TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vanhoutte,Sofie
TI  - Change and Continuity at the Roman Coastal Fort at Oudenburg from the Late 2nd until the Early 5th Century AD: Volume I: the Site and Its Significance Within the Wider Context of the Roman North Sea and Channel Frontier Zone
T2  - Relicta Monografie�en
SN  - 9464260858
AV  - DH811.O83 V36 2023
U1  - 936.9312 23/eng/20230911
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Sidestone Press
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Belgium
KW  - Oudenburg
KW  - Fouilles (Arch�eologie)
KW  - Belgique
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - II.4.4.2.a. First building phase (2A) of uncertain character; Intro -- Preface -- General guidelines for the reader -- Abbreviations in Volumes I and II -- I. Introduction -- I.1. The Roman military along the North Sea and Channel: research questions and how the Oudenburg research can contribute to our understanding -- I.1.1. Introduction to the North Sea and Channel region: research questions -- I.1.2. How the Oudenburg research can contribute -- I.1.3. Structure of the present study -- I.2. Research methodology and selection of data; I.3. State of the art of the Roman military in the North Sea and Channel region: an overview of the wider military context of the Oudenburg fort -- I.3.1. Introduction -- I.3.2. The Notitia Dignitatum and the 'Saxon Shore' -- I.3.3. Gallia Belgica, later Belgica Secunda -- I.3.4. Germania Inferior, later Germania Secunda -- I.3.5. Britannia -- I.4. Historiography of the fort site of Oudenburg -- I.4.1. The historic-geographic context of Roman Oudenburg -- I.4.1.1. On the interface between the sandy region and the coastal plain; I.4.1.2. The Oudenburg settlement and fort: their relation to the occupation in the coastal plain -- I.4.1.3. Oudenburg in relation to its hinterland: the road network -- I.4.1.4. The end of civil settlement in the coastal region and of significant, large-scale civil occupation in the wider region -- I.4.2. Excavation history: a status quaestionis of Roman Oudenburg, the fort site and its surroundings -- I.5. The general chronological framework of the fort site as outlined by the former research; II. New insights into the stratigraphy, morphology and site formation processes at the Oudenburg fort -- II.1. Introduction to the stratigraphy and morphology research of the site -- II.2. The stratigraphy of the site: the study of the trench profiles -- II.2.1. The stratigraphy of the Roman level -- II.2.2. Five main levels, many building phases -- II.2.3. 'Dark earth' and post-Roman occupation at the site -- II.3. The evolution of the defence system -- II.3.1. The defence system of fort level 1 -- II.3.2. The defence system of fort level 2 -- II.3.3. The defence system of fort level 3; II.3.4. The defence system of fort level 4 -- II.3.5. The defence system of fort level 5 -- II.3.6. Three earth-and-timber castella, two stone forts -- II.4. The inner building: occupation levels and their relation to the defence system -- II.4.1. The inner building area -- II.4.2. Pre-fort structures with possible military connection? -- II.4.3. Fort level 1: remains of soldiers' barracks at the southwestern corner -- II.4.3.1. Defence system -- II.4.3.2. Inner building -- II.4.4. Fort level 2: a military hospital at the southwestern corner -- II.4.4.1. Defence system -- II.4.4.2. Inner building
N2  - In the later Roman period the North Sea and Channel region was the scene of seaborne attacks, political crises, army reforms, Germanic invasions and changing imperial defence strategies. Literary evidence for this era is poor. On the other hand the Shore forts can yield highly significant information, but have been subject to little study in recent decades. At the Belgian coastal fort at Oudenburg large-scale excavations in the first decade of the 21st century
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