02-20-2005, 12:00 PM
<em>Did the Romans use buckets?</em><br>
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Bucket handles are quite common finds in the frontier provinces and complete buckets (stave-built, so the same technology as barrels, basically) have come from various sites such as the Saalburg and Newstead, usually down wells:<br>
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www.curlesnewstead.org.uk/platelxix.htm<br>
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with the accompanying text at:<br>
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www.curlesnewstead.org.uk/310.htm<br>
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At Inveresk, at the bottom of a well I excavated, I found a well-hook, often mistaken for boat-hooks in the literature: the rope was attached to the hook and the bucket could then easily be taken off once it reached the top.<br>
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Needless to say, there was a possible bucket handle in the Corbridge Hoard...<br>
<br>
Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
<br>
Bucket handles are quite common finds in the frontier provinces and complete buckets (stave-built, so the same technology as barrels, basically) have come from various sites such as the Saalburg and Newstead, usually down wells:<br>
<br>
www.curlesnewstead.org.uk/platelxix.htm<br>
<br>
with the accompanying text at:<br>
<br>
www.curlesnewstead.org.uk/310.htm<br>
<br>
At Inveresk, at the bottom of a well I excavated, I found a well-hook, often mistaken for boat-hooks in the literature: the rope was attached to the hook and the bucket could then easily be taken off once it reached the top.<br>
<br>
Needless to say, there was a possible bucket handle in the Corbridge Hoard...<br>
<br>
Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
