Digging At The Gateway Archaeological Landscapes Of South Thanet
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Digging At The Gateway Archaeological Landscapes Of South Thanet
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Author : Phil Andrews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Digging At The Gateway Archaeological Landscapes Of South Thanet written by Phil Andrews and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Digging At The Gateway
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Author : Phil Andrews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Digging At The Gateway written by Phil Andrews and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Archaeology categories.
East Kent has been a gateway for new people, cultures, ideas and trade for thousands ofyears. The Isle of Thanet, now joined to the mainland following the silting and reclamationof the former Wantsum Channel, was at the forefront of these movements.A Kent County Council programme to build a new road link, the East Kent Access, inthe south-east part of Thanet resulted in the largest archaeological project carried out inBritain in 2010. An Oxford Wessex Archaeology joint venture undertook the excavationof 48 hectares along the 6.5 kilometre route, revealing a wealth of archaeological evidencespanning the Palaeolithic to the Second World War.Volume 2 presents the analysis of the finds, environmental remains and the extensiveradiocarbon dating programme, and includes the largest published assemblage of unburntand cremated human bone from Thanet. Amongst the finds the worked flint, the Iron Agecoins and the later prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon metalwork are of particularinterest, and there are important assemblages of prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxonpottery, worked stone and fired clay. Highlights from the environmental remains includethe large assemblages of animal bone and charred plant remains and the unique evidencefor Anglo-Saxon shellfish processing.
A Biography Of Power Research And Excavations At The Iron Age Oppidum Of Bagendon Gloucestershire 1979 2017
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Author : Tom Moore
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2020-07-30
A Biography Of Power Research And Excavations At The Iron Age Oppidum Of Bagendon Gloucestershire 1979 2017 written by Tom Moore and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-30 with Social Science categories.
This book explores the changing nature of power and identity from the Iron Age to the Roman period in Britain. It provides fresh insights into the origins and nature of one of the lesser-known, but perhaps most significant, Late Iron Age 'oppida' in Britain: Bagendon in Gloucestershire.
Isotopic Landscapes In Bioarchaeology
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Author : Gisela Grupe
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-03-10
Isotopic Landscapes In Bioarchaeology written by Gisela Grupe and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-10 with Science categories.
This work takes a critical look at the current concept of isotopic landscapes ("isoscapes") in bioarchaeology and its application in future research. It specifically addresses the research potential of cremated finds, a somewhat neglected bioarchaeological substrate, resulting primarily from the inherent osteological challenges and complex mineralogy associated with it. In addition, for the first time data mining methods are applied. The chapters are the outcome of an international workshop sponsored by the German Science Foundation and the Centre of Advanced Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich. Isotopic landscapes are indispensable tracers for the monitoring of the flow of matter through geo/ecological systems since they comprise existing temporally and spatially defined stable isotopic patterns found in geological and ecological samples. Analyses of stable isotopes of the elements nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, strontium, and lead are routinely utilized in bioarchaeology to reconstruct biodiversity, palaeodiet, palaeoecology, palaeoclimate, migration and trade. The interpretive power of stable isotopic ratios depends not only on firm, testable hypotheses, but most importantly on the cooperative networking of scientists from both natural and social sciences. Application of multi-isotopic tracers generates isotopic patterns with multiple dimensions, which accurately characterize a find, but can only be interpreted by use of modern data mining methods.
The Wandering Herd
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Author : Andrew Margetts
language : en
Publisher: Windgather Press
Release Date : 2021-03-23
The Wandering Herd written by Andrew Margetts and has been published by Windgather Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-23 with History categories.
The British countryside is on the brink of change. With the withdrawal of EU subsidies, threats of US style factory farming and the promotion of ‘rewilding’ initiatives, never before has so much uncertainty and opportunity surrounded our landscape. How we shape our prospective environment can be informed by bygone practice, as well as through engagement with livestock and landscapes long since vanished. This study will examine aspects of pastoralism that occurred in part of medieval England. It will suggest how we learn from forgotten management regimes to inform, shape and develop our future countryside. The work concerns a region of southern England the pastoral identity of which has long been synonymous with the economy of sheep pasture and the medieval right of swine pannage. These aspects of medieval pastoralism, made famous by iconic images of the South Downs and the evidence presented by Domesday, mask a pastoral heritage in which a significant part was played by cattle. This aspect of medieval pastoralism is traceable in the region’s historic landscape, documentary evidence and excavated archaeological remains. Past scholars of the South-East have been so concerned with the importance of medieval sheep, and to a slightly lesser extent pigs, that no systematic examination of the cattle economy has ever been undertaken. This book represents a deep, multidisciplinary study of the cattle economy over the longue durée of the Middle Ages, especially its importance within the evolution of medieval society, settlement and landscape. It explores the nature and presence of vaccaries, a high status form of specialized cattle ranch. They produced beef stock, milk and cheese and the draught oxen necessary for medieval agriculture. While they are most often associated with wild northern uplands they also existed in lowland landscapes and areas of Forest and Chase. Nationally, medieval cattle have been one of the most important and neglected aspects of the agriculture of the medieval period. As part of both a mixed and specialized farming economy they have helped shape the countryside we know today.
Funerary And Related Cups Of The British Bronze Age
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Author : Claire Copper
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2022-06-30
Funerary And Related Cups Of The British Bronze Age written by Claire Copper and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-30 with Social Science categories.
