Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (161 page)

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HOARE SIR RICHARD COLT
.

 
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Irish monk who established monasteries in Francia and in ad 612 at Bobbio in northern Italy. He died
c.
ad 615.

 
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An architectural feature which is both structural and decorative: a cylindrical pillar of wood or stone composed of three parts, a base, a shaft, and a capital. In large stone examples the shaft may be made in several segments or
drums
pinned together.

 
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A toothed strip or block of wood, bone, stone, or metal. Such implements have a wide distribution across time and space, and a wide range of functions that include: hairdressing, carding wool, compacting the weft during weaving, and decorating pottery.

 
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On a pot, a repetitive series of decorative stabbing marks made with a toothed implement. See also
COMBING
.

 
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On a pot, decoration made with a comb, which is drawn across the vessel to form linear, diagonal, or wavy patterns.

 
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A Latin term, usually translated as ‘count’; a
comes
was a title used for a commander of the Roman field army in the 4th century
ad
. Theodosius, who was sent to Britain after the Barbarian Conspiracy of ad 367 had the title of
comes
. The commander of the ‘Saxon Shore’ forts is referred to as a
comes
in the
Notitia Dignitatum
, although the officer in charge of frontier troops was more usually known as a
dux
, or duke.