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Roman vineyards in Britain: stratigraphic and palynological data from Wollaston in the Nene Valley, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A. G. Brown ,
I. Meadows ,
S. D. Turner  and
D. J. Mattingly
A. G. Brown
Affiliation:
School of Geography and Archaeology, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, England. [email protected]
I. Meadows
Affiliation:
Northamptonshire Archaeology, Northamptonshire County Council, 2 Bolton House, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton NN4 8BE, England
S. D. Turner
Affiliation:
School of Geography and Archaeology, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, England. [email protected]
D. J. Mattingly
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, England
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Abstract

Stratigraphic and palynological evidence from trenches at Wollaston, Northamptonshire, suggest viticulture was extensively practised at this Roman site. It is argued that the apparent lack of viticultural tools and wine presses in the archaeological record in Britain is not reliable evidence for the absence of viticulture at that time.

Keywords

viticultureRoman Britainagricultural toolspollen analysis
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 290 , December 2001 , pp. 745 - 757
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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