Flag Fen, Peterborough : excavation and research, 1995-2007 / edited by Francis Pryor and Michael Bamforth, with principal contributions by Michael Bamforth [and others]
Cover; List of Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Excavation and Research at Flag Fen after the Main Campaign of 1982-94; 1. Preservation and Degradation of the Wood; 2. Excavations with the Western Flag Fen Basin: 1997-2007; 3. Excavations Towards the Northey Landfall; 4. Aspects of Wood, Timber and Woodworking at Flag Fen, 1995-2005; 5. Big Trees and Monumental Timbers; 6. Non-Human Bone from Flag Fen 2003, 2004 and 2005; 7. The Application of Oxygen Isotopes and Microwear from Cattle Tooth Enamel at Fengate and the Flag Fen Basin; 8. Other Finds; 9. Discussion
Appendix 1. List of Sites and Trench NumbersAppendix 2. 2005 Phosphate Analysis; Appendix 3. Wood Recording Sheet; Appendix 4. Second Mandibular Molar Samples Listed by Context; References
Summary
The site at Flag Fen lies at the centre of a once-wet Fenland bay, immediately east of Peterborough. In the Bronze Age a huge alignment of posts crossed a kilometer of wetland to link the two sides of one of the most important and intensively studied prehistoric landscapes in Britain
