SNN103451 - Post Field Work Assessment: Bellerophon Mosaic and Croughton Roman Settlement

Part 1: The report comprises an assessment of potential for the analysis and publication of the Bellerophon mosaic at Rowler Manor Estate, Northamptonshire in its archaeological context. The assessment draws on four episodes of survey, including desk based assessment, geophysical survey, field artefact collection and contour survey, and four excavations from initial discovery through to full excavation of the Bellerophon mosaic in 2002. In the first part of the assessment of potential we conclude that analysis of the body of evidence recovered over the past twelve years is adequate to enable the presentation of the villa at Rowler and its mosaic in its landscape, temporal and regional context. The assessment also quantifies the subsidiary objectives which reflect the contribution individual data classes will make to the overall analysis.