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Oxbow Books, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Photographic boards, folio, 339pp, illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and diagrams. 'Dolaucothi, near the modern village of Pumsaint in south-west Wales, is the only site in Britain where the Romans are known certainly to have mined for gold. The main workings, which are thought to span various phases of exploitation from the pre-Roman through to the present, can be traced over a distance of more than a kilometre. This volume reports on a series of investigations carried out at this important complex over a period of 12 years. These investigations have helped to clarify several aspects of the mine's development, the technologies involved, and the impact of the mines on the wider cultural and environmental landscape during the later 1st and 2nd centuries, when the Romans had a major presence in the Dolaucothi area. The volume includes reports on: the new excavations and survey of the Roman fort and vicus at the village of…
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Dolaucothi-Pumsaint Survey and Excavations at a Roman Gold-Mining Complex 1987-1999 Hardcover - 2004
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- Title Dolaucothi-Pumsaint Survey and Excavations at a Roman Gold-Mining Complex 1987-1999
- Author Barry Burnham
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- Pages 352
- Publisher David Brown Book Company
- Date September 30, 2004
- ISBN 9781842171127
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Oxbow Books. New. 2004. Hardcover. 1842171127 . Xi + 339pp , illustrated with photographs, text drawings, plans, new in glazed boards; Large Quarto .
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