Gazetteer of Archaeological Investigations in England

Gazetteer of Archaeological Investigations in England
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 884
Release: 2001
Genre: England
ISBN:

"Information about the nature and extent of archaeological investigations carried out in England," compiled and abstracted from journals, reviews, annual reports, grant reports, and archaeologists' summaries of current work, many otherwise unpublished or intended for limited circulation.

Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton

Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton
Author: Robin Jackson
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2015-12-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782979972

Archaeological investigations at Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton, south Worcestershire during 1995-6 recorded significant Late Bronze Age occupation areas and field systems spreading across more than 8 hectares. Limited evidence for Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Beaker activity was also recovered together with an Early Bronze Age ring-ditch. Waterholes and associated round-houses, structures and pits were set within landscape of fields and droveways radiocarbon dated to the 12th–11th centuries cal BC. Elements of this field system probably predated the settlement. Substantial artifactual and ecofactual assemblages were recovered from the upper fills of the waterholes and larger pits . The settlement had a predominantly pastoral economy supported by some textile and bronze production. Ceramics included a notable proportion of non-local fabrics demonstrating that the local population enjoyed a wide range of regional contacts. Wider ranging, national exchange networks were also indicated by the presence of shale objects as well as the supply of bronze for metalworking, perhaps indicative of a site of some social status. Together the evidence indicates a small settlement within which occupation of individual areas was short-lived with the focus of the settlement shifting on a regular basis. It is proposed that this occurred on a generational basis, with each generation setting up a new ‘homestead’ with an associated waterhole. The settlement can be compared favorably to those known along the Thames Valley but until now not recognized in this part of the country. Cropmark evidence and limited other investigations indicate that the fields and droveways recorded represent a small fragment of a widespread system of boundaries established across the gravel terraces lying between Bredon Hill and the Carrant Brook. This managed and organized landscape appears to have been established for the maintenance of an economy primarily based on relatively intensive livestock farming; the trackways facilitating seasonal movement of stock between meadows alongside the Carrant Brook, the adjacent terraces and the higher land on Bredon Hill.

Land, Power and Prestige

Land, Power and Prestige
Author: David Thomas Yates
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

A major phase of economic expansion occurred in southern England during the second and early first millennium BC, accompanied by a fundamental shift in regional power and wealth towards the eastern lowlands. This book offers a synthesis of available data on Bronze Age lowland field systems in England, including a gazetteer of sites. The research demonstrates the importance of large-scale animal husbandry in the mixed farming regimes as evidenced in the design of the field systems which incorporate droveways, stock proof fencing, watering holes, cow pens, sheep races and gateways for stockhandling. It is argued that the field systems represented a form of conspicuous production, an "intensification" of agrarian endeavour or a statement of intent, to be understood in relation to the maintenance, display and promotion of hierarchical social systems involved in exchange with their counterparts across the English Channel.

The Role of Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complexes in Kingdom Formation, in Comparison and in Context AD 500-750

The Role of Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complexes in Kingdom Formation, in Comparison and in Context AD 500-750
Author: Adam McBride
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789693888

This book explores the role of great hall complexes in kingdom formation through an expansive and ambitious study, incorporating new fieldwork, new quantitative methodologies and new theoretical models for the emergence of high-status settlements and the formation and consolidation of supra-regional socio-political units.

Grave Matters

Grave Matters
Author: European Association of Archaeologists. Annual Meeting
Publisher: BAR International Series
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1999
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

This collection of papers is taken from a session entitled Provincial Roman and Germanic burials in the first millennium AD , held at the European Association of Archaeologists Fourth Annual Meeting in Göteborg in 1998.

Religion, Community and Territory

Religion, Community and Territory
Author: Stephen James Yeates
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN:

A three-part volume, consisting of synthesis, and a two-part gazetteer. Examines what is known about the development of religion in the area of the Severn Valley from the Late Bronze Age to the foundation of the minsters in the early medieval period. The second part of the survey is concerned with the association of religion, community and territory, and consequently deals with the ways in which these aspects were interrelated. A framework is proposed for explaining the long-term development of communities in the region from late prehistory to the historical period.

Seeing the Unseen. Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology

Seeing the Unseen. Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology
Author: Stefano Campana
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 020388955X

SEEING THE UNSEEN. GEOPHYSICS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY is a collection of papers presented at the advanced XV International Summer School in ArchaeologyGeophysics for Landscape Archaeology (Grosseto, Italy, 10-18 July 2006). Bringing together the experience of some of the worlds greatest experts in the field of archaeological prospection, the