Cups are the least studied of all Bronze Age funerary ceramics and their interpretations are still based on antiquarian speculation. This book presents the first study of these often highly decorated items including a fully referenced and illustrated national corpus that will form the basis for future studies.
Grave Goods
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Author : Anwen Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Grave Goods written by Anwen Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Social Science categories.
A large-scale investigation into grave goods (c. 4000 BC-AD 43), enabling a new level of understanding of mortuary practice, material culture, technological innovation and social transformation.
The Glass Vessels Of Anglo Saxon England
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Author : Rose Broadley
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2019-12-27
The Glass Vessels Of Anglo Saxon England written by Rose Broadley and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-27 with Social Science categories.
This volume combines a comprehensive exploration of all vessel glass from middle and late Anglo-Saxon England and a review of the early glass with detailed interpretation of its meaning and place in Anglo-Saxon society. Analysis of a comprehensive dataset of all known Anglo-Saxon vessel glass of middle Anglo-Saxon date as a group has enabled the first quantification of form, colour, and decoration, and provided the structure for a new typological, chronological and geographical framework. The quantification and comparison of the vessel glass fragments and their attributes, and the mapping of the national distribution of these characteristics (forms, colours and decoration types), both represent significant developments and create rich opportunities for the future. The geographical scope is dictated by the glass fragments, which are from settlements located along the coast from Northumbria to Kent and along the south coast to Southampton. Seven case studies of intra-site glass distribution reveal that the anticipated pattern of peripheral disposal alongside dining waste is widespread, although exceptions exist at the monastic sites at Lyminge, Kent, and Jarrow, Tyne and Wear. Overall, the research themes addressed are the glass corpus and its typology; glass vessels in Anglo-Saxon society; and glass vessels as an economic indicator of trade and exchange. Analysis reveals new understandings of both the glass itself and the role of glass vessels in the social and economic mechanisms of early medieval England. There is currently no comprehensive work examining early medieval vessel glass, particularly the post sixth-century fragmentary material from settlements, and my monograph will fill that gap. The space is particularly noticeable when considering books on archaeological glass from England: the early medieval period is the only one with no reference volume; no recent, through and accessible source of information. The British Museum published a monograph entitled ‘Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Glass in the British Museum’ in 2008, but as the title suggests it is a catalogue at heart, and of a collection of fifth and sixth century grave goods in a single museum. Chronologically, a volume on the subject would fill the space between various books on Roman glass from Britain and ‘Medieval glass vessels found in England c. AD 1200-1500’ by Rachel Tyson. This book on early medieval vessel glass and the contexts from which it came will also make a significant contribution to early medieval settlement studies and the archaeology of trade in this period: both are growth areas of scholarship and interest and vessel glass provides a new tool to address key debates in the field.
Agriculture And Industry In South Eastern Roman Britain
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Author : David Bird
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2016-12-31
Agriculture And Industry In South Eastern Roman Britain written by David Bird and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-31 with History categories.
The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the SE corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure. The area is, however, comparatively neglected in discussion of Roman Britain, where it is often subsumed into a generalised treatment of the ‘civilian’ part of Britannia that is based largely on other parts of the country. This book aims to redress the balance. The focus is particularly on Kent, Surrey and Sussex account is taken of information from neighboring counties, particularly when the difficult subsoils affect the availability of evidence. An overview of the environment and a consideration of themes relevant to the South-East as a whole accompany 14 papers covering the topics of rural settlement in each county, crops, querns and millstones, animal exploitation, salt production, leatherworking, the working of bone and similar materials, the production of iron and iron objects, non-ferrous metalworking, pottery production and the supply of tile to Roman London. Agriculture and industry provides an up-to-date assessment of our knowledge of the southern hinterland of Roman London and an area that was particularly open to influences from the Continent.
The Social Context Of Technology
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Author : Leo Webley
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2020-06-30
The Social Context Of Technology written by Leo Webley and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-30 with Social Science categories.
The Social Context of Technology explores non-ferrous metalworking in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze and Iron Ages (c. 2500 BC to 1st century AD). Bronze-working dominates the evidence, though the crafting of other non-ferrous metals – including gold, silver, tin and lead – is also considered. Metalwork has long played a central role in accounts of European later prehistory. Metals were important for making functional tools, and elaborate decorated objects that were symbols of prestige. Metalwork could be treated in special or ritualised ways, by being accumulated in large hoards or placed in rivers or bogs. But who made these objects? Prehistoric smiths have been portrayed by some as prosaic technicians, and by others as mystical figures akin to magicians. They have been seen both as independent, travelling ‘entrepreneurs’, and as the dependents of elite patrons. Hitherto, these competing models have not been tested through a comprehensive assessment of the archaeological evidence for metalworking. This volume fills that gap, with analysis focused on metalworking tools and waste, such as crucibles, moulds, casting debris and smithing implements. The find contexts of these objects are examined, both to identify places where metalworking occurred, and to investigate the cultural practices behind the deposition of metalworking debris. The key questions are: what was the social context of this craft, and what was its ideological significance? How did this vary regionally and change over time? As well as elucidating a key aspect of later prehistoric life in Britain and Ireland, this important examination by leading scholars contributes to broader debates on material culture and the social role of craft.