Research Catalog

Title

Thornhill Farm, Fairford, Gloucestershire : an Iron Age and Roman pastoral site in the upper Thames Valley / by David Jennings ... [et al.].

Publication

Oxford : Oxford Archaeology, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

Jennings, David, 1969-

Description

xx, 200 p. : ill. (some col.); 31 cm.

Summary

"For over 500 years, from the middle Iron Age to the early Roman period, the first gravel terrace of the river Thames at Thornhill Farm appears to have been lived in and worked as a cattle ranch. Extensive excavations by Oxford Archaeology between 1986 and 1989 revealed large parts of the settlement, including paddocks, stock enclosures and droveways, all designed to control and manage the herds of animals. The excavations at Thornhill Farm formed part of a co-ordinated archaeological response to the threat posed by gravel extraction during the creation of the Cotswold Water Park. This book presents the results of this phase of work, and discusses the significance of the site within the local and regional landscape."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Thames Valley landscapes monograph ; no. 23

Uniform Title

Thames Valley landscapes monograph no. 23.

Subject

• Thornhill Farm (Gloucestershire, England)
• Geschichte 1979-1989
• Geschichte 1979-1989
• Excavations (Archaeology) > England > Gloucestershire
• Fairford (England) > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / David Jennings, Jeff Muir, Alex Smith -- History of Archaeological Research -- Location, Topography and Geology -- Archaeological Background -- Earlier Prehistory -- Mesolithic -- Neolithic and Bronze Age -- Later Prehistory -- Late Bronze Age-early Iron Age -- Middle Iron Age -- Later Iron Age -- Roman -- Anglo-Saxon -- Medieval -- Original Research Aims -- Environmental -- Structural -- Relational -- Revised Research Aims -- Relational -- Excavation Strategy and History -- Post-Excavation Methodology -- Structure of the Report -- Location of the Archive -- Phasing Summary -- Middle Iron Age c 300-50 BC -- Late Iron Age c 50 BC-AD 1 -- Late Iron Age c AD 1-50 -- Early Roman Period c AD 50-100 -- Early Roman Period c AD 75-120 -- Early Roman Period c AD 75-120 -- Early Roman Period c 2nd Century AD -- Late Roman Period 3RD-4TH Century AD -- Archaeological Description / David Jennings, Jeff Muir, Alex Smith -- Middle Iron Age c 300-50 BC -- Distribution of redeposited Group 1 pottery -- Southern Area and Western Salvage Area -- Trench 8: roundhouse and associated features -- Structure 207 -- Structure 209 -- Structure 210 -- Enclosure 120 -- Other features in Trench 8 -- Trench 7 -- Western Salvage Area, to the north of Trench 8 -- Northern Area -- Pit cluster - Northern Salvage Area -- Potential Period A features - Northern Salvage Area -- Structure 206 -- Enclosure 149 -- Trenches 9 and 22 -- Late Iron Age c 50 BC-AD 1 -- Distribution of Group 2 pottery -- Potential Period B Features.

ISBN

0947816720

OCLC

• 56447475
• SCSB-12595510

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library