Editing Calleva Atrebatum (section)

== Economy ==

=== Craft production ===
Various craft activities have been evidenced through excavations in Insula IX, including bone- and antler- working,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bacon|first1=Joanna|last2=Crummy|first2=Nina|date=2015|title=Bone- and Antler-Working at Silchester: Evidence from Early Excavations|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0068113X1500032X/type/journal_article|journal=Britannia|language=en|volume=46|pages=251–262|doi=10.1017/S0068113X1500032X|s2cid=165111378|issn=0068-113X}}</ref> the working of copper-alloys,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cook|first1=Samantha R.|last2=Banerjea|first2=Rowena Y.|last3=Marshall|first3=Lisa-Jayne|last4=Fulford|first4=Michael|last5=Clarke|first5=Amanda|last6=van Zwieten|first6=Cindy|date=2010|title=Concentrations of copper, zinc and lead as indicators of hearth usage at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK)|journal=Journal of Archaeological Science|language=en|volume=37|issue=4|pages=871–879|doi=10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.017|bibcode=2010JArSc..37..871C }}</ref> and leather-working.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.reading.ac.uk/silchester/i3/cit/index.htm|title=Silchester Town Life Project - The City in Transition}}</ref> Imported whetstones were recycled into whetstones.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allen|first=J.R.L.|date=2019|title=Tilestones into Whetstones in Seven Steps: the Brownstones, Pennant Sandstone and Stonesfield Slate at Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0068113X19000047/type/journal_article|journal=Britannia|language=en|volume=50|pages=321–330|doi=10.1017/S0068113X19000047|s2cid=166846991|issn=0068-113X}}</ref>

=== Building material ===
Production taking place in the area around Silchester includes a complex of tile kilns at [[Little London, Tadley, Hampshire|Little London]], including two tiles stamped with the title of the Emperor [[Nero]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fulford|first1=Michael|url=https://research.reading.ac.uk/silchester/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/PDFs/2017-Silchester-Kilns-report-small.pdf|title=The Silchester Environs Project. The Roman Tilery and Pottery Industry at Little London, Pamber 2017|last2=Pankhurst|first2=Nicholas|last3=Wheeler|first3=Daniel|last4=Machin|first4=Sara|publisher=University of Reading|year=2017|location=Reading}}</ref> Because of the abundance of woods in the area, most of the structures were built out of timber.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fulford |first1=Michael |title=City of the Dead: Calleva Atrebatum |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/city_dead_01.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>

=== Trade ===
A wide range of objects were imported to Silchester from the Roman Empire, including an ivory razor handle, a handle from a ''Fusshenkelkruge'' and a [[Harpocrates]] figure from a Campanian brazier.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Crummy|first=Nina|date=2011|title=A Campanian Vessel Foot from Silchester|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0068113X11000018/type/journal_article|journal=Britannia|language=en|volume=42|pages=157–165|doi=10.1017/S0068113X11000018|issn=0068-113X}}</ref> Imported ceramics include Central Gaulish samian produced in [[Lezoux]], Dressel 2-4 and 14 amphora, Rhineland white ware mortaria, Moselkeramik black slipped ware and Cologne colour coated ware.<ref name=":0" />