Martin Biddle
Biographic Data
| ID | 307054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Biddle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Biddle |
| SIGNATURE | BIDDLE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Church of Christ |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 63 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 155 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 62 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The Roman Cemetery at Lankhills
Outside the north gate ofVenta Belgarum , Roman Winchester, a great cementary stretched for 500 yards along the road to Cirencester. Excavations at Lankhills from 1967 to 1972 uncovered 451 graves, many elaborately furnished, at the northern limits of this cemetery, and dating from the fourth century A.D. This book, the second in a two-part study of iVenta Belgarum, which forms the third volume of Winchester Studies, describes the excavations of …
William the Conqueror’s Palace in Winchester: The Evidence of John Aubrey
A round-headed window in the cathedral close at Winchester, drawn by John Aubrey on or before March 1669 for his Chronologia architectonica, may belong to a hitherto unidentified structure shown by John Speed on his Map of Winchester of 1611. The location suggests that this structure and hence the window may have been part of the royal palace built in the centre of Winchester by William the Conqueror by about 1069–70, said by Gerald the Welshman,…
A Jupiter Temple (?) Outside the West Gate of Venta Belgarum and the Development of Winchester’s Western Suburb
This paper deals with the Roman discoveries made in 1836–37 when the railway cutting was excavated on the west side of Winchester. These were studied by Charles Roach Smith and reported in The Gentleman’s Magazine and in the 1846 Winchester Transactions of the BAA. Several of the finds were of particular importance, including a copper-alloy head of Jupiter, a unique statuette of Omphale, likewise of copper-alloy, an intact copper-alloy jug, and t…
The Viking Great Army in England: New dates from the Repton charnel
Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archaeological human bones and teeth excavated at Matera, Italy
Nonsuch Palace
Haschenperg, Stefan von
Winchester
Winchester Cathedral
Franks and Crusaders in Palestine and the Lebanon
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The Gardens of Nonsuch: Sources and Dating
Bibliography for 1992
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Bibliography for 1991
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Repton and the Vikings
In 873 the Viking Great Army took winter quarters at the Anglo-Saxon monastery of Repton in the heart of Mercia. Excavations 1974-88 found their D-shaped earthwork on the river bank, incorporated in the stone church. Burials of Viking type were made at the east end of the church, and an existing building was cut down and converted into the chamber of a burial mound containing at least 249 individuals. Here is a first account of the evidence for t…
Bibliography for 1990
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Bibliography for 1988
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The Rose reviewed: A Comedy(?) of Errors
The identification, partial excavation, and covering-up again of the Rose Theatre in London this summer roused public interest unparalleled since the discovery of the Temple of Mithras 35 years ago. How is it that the future of an archaeological site of such importance has still to be resolved under threat in a flurry of direct action, injunctions, and media attention? Martin Biddle was almost the only archaeologist not directly involved who was …
The Churches of Much Wenlock
(1988). The Churches of Much Wenlock. Journal of the British Archaeological Association: Vol. 141, No. 1, pp. 178-183
Bibliography for 1987
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Bibliography for 1985
This bibliography is meant to include all books, articles and significant reviews published in any branch of Anglo–Saxon studies during 1985. It excludes reprints unless they contain new material. It will be continued annually. The year of publication of a book or article is 1985 unless otherwise stated
Anglo-Saxon Architecture and Anglo-Saxon studies: A review
The pilgrimage to discriminate the styles of Anglo-Saxon architecture on which Dr Harold Taylor embarked with his late wife Joan some fifty years ago was brought to a majestic conclusion in 1978 by the publication of the third volume of Anglo-Saxon Architecture (hereafter AS Arch ), the first two volumes of which appeared in 1965. It is a work in the mainstream of English antiquarianism, reaching back to the days of Camden, Aubrey, Stukeley and H…
Bibliography for 1984
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The Repton Stone
In August 1979 a large sculptured stone was discovered, broken and upside down in a pit immediately outside the eastern window of the Anglo-Saxon crypt of the church of St Wystan at Repton in Derbyshire (pl. V). The scenes depicted on the two surviving faces of the stone are without direct parallel in Anglo-Saxon sculpture and have so far eluded definitive interpretation. The purpose of the present article is to place on record a detailed descrip…
Late Saxon Planned Towns
Documentary, topographical, and archaeological evidence suggests that the rectilinear street plan of modern Winchester was laid out as a planned system not later than the mid tenth century and probably before c. 904. Among the places listed in the Burghal Hidage there are seven which show clear evidence of rectilinear planning which is not of Roman origin. Four are on the sites of Roman towns—Winchester, Chichester, Exeter, and Bath—and three on …
Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archaeological human bones and teeth excavated at Matera, Italy
Two Flavian Burials from Grange Road, Winchester
One evening towards the end of August 1964, Mr. G. H. Bell walked across to the excavations north of Winchester Cathedral and told the writer that some pots had been found during the digging of a new sewer trench opposite his house in Grange Road, Winchester. The site of the discovery was visited the same evening and the pots, which later proved to have come from Grave I, at once showed that the find was of Roman date. Immediate inspection reveal…
The Roman Cemetery at Lankhills
Outside the north gate ofVenta Belgarum , Roman Winchester, a great cementary stretched for 500 yards along the road to Cirencester. Excavations at Lankhills from 1967 to 1972 uncovered 451 graves, many elaborately furnished, at the northern limits of this cemetery, and dating from the fourth century A.D. This book, the second in a two-part study of iVenta Belgarum, which forms the third volume of Winchester Studies, describes the excavations of …
Repton and the Vikings
In 873 the Viking Great Army took winter quarters at the Anglo-Saxon monastery of Repton in the heart of Mercia. Excavations 1974-88 found their D-shaped earthwork on the river bank, incorporated in the stone church. Burials of Viking type were made at the east end of the church, and an existing building was cut down and converted into the chamber of a burial mound containing at least 249 individuals. Here is a first account of the evidence for t…
Metres, areas and robbing
Excavations at Winchester 1964: Third Interim Report
In 1964 the Winchester Excavations Committee was joined by the University of North Carolina and Duke University in excavations on seven sites in the city. The work lasted thirteen weeks from the end of June to the end of September and an average of 160 people were employed for the greater part of this period, slightly under £10,000 being spent. A special debt of thanks is owed to Professor U. T. Holmes of the University of North Carolina who was …
The Viking Great Army in England: New dates from the Repton charnel
Winchester in the Early Middle Ages: An Edition and Discussion of the Winton Domesday
Excavations at Winchester, 1969: Eighth interim report
Five sites were excavated in 1969. At Castle Yard the pre-Roman and Roman defences were examined and a large salient discovered at the south-west corner of the Roman walled town. A Saxon street and its buildings lying within this salient were found buried below the castle earthworks of 1067, and the early development of the castle was investigated. At Lankhills sixty fourth-century graves were excavated, four producing evidence of an alien milita…
Excavations at Winchester 1962–63: Second Interim Report
One result of the excavations in Winchester in 1961 was the formation in 1962 of the Winchester Excavations Committee. The city is at present passing through a period of intensive rebuilding and development which offers many opportunities for archaeological research. Moreover, the 1961 excavations had directed attention to the problems of Winchester's Saxon minsters and the Dean and Chapter were willing to allow excavation near the cathedral. Wit…
Excavations at Winchester, 1971: Tenth and Final Interim Report: Part II
The excavations of 1971 concluded the eleven-year programme begun in 1961. Eight sites were investigated in a season whose main emphasis was on the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods down to about A. D. 1000. The Iron Age defences were examined at Assize Courts North and shown to date to the mid first century B.C. The Roman defences were sectioned at Castle Yard. The Roman south gate was discovered and its development followed from c. A.D. 70. Inside …
Excavations at Winchester 1965: Fourth Interim Report
In 1965 the Winchester Excavations Committee was again joined by the University of North Carolina and Duke University in excavations on five sites in the city. The work lasted eleven weeks from the latter part of June to the beginning of September and an average of 130 people took part, slightly under £10,000 being spent. Special thanks are due to the U.N.C.—Duke Committee, under the chairmanship of Professor F. T. de Vyver and including Professo…
Excavations at Winchester, 1971: Tenth and Final Interim Report: Part I
In 1971 the Winchester Excavations Committee undertook excavations on six sites in the city, a seventh being excavated by the Winchester Schools Archaeological Committee. The final season was also the longest: work began on 29 May and lasted for twenty-two weeks until 1 November. About £25,470 was spent and an average of 200 people took part each working day during the ten weeks of the full season from 21 June to 29 August
Excavations at Winchester, 1970: Ninth Interim Report
Excavations in 1970 took place on three major and two smaller sites. The early Norman chapel discovered this year within the castle at Castle Yard was described in the previous interim report. At Lankhills sixty-eight fourth-century graves were examined, bringing the total excavated to 219. The graves can now be classified in an approximately chronological sequence according to contents and burial practice. At Lower Brook Street early fifth-centu…
Excavations at Winchester 1968: Seventh Interim Report
