| Yarnton: Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement and Landscape: Results of Excavations 1990-98 Contributor(s): Hey, Gill (Author), Timby, Jane R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1905905211 ISBN-13: 9781905905218 Publisher: Oxford Archaeological Unit OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 942.570 |
| LCCN: 2011278335 |
| Series: Oxford Archaeology Monograph |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 8.6" W x 11.7" (6.10 lbs) 655 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Yarnton landscape, extending from the floodplain of the Thames up onto the higher Second Gravel Terrace, has witnessed a long history of topographic and vegetational change linked to human activity. Settlements on the edge of the Second Gravel Terrace were occupied throughout the Iron Age and Roman periods. Associated with the middle Iron Age settlement was a small cemetery of some 35 crouched inhumation burials. Further burials were made in the Roman period. The Roman settlement is marked by its ditched enclosures and small paddocks suggesting intensive stock management, although the presence of an extensive surrounding field system shows that arable agriculture was also intensive, at least in the early Roman period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hey, Gill: - Gill Hey is CEO of Oxford Archaeology with research interests in Neolithic Britain. |