CLCV 1008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Housesteads Roman Fort, Silbury Hill, Roman Britain
12 Nov 2017
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Laocoon and his sons important significance of ancient documents and context, Pliny the elder died 79 ad had described this statue in his encyclopedia ( natural history ) Rhodes famous for the colossus , pliny this statues surpassed any other sculptures of his time. In order to reconstruct an archaeology site important to understand the context , context consists of matrix ( material surrounding the find) , the provenience ( the position of the find measured horizontally and vertically). Association ( association of your pot with all other finds in the matrix) Accurate association of remains is important in understanding the context of the site ( problem with looters ) Avebury england village built within the circle of standing stones. Henge is a roughly circular or oval shape flat area henge= flat area=> rocks => ditch => earth barrier. After jefferys tales there became an ever growing interest in stonehenge, people became less satisfied with legends of stonehenge.
