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Roman Building-Materials in South-East England*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2011
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The study of building-materials has been much neglected in the past, but it is not merely the technical examination of constructional minutiae but rather a key to wider aspects of economic history. How well did Romano-British builders exploit available building materials? How did such materials influence architectural styles? Where suitable stone was not readily accessible did they improvise, or import better material from a distance? What trading patterns can be discerned from the distribution of certain materials? Such questions can only be answered after detailed examination and identification of building-materials at particular sites, and there is insufficient material available as yet for a definitive survey. This article attempts, on the basis of such evidence as exists at present, to consider the building-materials, especially those of stone, employed in south-east England during the Roman period.
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- Copyright © J. H. Williams 1971. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
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This article is based on part of a thesis submitted for the degree of M.A. at Manchester University. I wish to thank my supervisor Dr. G. D. B. Jones for all the assistance he has given me; additionally Mr. A. L. F. Rivet for many helpful suggestions. Many others have provided access to unpublished material; these, I trust, are duly acknowledged in the footnotes
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