Iron Age and Middle Saxon settlements at West Fen Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire (Paperback, New)

The Iron Age and Middle Saxon sites are described and discussed in detail. Both sites consisted mainly of ditched enclosures with sparser numbers of pits and other features. They yielded significant artefactual assemblages and palaeo-environmental and economic material, including some waterlogged and mineralised plant remains for the Middle Saxon period. Comparisons between the periods show a greater emphasis on sheep rearing in the Middle Saxon period than in the Iron Age, and a more varied diet for the inhabitants, including fish and hedgerow fruits. Both periods of occupation are in many respects typical of broader trends. The Iron Age enclosures formed part of an extensive permanent occupation of the Isle of Ely from 400-300 BC, with reorganisation in the 1st century AD. The beginning of Middle Saxon settlement around AD 700 and its contraction around AD 850 can be attributed to the wider fortunes of the monastic centre on the island.

General

Imprint:	Bar Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Archaeological Reports British Series
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	August 2011
Authors:	Andrew Mudd • Michael Webster
Dimensions:	297 x 210mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	153
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4073-0825-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4073-0825-4
Barcode:	9781407308258

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