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EAA 121: A Line Across Land (Paperback)
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EAA 121: A Line Across Land (Paperback)
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph, 121
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Construction of a water supply pipeline in Cambridgeshire provided
an opportunity to sample the prehistoric landscape along a transect
that crossed several major geological boundaries. This narrow
window ran from the Lower Chalk of the ancient peninsula of
Isleham, across the heavy low-lying clays of Soham and down into
the peat fen of Stuntney and south-east Ely. Within the constraints
set by the development, field investigation and subsequent analysis
were conducted at several scales. In the initial stage, attention
focused on predicted occupation areas (principally at the fen
margins), while the intervening landscape between these areas and
known sites was sampled. Along with palaeoenvironmental data,
samples of flint, burnt flint and other materials provided a
context within which to explore specific models for interpreting
the character of later prehistoric landscape occupation across a
diverse set of conditions. As a consequence of landscape sampling,
six significant site areas were designated for archaeological
investigation. These were located at the neck of the sand and chalk
peninsula of Isleham, extending down its gradually sloping western
edge towards the braided palaeochannels of the River Snail. This
occupation-rich zone on the chalk contrasted sharply with areas of
the fen that showed little evidence of early occupation where
crossed by the pipeline. Two of these sites saw more extensive
fieldwork funded by English Heritage, and these form the main body
of the report. These different scales and intensities of work in
the field are reflected in the structure of the report. The
extensive survey and evaluation is dealt with in Chapter 2 and
provides a full record of work conducted along the length of the
pipeline corridor. Chapter 3 documents the more limited
investigations conducted at four of the site areas identified in
stage 1. The core of the volume lies in Chapters 4 and 5, which
deal with the more substantive records arising from work at
Prickwillow Road and around the palaeochannels of the River Snail.
Dominated by Early Bronze Age and Earlier Neolithic material
respectively, these sites add a significant body of information to
our understanding of the later prehistoric sequence in the area,
data which are set in broader context in Chapter 6.
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