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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface ; Summary ; Chapter 1. Introduction ; Introduction ; Location, topography and geology ; Project background and nature of the investigations ; Nature of the post-excavation analysis ; Nature of the phasing structure and contextual hierarchy ; Archaeological background ; Historical background ; Chapter 2. Pre-Settlement Landscape ; Neolithic to Bronze Age (Period 1) ; Early Iron Age (Period 2) ; Period 3 structural narrative (early Anglo-Saxon: c. AD 400-600) ; Period 3 artefacts ; Chapter 3. Early-Middle Anglo-Saxon Settlement ; Period 4 structural narrative (middle Anglo-Saxon: c. AD 600-850) ; Period 4 artefacts ; Chapter 4. Late Anglo-Saxon / Saxo-Norman settlement (Period 5: c. AD 850-1150) ; Period 5 structural narrative ; Artefacts ; Chapter 5. Medieval settlement (Period 6: c. AD 1150-1350) ; Period 6 structural narrative ; Artefacts ; Chapter 6. Late medieval to post-medieval settlement (Periods 7-8: c. AD 1350-1700) ; Period 7 structural narrative ; Period 7 artefacts ; Period 8 structural narrative ; Period 8 artefacts ; Chapter 7. Building forms ; Sunken-featured buildings (SFBs) ; Earthfast timber buildings ; Chapter 8. Overview of the artefacts ; Pottery ; Ceramic building material ; Other artefacts ; Chapter 9. The vegetational history of Stratton ; Introduction ; Woodland Resources ; The surrounding environment ; Cultivation of crops ; Conclusions ; Chapter 10. Faunal remains ; Introduction ; Animal exploitation at Stratton ; Cattle ; Sheep/Goat ; Pig ; Horse ; Dogs ; Cats ; Deer ; Hares and rabbits ; Other mammals ; Birds ; Amphibians and fish ; Chapter 11. Discussion ; Introduction ; Settlement origins, development and demise ; Farming economy, diet and the surrounding environment ; Manufacturing, consumption and exchange ; Death and burial ; Bibliography |
| Summary |
<I>Stratton, Biggleswade: 1,300 years of village life in eastern Bedfordshire from the 5th century AD</i> presents the results of 12 hectares of archaeological excavation undertaken between 1990 and 2001. As well as uncovering roughly half of the medieval village, the investigations revealed that Stratton's origins stretched back to the early Anglo-Saxon period, with the settlement remaining in continuous use through to <i>c.</i> 1700. In contrast to many of the other major excavations of Anglo-Saxon settlements, the evidence from Stratton provides insights into the lives of a low-status rural community, whose development can be traced over the course of more than a millennium. This book presents a chronological account of Stratton's development; evidence for its economy, trading relations, industrial activities and agricultural landscape; and a discussion of how people lived and died there before the village was finally extinguished by the creation of the classic estate landscape of Stratton Park |
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Print version record |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Stratton Park Moated Enclosure
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Archaeology, Medieval -- England -- Stratton Park Moated Enclosure
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Medieval European archaeology.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain -- Middle Ages (449-1066)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Archaeology, Medieval.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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| SUBJECT |
Stratton Park Moated Enclosure (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009009669
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England -- Stratton Park Moated Enclosure.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ingham, David (Archaeological project officer), author
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| ISBN |
9781803270753 |
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1803270756 |
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