Roman, Saxon, and medieval levels were examined in 1968. At Castle Yard the north end of the Norman andlater castle was uncovered. At Lankhills fifty fourth-century graves were excavated. In Lower Brook Street open-area excavation was continued into mid thirteenth-century levels on four house-plots and on St. Mary's Church, where twelve phases can now be recognized between c. 1250 and c. 1470. St. Pancras Church was located. On the Cathedral site…
Excavations at Winchester 1966: Fifth Interim Report
In 1966 the Winchester Excavations Committee was again joined by the University of North Carolina and Duke University in excavations on four sites in the city. The work lasted ten weeks from the middle of June to the latter part of August and an average of 160 people took part, about £14,000 being spent
The Repton Stone
In August 1979 a large sculptured stone was discovered, broken and upside down in a pit immediately outside the eastern window of the Anglo-Saxon crypt of the church of St Wystan at Repton in Derbyshire (pl. V). The scenes depicted on the two surviving faces of the stone are without direct parallel in Anglo-Saxon sculpture and have so far eluded definitive interpretation. The purpose of the present article is to place on record a detailed descrip…
The Future of London's Past: A Survey of the Archaeological Implications of Planning and Development in the Nation's Capital
Archaeology and the History of British Towns
Urban archaeology in Britain is still in its infancy, conditioned on the one hand by a concentration on the Roman period to the detriment of later centuries, on the other by a lack of close co-operation between historians and archaeologists. Only since the last war has archaeology begun to be accepted in Britain as an important source of evidence for the history of towns. This growth of interest in urban archaeology is partly due to the example s…
Parasite Eggs in Medieval Winchester
The only previous report of parasite eggs from archaeological excavations in Britain is that of Taylor (1955), but their occurrence in ancient deposits and human remains in other parts of the world has been known since 1910, when Ruffer reported Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the kidneys of two Egyptian mummies. Szidat (1944) found eggs of the roundworms Ascaris and Trichuris and structures resembling eggs of the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum …
Excavations Near Winchester Cathedral, 1961
(1962). Excavations Near Winchester Cathedral, 1961. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 119, No. 1, pp. 150-194
The Rose reviewed: A Comedy(?) of Errors
The identification, partial excavation, and covering-up again of the Rose Theatre in London this summer roused public interest unparalleled since the discovery of the Temple of Mithras 35 years ago. How is it that the future of an archaeological site of such importance has still to be resolved under threat in a flurry of direct action, injunctions, and media attention? Martin Biddle was almost the only archaeologist not directly involved who was …
Ptolemaic coins from Winchester
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The Excavation of the Manor of the More, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
The Excavation of the Manor of the More, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Sudanese Pottery in England: A Warning
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Excavations Near Winchester Cathedral, 1961
(1962). Excavations Near Winchester Cathedral, 1961. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 119, No. 1, pp. 150-194
The Excavation of a Motte and Bailey Castle at Therfield, Hertfordshire
(1964). The Excavation of a Motte and Bailey Castle at Therfield, Hertfordshire. Journal of the British Archaeological Association: Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 53-91
Excavations at Winchester 1962–63: Second Interim Report
One result of the excavations in Winchester in 1961 was the formation in 1962 of the Winchester Excavations Committee. The city is at present passing through a period of intensive rebuilding and development which offers many opportunities for archaeological research. Moreover, the 1961 excavations had directed attention to the problems of Winchester's Saxon minsters and the Dean and Chapter were willing to allow excavation near the cathedral. Wit…
An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire: V ol . III: W est . By The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire
(1965). An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire: Vol. III: West. By The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 258-260
Excavations at Winchester 1964: Third Interim Report
In 1964 the Winchester Excavations Committee was joined by the University of North Carolina and Duke University in excavations on seven sites in the city. The work lasted thirteen weeks from the end of June to the end of September and an average of 160 people were employed for the greater part of this period, slightly under £10,000 being spent. A special debt of thanks is owed to Professor U. T. Holmes of the University of North Carolina who was …
Nicholas Bellin of Modena: An Italian Artificer at the Courts of Francis I and Henry VIII
(1966). Nicholas Bellin of Modena: An Italian Artificer at the Courts of Francis I and Henry VIII. Journal of the British Archaeological Association: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 106-121
Excavations at Winchester 1965: Fourth Interim Report
