Research Catalog

Title

Gathering the people, settling the land : the archaeology of a middle Thames landscape : Anglo-Saxon to post-medieval / Stuart Foreman, Jonathan Hiller and David Petts ; with contributions by Carol Allen ... [et al.]. ; illustrations by Luke Adams ... [et al.].

Author

Foreman, Stuart.

Publication

[Oxford] : Oxford Archaeological Unit, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Eton College
• Great Britain. Environment Agency.
• Hiller, J. (Jonathan)
• Petts, David, Dr.

Description

xiii, 122 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 31 cm. +

Series Statement

Thames Valley landscapes monograph ; no. 14

Uniform Title

Thames Valley landscapes monograph ; no. 14.

Subject

• Anglo-Saxons > Thames Valley
• Archaeology, Medieval > Thames Valley
• Thames Valley (England) > Antiquities

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-111) and index.

Funding (note)

• Funded by the Environment Agency and Eton College.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Pentium 200 or better; 32 MB RAM; 100 MB hard drive space; Windows 95 or higher; Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher; Macromedia Flash; CD-ROM drive.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Preface / Alistair Barclay and Alan Hardy -- Introduction to the CD-ROM / Elizabeth Anderson and Paul Backhouse -- Location of the project archives -- Ch. 1. Introduction / Jonathan Hiller, David Petts, Stuart Foreman and Tim Allen -- The Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme / Jonathan Hiller -- The Eton College Rowing Course Project / Tim Allen -- The Flood Alleviation Scheme excavation methodology / Stuart Foreman -- Recording -- Ch. 2. Archaeological and Historical Background / Jonathan Hiller and Julian Munby -- Archaeological background / Jonathan Hiller -- Topography, geology and environment -- The state of current archaeological knowledge -- Historical background: documentary and place-name evidence / Julian Munby -- The regional context -- The local context -- The early medieval landscape -- The later medieval landscape -- The post-medieval period and Parliamentary Enclosure -- The modern landscape -- Ch. 3. The Anglo-Saxon Archaeology --
• The Flood Alleviation Scheme -- Summary of the stratigraphy / Jonathan Hiller and Simon Mortimer -- Dating -- The Eton Rowing Course Project -- The Anglo-Saxon grave from Boveney / Angela Boyle, Peter Hacking, Tim Allen and Janet Ambers -- Ch. 4. The Anglo-Saxon Finds and Environmental Evidence -- Finds -- summary reports -- The Anglo-Saxon pottery / Paul Blinkhorn -- The metalwork / Ian Scott -- The worked stone / Fiona Roe -- The bone and antler objects / Ian Riddler -- The fired clay objects / Kayt Brown and Nigel Jefferies -- The burnt clay / Kayt Brown -- The glass / Cecily Cropper -- The iron slag / Lyn Keyes -- Ecofactual and environmental evidence -- summary reports -- The animal bone / Adrienne Powell -- The charred plant remains / Ruth Pelling -- Radiocarbon dating / Dawn Chambers -- Other environmental analyses -- Ch. 5. Discussion of the Anglo-Saxon Archaeology / Jonathan Hiller, David Petts and Tim Allen -- Early Saxon evidence / Tim Allen --
• Middle Saxon evidence / Jonathan Hiller and David Petts -- The features -- The environment of the region -- The extent of the activity -- Chronology -- The character of the archaeology -- The western pit group -- The pits and their fills -- The pit fill sequences -- The mechanism of refuse disposal in the pits -- The pit contents -- Residuality and reuse -- The finds -- Who was here and why? -- Conclusion -- Ch. 6. The Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology / Jonathan Hiller, Simon Mortimer, Tim Allen and Alan Hardy -- Summary of the stratigraphy / Jonathan Hiller and Simon Mortimer -- Lot's Hole (including the Gravel Storage Area) -- Lake End Road East -- Lake End Road West -- The Eton Rowing Course Project / Tim Allen -- Ch. 7. Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds and Environmental Evidence -- Finds -- Summary reports -- The pottery / Lucy Whittingham -- The metalwork / Ian Scott and Leigh Allen -- Ecofactual and environmental evidence -- summary reports --
• The animal bone / Adrienne Powell -- The human bone / Angela Boyle -- The charred plant remains / Ruth Pelling -- The Eton Rowing Course Project / Mark Robinson -- Ch. 8. Discussion of the Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology / Jonathan Hiller, Alan Hardy and Tim Allen -- Lot's Hole (including the Gravel Storage Area) -- The enclosures and their development -- The buildings -- The settlement character and function -- The late medieval and post-medieval periods -- Lake End Road East -- The medieval occupation -- The post-medieval period -- The medieval settlements at Lot's Hole and Lake End Road East in their regional context -- Conclusion -- The Eton Rowing Course Project / Tim Allen -- Ch. 9. Conclusion / Alan Hardy.

ISBN

0904220311

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library