| Cornwall's Trans-Peninsular Route: Socio-Economic and Cultural Continuity across the Camel/Fowey Corridor: 'The Way of Saints' from the Roman period t Contributor(s): Borlase, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1407354760 ISBN-13: 9781407354767 Publisher: British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd OUR PRICE: $96.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (1.32 lbs) 182 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Camel and Fowey rivers incise deeply into Cornwall, nearly meeting in the middle. This book is a landscape study of the Camel/Fowey corridor which forms a natural trans-peninsular portage route across Cornwall, avoiding circumnavigating the notoriously hazardous Land's End sea route. The author investigates the effect this route had on society through micro- and macro settlement studies involving an extensive programme of geophysical analysis. This has generated fresh insight into the socio-economic and continuity dynamics of this part of Cornwall, together with the interaction between Romans and the indigenous population. The findings explore socio-political influences in the Roman period and cultural continuity into the post-Roman period. |