JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY

SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES no. 67

INTERNATIONAL ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE SERIES

CONTINUITY AND
INNOVATION IN
RELIGION
IN THE ROMAN WEST
Volume 1

edited by
R. Haeussler and A. C. King
with contributions by
P. Andrews, J. A. Arenas Esteban, G. Burleigh, I. Fauduet,
N. Gavrilovic, E. Ghey, R. Haeussler, R. Jackson, E. Jerem, P. Kiernan,
A. C. King, F. Marco Simón, W. Spickermann, H. Valk, & S. Yeates

PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND

2007

Cloth, 7 x 10 inch, 212 pages, 110 illustrations. ISBN-13: 978-1-887829-67-0. List $89.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements 6

1. Introduction: The formation of Romano-Celtic religion(s) 7

Ralph Haeussler and Anthony King

I. THE NORTHWEST PROVINCES: BRITAIN, GAUL AND GERMANY

2. Romano-Celtic temples in Britain: Gallic influence or indigenous development? 13
Anthony King
3. Empty spaces or meaningful places? A broader perspective on continuity 19
Eleanor Ghey
4. Springhead: Late Iron Age ceremonial landscape to Roman healing centre? 31
Phil Andrews
5. The Senuna treasure and shrine at Ashwell (Herts.) 37
Ralph Jackson and Gilbert Burleigh
6. Religion and tribe in the northwest provinces: a goddess for the Dobunni 55
Stephen Yeates
7. The Sunuci and their sanctuary at Varnenum (Aachen-Kornelimünster) 70
Wolfgang Spickermann

II. THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN: SPAIN AND GALLIA NARBONENSIS

8. The dynamics and contradictions of religious change in Gallia Narbonensis 81
Ralph Haeussler
9. A lost identity: Celtiberian iconography after the Roman conquest 103
Francisco Marco Simón

III. CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE BALKANS: PANNONIA AND MOESIA

10. Applying interdisciplinarity in research on Celtic religion: the case of the Eravisci 117
Elisabeth Jerem
11. Romano-Celtic religion in the central Balkans and the cult of Dea Orcia 135
Nadja Gavrilovic
12. The cult of Hercules in the central Balkans 143
Nadja Gavrilovic

IV. ARTEFACTS AND DEDICATIONS

13. Symbols and substitutes: some observations on ritual model objects from the 153
Roman North-West
Philip Kiernan
14. Divinités celtiques sur les objets métalliques en Gaule 177
Isabelle Fauduet

V. THE SURVIVAL AND LOCATION OF SACRED PLACES

15. Ancient tree cults in Central Spain: the case of La Dehesa at Olmeda de Cobeta 189
Jesús Alberto Arenas Esteban
16. Choosing holy places 201
Heiki Valk