Open AccessRoman Bronze Patella
Author(s) -
John Smith
Publication year - 1852
Publication title -
proceedings of the society of antiquaries of scotland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2056-743X
pISSN - 0081-1564
DOI - 10.9750/psas.001.69.70
Subject(s) - bronze , patella , archaeology , trace (psycholinguistics) , ancient history , bronze age , art , history , philosophy , medicine , linguistics , surgery
Dr. John Alex Smith exhibited a Roman bronze patella found on a farm near the confluence of the Jed Water and the River Teviot. Not counting trace evidence mentioned by Roy and Stuart, the patella was the first material evidence of Roman inhabitation of the immediate area.