Evolution of a Farming Community in the Upper Thames Valley (Hardcover)

The site at Cotswold Community in the western reaches of the Upper Thames Valley has been a focus for human activity since Neolithic times. Successive Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman settlements developed within an increasingly open grassland landscape, which was heavily exploited for the growing crops and the grazing of animals. The spiritual lives of the inhabitants were glimpsed through a series of structured pit deposits and ritual monuments, including a potential Neolithic timber circle and Bronze Age round barrows. One of the most striking landscape features was a late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignment that extended over 500m, possibly marking one of the earliest attempts at defining territory on a large scale. It was still a visible feature for some time as it partly dictated the position of the boundaries of a Roman farmstead, which occupied the site from the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The farm lay in the shadow of Roman Cirencester less than 5km to the north and may even have been involved in the recycling of refuse from this important urban centre. Following abandonment of the Roman farmstead there was no further occupation on site, although a small number of Saxon agricultural structures indicate continuing use of the land, which may now have been part of a locally-centred Saxon estate.

General

Imprint:	Oxford University School Of Archaeology
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph, 31
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	April 2010
Authors:	Alex Smith • Kelly Powell • Alexander Smith • Granville Laws
Dimensions:	308 x 219 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-905905-16-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > European archaeology > Classical Greek & Roman archaeology Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > European archaeology > Medieval European archaeology
LSN:	1-905905-16-5
Barcode:	9781905905164

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