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The Archaeology of the Wallingford Bypass, 1986-92. Late Bronze Age Ritual and Habitation on a Thames Eyot at Whitecross Farm, Wallingford.
Barclay, Alistair; Cromarty, Anne Marie; Lambrick, George; Robinson, Mark
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Description for The Archaeology of the Wallingford Bypass, 1986-92. Late Bronze Age Ritual and Habitation on a Thames Eyot at Whitecross Farm, Wallingford.
Hardback. Presents the excavations at the Late Bronze Age site at Whitecross Farm, Wallingford, including a discussion on the wider themes brought up by this site. Series: Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph. Num Pages: 280 pages, 70 illustrations, 22 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 302 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1270.
The site at Whitecross Farm, including timber structures located on the edge of the eyot, and a substantial midden and occupation deposit has been securely radiocarbon-dated to the late Bronze Age. The late Bronze Age artefact assemblages are suggestive of a high-status site, with a range of domestic and ritual activities represented. The bank of the Grim's Ditch earthwork was found to have preserved evidence of earlier settlement, dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and a sequence of cultivation, including ard marks and 'cord-rig' cultivation ridges. Pottery and radiocarbon analysis ... Read more
The site at Whitecross Farm, including timber structures located on the edge of the eyot, and a substantial midden and occupation deposit has been securely radiocarbon-dated to the late Bronze Age. The late Bronze Age artefact assemblages are suggestive of a high-status site, with a range of domestic and ritual activities represented. The bank of the Grim's Ditch earthwork was found to have preserved evidence of earlier settlement, dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and a sequence of cultivation, including ard marks and 'cord-rig' cultivation ridges. Pottery and radiocarbon analysis ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University School of Archaeology United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780947816674
SKU
V9780947816674
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About Barclay, Alistair; Cromarty, Anne Marie; Lambrick, George; Robinson, Mark
Alistair Barclay current works as Principal Post-Excavation Manager for Cotswold Archaeology and has been involved in publication for nearly 30 years in which time he has contributed to more than a dozen monographs as co-author/editor, he has also written and edited numerous articles. He was co-editor of NSG 4: Pathways and Ceremonies: the cursus monuments of Britain and Ireland.
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