| Iron Age and Roman Settlement in the Upper Thames Valley: Excavations at Claydon Pike and Other Sites Within the Cotswold Water Park [With CDROM] Contributor(s): Smith, S. (Author), Perpetua Jones, G. (Author), Miles, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0947816747 ISBN-13: 9780947816742 Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2007 Annotation: The Cotswold Water Park Project is a landscape study centred upon parts of the Upper Thames Valley within what is now the Cotswold Water Park. The report is based upon four key excavated rural settlements, the most extensive being that at Claydon Pike, which dated primarily from the middle Iron Age to the late Roman period. A number of middle Saxon burials were also found. The other Water Park settlements dated to the late Iron Age-Roman period and the 2nd to 3rd century AD. The report has incorporated the results of these excavations into a wider synthesis of landscape development in the region, including aspects of material culture, environment and the economy. With CD-Rom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - Rome - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 941 |
| Series: Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 8.42" W x 11.74" (4.55 lbs) 436 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: The Cotswold Water Park Project is a landscape study centred upon parts of the Upper Thames Valley within what is now the Cotswold Water Park. The report is based upon four key excavated rural settlements, the most extensive being that at Claydon Pike, which dated primarily from the middle Iron Age to the late Roman period. A number of middle Saxon burials were also found. The other Water Park settlements dated to the late Iron Age-Roman period and the 2nd to 3rd century AD. The report has incorporated the results of these excavations into a wider synthesis of landscape development in the region, including aspects of material culture, environment and the economy. |