Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain

D. F. Mackreth

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Oxbow Books
01 June 2023

History of art: pre-history; Precious metal & precious stones: artworks & design; Prehistoric archaeology; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology

The result of forty years of study, this book offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain the brooch. Used basically to hold outer clothing together, it was always on view and was usually decorative. This significant work is based on the study of some 15,000 specimens. Following a discussion of manufacturing techniques, methods of study and the concept of dating, the book examines in detail the myriad style of brooches from the second century B.C., when the habit of wearing brooches really took off, to the early fifth century A.D. when newcomers brought their own types of brooch and imposed them on the rest of what was to become England. The final chapter is a synthesis of various strands mentioned in the body of the book and the social implications of the great change in brooch wearing which occurred in the third century. Originally published as a two-volume hardback split into a text volume and a second volume featuring author-drawn illustrations of some 2,000 examples this combined paperback edition of volume 1 and 2 of Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain ensures that this important contribution to the field remains accessible to a wider audience.

154 b/w illustrations

By: D. F. Mackreth
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9781789259889
ISBN 10: 1789259886
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 01 June 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Chapter 1. Introduction Part 1. The Study Part 2. Dating Part 3. Typologies and Classification Part 4. Selection and Bias Part 5. Materials and Manufacture Part 6. The Illustrations Chapter 2. Late La Tène, Britain and the Continent Part 1. The Stead, Birdlip, Nauheim and Drahtfibel Group, etc. Part 2. The Rosette and Langton Down Group Part 3. The Colchester Part 4. The Aesica Part 5. The South Western La Tène Series Part 6. The Military La Tène II Chapter 3. The Colchester Derivative Part 1. The Harlow, Spring System Part 2. The Rearhook Part 3. The Polden Hill Part 4. The Hinged Pin Part 5. Polden Hill/Hinged Pin Chapter 4. The Headstud and others Part 1. Alternative Headstuds Part 2. The Headstud Part 3. The Wroxeter Part 4. Colchester Derivatives, with Trumpet-style Knops Chapter 5. The Trumpet and its Varieties Part 1. Mainstream Trumpets Part 2. Double-lugged Part 3. The Knop Replaced by Flat Plates Part 4. Hinged Chapter 6. Continent Imports and Their Influence Part 1. Alésia-Aucissa Series Part 2. The Hod Hill Part 3. The Durotrigan Part 4. The Augenfibel and Relatives Part 5. The Pannonian, Norican etc Chapter 7. The Plate and Related, and Dragonesques Introduction Part 1. British Part 2. Continental Part 3. Objects and Animals Part 4. Dragonesque Chapter 8. The Knee, Almgren 101 and Interlopers Part 1. The Knee Part 2. Almgren 101 Part 3. Interlopers from Free Germany etc Chapter 9. The Crossbow Sequence Part 1. The Sprung-pin or Proto Crossbow Brooches Part 2. The Crossbow and its Antecedents Chapter 10. Penannulars Part 1. Coiled Part 2. Folded Over Part 3. Knobbed Part 4. Late-zoömorphic Part 5. Others Chapter 11. Usage, Tribes, Fashions and the Demise of the Bow Brooch Part 1. Who Wore Brooches, Why and How Part 2. The Problem of Military Brooches Part 3. Religion Part 4. Marketing and Money Appendices 1. The Dating of the King Harry Lane Cemetery 2. The Dating of Applied White Metal Trim 3. South Cadbury the South West Gate

The late D. F. Mackreth published extensively, contributing numerous chapters to books and authoring archaeological reports. He was also the author of a number of books, including Prehistoric Burial Mounds in Orton Meadows, Peterborough (2021), Monument 97; Orton Longueville, Cambridgeshire: A late Pre-Roman Iron Age and Early Roman Farmstead (2001); Orton Hall Farm: A Roman and Early Saxon Farmstead (1996); Peterborough: History and Guide (1994); and co-author with M. D. & J. R. Perrin of Roman Pottery from the Nene Valley: A Guide (1980).

Reviews for Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain

[T]he volume also presents itself to the continental scholar as an essential work, rich in ample and well-presented material, to be held in great consideration, albeit within the limits indicated above. The accompanying CD offers an incredible array of data, invaluable for study. Hopefully for the new students to whom it is addressed, the publication will be an opportunity for further study and research. (trans. from Italian)-- Bryn Mawr Classical Review Rarely does an individual temperament shine though a work such as this but M.'s quirky approach to problems and lacunae in the data reflect his tenacity, clarity, flexibility, occasional exasperation, and rising above all his sense of humour. --Nina Crummy Britannia, 44 (2013) This book, the end result of forty years of research, is an impressive achievement... Mackreth has succeeded in producing a valuable comparative and analytical device that will greatly facilitate the future investigation of the dating, distribution, production, and use of Romano-British brooches. -- Papers from the Institute of Archaeology This is an impressive work... The book focuses on an artefact that is second only to coins when it comes to quantity in Britain. The result is thorough, well-illustrated and well-scripted, with Mackreths 40 years of experience studying brooches shining through. --Dr Alex Lang Current Archaeology, Nov/Dec 2011