2016; for a complete overview of the production and use of ceramic building material in Londinium, see Betts 1987;2015; methods and person-hours required to complete the structure. 94 New work on the Antonine Wall (c. A.D. 140) is also investigating the labour requirements for its earth and turf construction.…”

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Londinium's Landward Wall: Material Acquisition, Supply and Construction

Barker¹,

Hayward²,

Coombe³

2021

Britannia

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The construction of a free-standing stone wall was a significant occasion in Londinium's history, remarkable for the quantity of masonry used and for the continuing additions to the defences over at least three identifiable phases. Since the local geology in the London Basin does not offer suitable building stone, Londinium's walls offer an exceptional example by which to examine the logistics of construction and the transportation of materials in the context of Romano-British building projects. We examine the sources of the materials used, their transport and the scale of labour and investment involved in the construction of the Landward Wall using an energetics-based methodology. Finally, we provide new insights into Londinium's Landward Wall and the socio-economic and practical implications of its construction. Supplementary material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X21000088) and comprises technical data related to the architectural energetics.

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Timber economy in the Roman Age: charcoal data from the key site of Herculaneum (Naples, Italy)

Moser

Nelle

Pasquale

2016

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The city of Herculaneum (Naples, southern Italy), buried by the volcanic eruption of Mount Somma-Vesuvius in 79 ad, is a key site for understanding the timber economy during the Roman period. In this paper, the results of charcoal analysis of different building element types are presented. Beams, joists, poles, planks and door and window frames were investigated allowing us a view of which timber the Romans preferred for building in this area. We also fit the taxonomic results into the reconstruction of the ancient Campanian landscape, and finally, we discuss the knowledge that the Romans had about the technological properties of the wood that they used for building and the possible selection criteria that they followed in choosing them. Coniferous timber is the preferred material for building purposes. Abies alba is especially used, this fact confirming its stronger presence in southern Italian woods during the past and suggesting that its decline is mainly due to human overexploitation. The large presence of Cupressus sempervirens, selectively used for the production of poles, confirms that this tree was cultivated in plantations for timber production in the Vesuvius area. Furthermore, it might indicate that cypress could have been present as a natural tree in the local vegetation, suggesting a forest type that nowadays almost completely disappeared from this area and from the entire Italy. The findings of Juglans regia, Pinus pinea and Olea europaea, typical elements of the Mediterranean cultural landscape, show that their use was not limited to fruit production and that Romans also appreciated their timber. Beside these local resources, the presence of Picea abies and Picea/Larix indicates the importation of timber from northerly regions, probably the northern Apennines and the Alps

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A Roman Timber Framed Building Tradition

Cited by 14 publications

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nails? A New, Multi‐period Methodology and Typology for Recording Iron Nails

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nails? A New, Multi‐period Methodology and Typology for Recording Iron Nails

Londinium's Landward Wall: Material Acquisition, Supply and Construction

Timber economy in the Roman Age: charcoal data from the key site of Herculaneum (Naples, Italy)

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