Source/Archive record SYO1906 - Selected Roman Small Finds from the Cemetery at nos. 3 and 6 Driffield Terrace
Title | Selected Roman Small Finds from the Cemetery at nos. 3 and 6 Driffield Terrace |
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Date/Year | 2006 |
Abstract/Summary
This report deals with a selection of Roman small finds found during excavations conducted
by the York Archaeological Trust at nos. 3 and 6, Driffield Terrace, York in 2004 and
2005. Site Codes YORYM:2004.354 and
YORM:2005.513. The excavations revealed an unusual inhumation cemetery where the
people being buried were overwhelmingly young males, and where decapitation was normal.
The cemetery appears to have been used as a cemetery in the third and fourth centuries but
dating evidence is sparse.
The finds include an unusual pair of iron rings around the ankles of one young male. The
implications of these are considered, and it is argued that they cannot be regarded as fetters in
any normal sense. There was also a small group of material including a set of miniature silver
smiths’ tongs which may have been offerings on a grave marker.
The report was originally written in November 2006 and has been up-dated in December
2015 for inclusion amongst the project documents at
http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/resources/finding-the-future/gladiators-2/
The site information is derived from the original assessment reports written by Patrick Ottaway
and Kurt Hunter-Mann in 2005. Information about the pottery is based on Ruth Leary’s 2006
report. The human bone information is derived from Caffell and Holst 2012.
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