Publications for Sale

Food, Craft and Status in Medieval Winchester The plant and animal remains from the suburbs and city defences. Edited by D Serjeantson and H Rees.

Part of an integrated series of studies of Winchester's archaeology, this book details nearly 30 years of meticulous scientific research on the medieval reserve collections at Winchester Museums.

From a time when people lived closer to the land than today, the plant and animal remains show how people managed the natural resources in and around one of England's foremost cities, and give some fascinating glimpses of everyday life in Winchester over a period of almost a thousand years. £22 (£17 plus £5 p & p) 2 76 pages 301 quantification tables and charts, figures and photographic plates - Copies are available at the City Museum, The Square, Winchester You can pay on line by selecting 'Museum Publications' on the right

Feeding a Roman Town. Environmental Evidence from excavations in Winchester, 1972 - 1985 by M Maltby

The companion volume to Food, Craft and Status , this book incorporates a report on a large sample of Roman animal remains from the defences and the historic suburbs, which has benefited particularly from the main author's knowledge of the relationships between the town and the local rural hinterland in the supply of meat and other animal products. In addition, this section offers a substantial synthesis of how towns throughout Britain were provisioned, and the implications for our understanding of the Romano-British economy and society. Other reports consider smaller samples, of animal bones, mollusca and plant remains, which may be less representative of the town as a whole, but which nevertheless offer fascinating snapshots of particular times and places. £21.50 (16.50 + £5 p & p). 405pp, 381 photographic plates and figures, quantification tables and charts. Copies are available from the City Museum in The Square, or you can order and pay online by selecting 'Museum Publications' on the right.

New Publication for sale

ARTEFACTS AND SOCIETY IN ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL WINCHESTER

Small finds from the suburbs and defences, 1971-1986 H Rees, N Crummy and P J Ottaway

A book detailing the results of over 20 years'work by archaeologists excavating the city's defences and historic suburbs has just been published by Winchester City Council's museums service. It includes an examination of nearly 3000 objects, some of which are simply stunning - like the silver bird-headed pin from a Roman child's grave in St Martin's Close - and others, that tell us about the crafts, industry and everyday life over the last 1700 years.

£41.00

433 pages, 215 figures and plates - copies are available at the City Museum in The Square, Winchester

You can pay online by selecting 'Museums Publications' on the right.

3 Pack - Venta Belgarum, Wincanceaster & Winchester Guide presented in a special display sleeve £6.99

Hyde Abbey Leaflet

£1.00

Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Hampshire
only 15 copies available at £20 each

This fully-illustrated volume shows the rich cultural heritage of Hampshire through the oil paintings held by its public collections. Over 2,400 oil paintings from 46 collections in the county are shown.