The Arbeia Journal
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Contents
| Volume 1 | 1992 |
| Articles | |
| W. B. Griffiths | The hand-thrown stone |
| N. Hodgson | Ebchester Roman Fort: a survey of the evidence |
| S. C. Speak | Ceremonial landscapes in prehistory: catastrophic creations? |
| Notes | |
| M. E. Snape | Documentary research on Benwell and Wallsend |
| W. B. Griffiths | Survey of the remains of Chesters Roman Bridge |
| G. Stobbs | A note on the medieval bridge across the North Tyne at Chollerford |
| A. T. Croom | Quinta’s wooden practice swords |
| Excavation Summary | (ed) M. E. Snape South Shields, Jarrow, Wallsend (Buddle Street), Wallsend (Fort Ditches), Chesters Roman Bridge, Oakwellgate, Carley Hill |
| Reviews | |
| G. Stobbs | Woodward, Shrines and Sacrifice |
| R. C. Oram | Connolly, The Roman Fort, Tiberius Claudius Maximus (2 Vols) |
| W. B. Griffiths | Hyland, Equus: the Horse in the Roman World |
| I. P. Stephenson | Southern and Dixon, The Roman Cavalry |
| Volume 2 | 1993 |
| Articles | |
| W. B. Griffiths & D. Sim | Experiments with replica Roman javelins |
| M. E. Snape | A group of brooches in the Museum of Antiquities, University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| W. B. Griffiths | Excavation to the north-east of Wallsend Roman Fort – 1993 |
| Notes | |
| D. Sim | The manufacture of javelin heads |
| A. T. Croom | The reconstruction of a Roman vexillum |
| P. Carrick & I .P. Stephenson | Painting a Roman shield |
| Excavation Summary | South Shields (Morton Walk), South Shields (Mill Dam), Washing Wells |
| Reviews | |
| D. Robinson Wass | The Amateur Archaeologist |
| W. B. Griffiths | Potter & Johns, Roman Britain |
| G. Stobbs | Hopkins, Walking the Wall |
| P. Mullis Peterson | The Legions Recreated in Colour Photographs |
| Volume 3 | 1994 |
| Articles | |
| W. B. Griffiths & P. Carrick | Reconstructing Roman slings |
| M. E. Snape & P. T. Bidwell | The Vicus of the Roman Fort at Wallsend, Tyne & Wear |
N. Holbrook & S. C. Speak with a contribution from G. Stobbs |
Washing Wells Roman Fort: a transcription of the aerial photographs and an assessment of the evidence |
| Note | |
| A.T.Croom | The painted vellixum and shields |
| Excavation Summary | South Shields (Morton Walk), Ancroft, Benwell, Druridge Bay, Hylton Castle, Longhorsley, College Valley, Sunderland, Wallsend (Buddle Street), Wallsend (Rawdon Court), West Weetwood Moor. |
| Reviews | W. B. Griffiths Campbell, The Roman Army, a Sourcebook J. McKelvey Barker, Techniques of Archaeological Excavation, 3rd ed |
| Volume 4 | 1995 |
| Articles | |
| W. B. Griffiths | Experiments with plumbatae |
| D.Sim | Experiments to examine the manufacturing techniques used to make plumbatae |
| M. E. Snape & S. C. Speak | An excavation on Dere Street at Riding Mill |
| I. P. Stevenson | Thoracomachus |
| A. T. Croom | A hoard of Roman military equipment from South Shields |
| Note | |
| W.B.Griffiths | A reinstated section of the Branch Wall at Wallsend |
| Excavation Summary | South Shields (Arbeia), South Shields (Brigham and Cowan Yard), South Shields (Morton Walk), Berwick-upon-Tweed, Corbridge, Hylton Castle, Newcastle (Bridge Hotel), Tynemouth |
| Review article | |
| N. Hodgson | A view of Roman Frontiers for the 1990s. Whittaker, Frontiers of the Roman Empire: a social and economic study |
| Volume 5 | 1996 |
| Articles | |
| P. T. Bidwell | Some aspects of the development of later Roman fort plans |
| A. T. Croom & M. E. Snape | Lost small finds from South Shields Roman Fort and vicus |
| W. Leslie & A.T. Croom | An experiment in
protecting Roman military equipment from rust |
| Note | |
| W. B. Griffiths | Modern inscription from Wallsend |
| Excavation summary | South Shields (Arbeia), Berwick-upon-Tweed, Ebchester, Hylton Castle, Newcastle (Bridge Hotel) |
| Reviews | |
| W. B. Griffiths | Speidel, Riding for Caesar |
| A. T. Croom | Dixon & Southern, The Late Roman Army |
| Obituary | N. Hodgson Charles M. Daniels, MA, FSA |
| Volume 6-7 | 1997-98 (2001) Single volume |
| Now out of print. Off-prints are available on request, price £3 for articles and £2 for notes (plus postage and packing). | |
| Articles | |
| P. T. Bidwell | A probable shipwreck on the Herd Sand at South Shields |
| N. Hodgson | The origins and development of the Roman military supply-base at South Shields: an interim report on the results of excavations in the eastern quadrant and central area, 1990-2000 |
| A. T. Croom | Experiments in Roman military cooking |
S. Macpherson & P. T. Bidwell |
Excavations at Westgate
Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the position of Hadrian’s Wall and the Vallum |
| Notes | |
| A.T. Croom | A ring mail shirt from South Shields Roman Fort |
| A. T. Croom | Torc beads from South Shields Roman Fort |
| M. Snape | Roman brooches of Dacian type found at South Shields Roman Fort |
| D. Sim | Experiments to fire or bake sling shot in an open fire |
| S. Speak & I. Walker | A new building record form Hadrian’s Wall |
| A. T. Croom | Some finds from the 1997-98 excavations at South Shields Roman fort |
| Volume 8 | 2005 |
| Articles | |
| D. J. Breeze | Destruction on Hadrian’s Wall |
| J McKelvey & P. Bidwell | The excavations of prehistoric features and Hadrian’s Wall at Nos 224-228 Shields Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| T. Frain, J. McKelvey & P. Bidwell | Excavations and watching brief along the berm of Hadrian’s Wall at Throckley, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 2001-2002 |
| P. Bidwell | The systems of obstacles on Hadrian’s Wall: their extent, date and purpose |
| P. Murley | Archaeological fire investigation |
| J. Poulter | The direction of planning of the eastern sector of Hadrian’s Wall and the Vallum, from the River North Tyne to Benwell, west of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| A. T. Croom & A. Caffell | Human remains from South Shields Roman Fort and its cemetery |
| A. T. Croom | Roman cosmetics |
| Notes | |
| C. Wallace | A reconstructed Roman watch-tower of the early twentieth century at Kirklees, West Yorkshire |
| P. Bidwell with a contribution by R. Brickstock | Additional notes on a probable Roman shipwreck on the Herd Sand at South Shields |
| B. Hoffmann | Caesar, the Nervii, and testing heated sling shot |