Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

18 Objects the function or identification of which is
unknown or uncertain (QUERY). As well as
unidentified objects this category includes objects
with a wide range of possible uses, such as wire or
chains.
Notes
1 Summary reports: Crummy 1977; Wilson 1973, 302-4; Wilson
1974, 439. For site G: CAR 1, 53-5.
2 Summary reports: Crummy 1977, where the periods given are
as set out here; Wilson 1974,440-2; Wilson 1975,263; Wilson
1976, 343-4; Crummy 1980, 266-74.
3 Summary report: Wilson 1974, 440.
4 Summary reports: Crummy 1980, 263-7; Frere 1977, 407;
Goodburn 1978, 451.
5 Summary report: Goodburn 1979, 308-9.
6 Summary report: ibid, 308.
7 Summary report: Wilson 1972, 331.
8 Summary reports: CAR 1, 40-6 (post-Roman); Crummy 1974,
29 (Roman).
9 Summary report: Wilson 1974, 42 sub Crouch Street.
10 Summary reports: Crummy 1980, 256-7; Frere 1977, 407.
11 Summary report: Goodburn 1976, 344.
12 A large number of small finds were stolen from the Trust's
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former headquarters at East Hill House. These included many
untreated and unidentified coins from BKC area G.
13 Soil samples were taken from various levels on site A of the
Culver Street excavation of 1981, a town-centre site with soil
conditions very similar to those on Lion Walk. Their pH was
tested by Jean Whiffing of the Colchester and Essex Museum.
The results were:
Levels pH
natural 7.8
L277, leached natural 7.9
L202, Boudican destruction 7.7
L146, occupation level, c 75-150 8.3
F28, early medieval robber trench 7.8
F6, 17th-century pit 7.9
14 This work was done at Norwich Castle Museum and Passmore
Edwards Museum, Newham.
15 Finds from prehistoric sites earlier than the late Iron Age could
fit this system, but in practice its application would not prove
worthwhile as so many categories would remain empty.
16 No categories have been provided for local industries such as
salt manufacture, or for prehistoric industries such as flint
knapping. Extra categories can easily be added if necessary to
the list given here.