In 1965 the Winchester Excavations Committee was again joined by the University of North Carolina and Duke University in excavations on five sites in the city. The work lasted eleven weeks from the latter part of June to the beginning of September and an average of 130 people took part, slightly under £10,000 being spent. Special thanks are due to the U.N.C.—Duke Committee, under the chairmanship of Professor F. T. de Vyver and including Professo…
Parasite Eggs in Medieval Winchester
The only previous report of parasite eggs from archaeological excavations in Britain is that of Taylor (1955), but their occurrence in ancient deposits and human remains in other parts of the world has been known since 1910, when Ruffer reported Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the kidneys of two Egyptian mummies. Szidat (1944) found eggs of the roundworms Ascaris and Trichuris and structures resembling eggs of the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum …
Excavations at Winchester 1966: Fifth Interim Report
In 1966 the Winchester Excavations Committee was again joined by the University of North Carolina and Duke University in excavations on four sites in the city. The work lasted ten weeks from the middle of June to the latter part of August and an average of 160 people took part, about £14,000 being spent
Two Flavian Burials from Grange Road, Winchester
One evening towards the end of August 1964, Mr. G. H. Bell walked across to the excavations north of Winchester Cathedral and told the writer that some pots had been found during the digging of a new sewer trench opposite his house in Grange Road, Winchester. The site of the discovery was visited the same evening and the pots, which later proved to have come from Grave I, at once showed that the find was of Roman date. Immediate inspection reveal…
Archaeology and the History of British Towns
Urban archaeology in Britain is still in its infancy, conditioned on the one hand by a concentration on the Roman period to the detriment of later centuries, on the other by a lack of close co-operation between historians and archaeologists. Only since the last war has archaeology begun to be accepted in Britain as an important source of evidence for the history of towns. This growth of interest in urban archaeology is partly due to the example s…
Excavations at Winchester 1968: Seventh Interim Report
Roman, Saxon, and medieval levels were examined in 1968. At Castle Yard the north end of the Norman andlater castle was uncovered. At Lankhills fifty fourth-century graves were excavated. In Lower Brook Street open-area excavation was continued into mid thirteenth-century levels on four house-plots and on St. Mary's Church, where twelve phases can now be recognized between c. 1250 and c. 1470. St. Pancras Church was located. On the Cathedral site…
Metres, areas and robbing
Excavations at Winchester, 1969: Eighth interim report
Five sites were excavated in 1969. At Castle Yard the pre-Roman and Roman defences were examined and a large salient discovered at the south-west corner of the Roman walled town. A Saxon street and its buildings lying within this salient were found buried below the castle earthworks of 1067, and the early development of the castle was investigated. At Lankhills sixty fourth-century graves were excavated, four producing evidence of an alien milita…
Late Saxon Planned Towns
Documentary, topographical, and archaeological evidence suggests that the rectilinear street plan of modern Winchester was laid out as a planned system not later than the mid tenth century and probably before c. 904. Among the places listed in the Burghal Hidage there are seven which show clear evidence of rectilinear planning which is not of Roman origin. Four are on the sites of Roman towns—Winchester, Chichester, Exeter, and Bath—and three on …
Winchester Yields: A S tudy in M edieval A gricultural P roductivity . By J. Z. T rrow
Bibliography for 1971
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Excavations at Winchester, 1970: Ninth Interim Report
Excavations in 1970 took place on three major and two smaller sites. The early Norman chapel discovered this year within the castle at Castle Yard was described in the previous interim report. At Lankhills sixty-eight fourth-century graves were examined, bringing the total excavated to 219. The graves can now be classified in an approximately chronological sequence according to contents and burial practice. At Lower Brook Street early fifth-centu…
Bibliography for 1972
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Bibliography for 1973
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The Future of London's Past: A Survey of the Archaeological Implications of Planning and Development in the Nation's Capital
Bibliography for 1974
This bibliography is meant to include all books, articles and significant reviews published in any branch of Anglo-Saxon studies during 1974. It excludes reprints unless they contain new material. It will be continued annually. Addenda to the previous bibliographies are included at the appropriate places; one that concerns a book or article is preceded by an asterisk and specifies the year of publication. A.B. has been mainly responsible for sect…
Excavations at Winchester, 1971: Tenth and Final Interim Report: Part II
The excavations of 1971 concluded the eleven-year programme begun in 1961. Eight sites were investigated in a season whose main emphasis was on the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods down to about A. D. 1000. The Iron Age defences were examined at Assize Courts North and shown to date to the mid first century B.C. The Roman defences were sectioned at Castle Yard. The Roman south gate was discovered and its development followed from c. A.D. 70. Inside …
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