Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (121 page)

A method used in a secondary stage of making metal objects in which a clay mould is made around part of an existing object. Molten metal is then poured in and fuses onto the original object. Used in adding handles, legs, and hilts to complicated artefacts.

 
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A general term referring to a major fortified residence or military position of the medieval period in northern Europe. Some are as large as fortified villages. The earliest examples are of the later 1st millennium
ad
and were modelled on the fortified homesteads of the
SLAVS
. By the 10th century the principal residence in these places was set on a mound, and this established the style for the development of the
MOTTE–AND–BAILEY CASTLE
in central and northern France in the 11th century. See also
ARTILLERY CASTLE
,
QUADRANGULAR CASTLE
,
RINGWORK
,
SHELL–KEEP CASTLE
, and
TOWER KEEP CASTLE
.

 
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A shallow vessel in colour-coated ware (
NENE VALLEY WARE
) with a fitting lid of Roman date. Usually both box and lid were rouletted.

 
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See
NENE VALLEY WARE
.

 
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Portuguese term for a fortified settlement, applied especially to the forts of the Celtic Iron Age in the peninsular northwest.

 
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A Latin term for a fortified place.

 
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