Roman brooches in Britain: a technological and typological study based on the Richborough collection

In the 1970s a study was carried out of 445 extant brooches from Richborough, both by the traditional typological method and by scientific methods which had not so far been applied systematically to material of this type. The early work indicated that there were significant correlations between typology, alloy composition and techniques of decoration. The decision was taken to extend the survey to brooches from other sites with the result that some 3500 brooches have been analysed and examined. Roman brooches in Britain is a supplement to Report number 68 of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 'Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection'. The raw data for the brooches is available to download as a comma delimited data file alongside analytical data tables in rich text format and a bibliography used to compile the data.

20世纪70年代，研究人员针对英国里奇伯勒（Richborough）遗址出土的445件现存胸针（brooches）展开研究，同时采用传统类型学方法与此前尚未系统应用于该类考古遗存的科学分析手段。初步研究结果显示，胸针的类型学特征、合金成分与装饰工艺之间存在显著相关性。随后研究团队决定将调研范围拓展至其他遗址出土的胸针，最终累计分析、检测了约3500件胸针。本数据集《不列颠罗马胸针》（Roman Brooches in Britain）为伦敦古物学会（Society of Antiquaries of London）研究委员会第68号报告《基于里奇伯勒藏品的不列颠罗马胸针：技术与类型学研究》的补充出版物。该数据集附带的胸针原始数据可通过逗号分隔数据文件下载，配套提供富文本格式（Rich Text Format）的分析数据表以及用于编纂该数据集的参考文献列表。