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    Double-Sided Antler and Bone Combs in Late Roman Britain

    Stylistic Groups, Context and Status

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    Author(s)
    Crummy, Nina
    Henry, Richard
    Collection
    Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    Double-Sided Antler and Bone Combs in Late Roman Britain rs the first detailed study and catalogue of a comb type that represents a new technology introduced into Britain towards the end of the 4th century AD and a major signifier of the late fourth- to fifth-century transition. Their end-plates were worked into a variety of decorative profiles, some clearly zoomorphic. Over time this decorative styling passed from elaborate to rudimentary, adding to the dating evidence for individual combs. As many combs survive only as small fragments, data collection has not been absolute but has concentrated on combs from burials, or with stylistically relevant end-plates, or those providing good dating or contextual evidence, the main aim of the study being to answer questions of typology, chronology and social distribution. A particularly distinctive feature within the assemblage from funerary contexts is the substantial number of these combs from Winchester, which together make up nearly a quarter of the wider British assemblage. It is proposed that a comb workshop was established in the town, and there is some evidence based on style and distribution that points to other workshops in the north and east, but these were not necessarily large and in some cases they appeared to serve only a local community, while Winchester and its hinterland appear to lie at the heart of the comb data.
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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90639
    Keywords
    History; Ancient; Rome
    ISBN
    9781803276441, 9781803276458
    Publisher
    Archaeopress Publishing
    Publisher website
    https://www.archaeopress.com/
    Publication date and place
    2024
    Grantor
    • Knowledge Unlatched
    Imprint
    Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
    Classification
    European history
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
    • Harvested from KU

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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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