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Title

Archaeology of the Ouse Valley, Sussex, to AD 1500 : a tribute to Dudley Moore and Archaeology at Sussex University CCE / edited by Dudley Moore, Michael J. Allen, David Rudling.

Publication

• Oxford [UK] : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Moore, Dudley J.
• Allen, Michael J.
• Rudling, David, 1956-

Description

xxii, 137 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 29 cm.

Summary

This is a review of the archaeology of this important landscape - from Palaeolithic to medieval times by contributors all routed in the archaeology of Sussex.

Series Statement

Archaeopress archaeology

Uniform Title

Archaeopress archaeology

Subject

• History
• Antiquities
• Ouse River Valley (England) > Antiquities
• Ouse River (Sussex) > Antiquities
• England > Ouse River Valley

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Dudley John Moore; an appreciation and tribute to `a life well lived' / Sarah Green -- 1. Introduction: studying the Ouse Valley / Dudley Moore -- The Ouse Valley -- References -- 2. Holocene geoarchaeology and palaeo-environment; setting the scene / Michael J. Allen -- The Study Area -- Geography and Topography -- Palaeo-environmental and Geoarchaeological Studies in the Ouse valley environs -- Palaeo-environmental and geoarchaeological history of the Ouse valley environs -- The valley geoarchaeology -- Sedimentation of the valley and its archaeological implications -- Upper Ouse (Weald) -- Lower Ouse -- Archaeological Implications -- Land-use and vegetation history -- 1. The Weald -- Wealden conclusions -- 2. The Lower valley and chalklands -- A downland land-use history for the Ouse valley -- Woodlands of varying sorts -- Creation of the Downland -- 3. The valley floor -- Discussion -- Man and Environment -- Human activity and the changing environments -- Removing woodland or living within the woods -- Hidden prehistoric landscapes -- Cultural role of the Ouse valley -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3. Palaeolithic record of the Sussex Ouse Valley / Jenny Brown -- Key Sites -- The Lower Ouse (Seaford to Rodmell) -- The Lewes Area -- The Upper Ouse (North of Malling to Uckfield) -- Discussion and future work -- References -- 4. Mesolithic / Diana Jones -- Early floodplain development -- Sites on the Greensand belt -- The Upper Ouse -- Rock shelters of the Ouse Catchment -- Environmental evidence -- Discussion -- Future work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5. Neolithic / Steve Sutcliffe -- Into the Neolithic -- The Neolithic Environment -- Environmental evidence for Neolithic forest clearance -- Environmental evidence for construction and agricultural practices -- Structures and the Landscape -- Offham Hill Causewayed Enclosure -- Monument location and visibility -- Evidence for Neolithic settlement sites -- Neolithic flint concentrations and findspots -- Bishopstone -- Neolithic pit depositions at Peacehaven -- A buried Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age settlement site at Ashcombe Bottom? -- Territories in Neolithic Sussex -- Pottery evidence for mobility and trade networks -- Into the Bronze Age -- Future work -- References -- Sources -- 6. Bronze Age, a north-south divide / Lisa Jayne Fisher -- Bronze Age chronology -- The emergence of the Bronze Age in the Ouse valley -- Current records of Bronze Age activity in the Ouse valley -- Early Bronze Age activity in the Ouse valley (2200-1600 BC) -- Find spots -- Burial sites -- Middle Bronze Age activity in the Ouse valley (1600-1000 BC) -- Find spots -- Burial sites -- Later Bronze Age activity in the Ouse valley (early 1150-800, late 800-600 BC) -- Find spots -- Burial sites -- Discussion and future work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7. Iron Age / Stuart McGregor -- Iron Age Settlements -- Barcombe -- Beddingham -- Ranscombe Ridge, Glynde -- Ringmer -- Malling Down -- Itford Hill -- Kingston -- Rodmell -- Peacehaven -- Bishopstone, Rookery Hill and Norton -- Wealden Iron -- Iron Age Hill Forts -- Mount Caburn -- Castle Hill, Newhaven -- Seaford Head -- Aerial Survey for Archaeology -- Discussion and future work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8. Impact of Rome / David Rudling -- The Ouse valley -- Roads and road-side nucleated settlements -- The nucleated settlement at Bridge Farm, Upper Wellingham -- A nucleated settlement at Seaford -- A Roman-period (?) barrow cemetery at Lewes -- Roman-period Industries in the Ouse valley -- Villas -- Newhaven villa -- Beddingham villa -- A probable villa at Firle -- A probable villa at Mark Cross, Laughton -- Barcombe villa and bathhouse -- The Plumpton villa -- The non-villa Farmsteads -- Bishopstone (Rookery Hill) -- Ranscombe Hill -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9. Anglo-Saxons / Simon Stevens -- The Adventus Saxonum -- The Excavated Evidence -- The Beginning -- The Earliest Material -- `Squatters' -- Cemeteries -- Rookery Hill -- Itford Farm -- The Middle-Limited Evidence of Continuity -- Saxonbury -- Itford Farm -- Bishopstone -- Religious Communities -- The End- `Stable' and Defended Communities -- Bishopstone -- The Burh at Lewes -- The Late Saxon Countryside -- Discussion and future work -- Postscript -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10. The Upper Ouse in the Medieval period (AD 1066 to 1499) / David H. Millum -- Lewes -- the urban centre of the Upper Ouse -- Archaeological investigations of major sites in Lewes -- The Castle -- St. Pancras Priory -- Grey Friars -- St. Nicholas Hospital -- Baxter's Printworks, Lewes House Library and Residential sites -- Lewes Library -- Baxter's Printworks -- Lewes House Residential site -- Other Archaeological investigations in Lewes -- The general Upper Ouse area -- Discussion and future work -- Possible future works for volunteer projects -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 11. Lower Ouse in the Medieval period (AD 1066 to 1499) / David J. Worsell -- Lower Ouse valley Overview -- Settlements of the Lower Ouse valley -- Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) -- Seaford -- Historical context -- Archaeological investigations in Seaford -- The Crypt -- Archaeology of the lower Ouse -- Newhaven -- Piddinghoe -- Southease -- Rodmell -- Iford -- Beddingham -- Tarring Neville -- South Heighton -- Denton -- Norton -- Bishopstone -- Industry -- Discussion and future work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12. Research priorities for the Ouse valley / David Rudling -- A Research Framework -- Research Themes -- Period by Period Research Context -- Lower and Middle Palaeolithic -- Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic -- Earlier Neolithic -- Later Neolithic and Early Bronze Age -- Later Bronze Age and Early Iron Age -- The Later Iron Age -- Roman -- Saxon -- Medieval -- Geoarchaeology and Palaeo-environment -- Summary.

ISBN

• 9781784913779
• 1784913774
• 9781784913786 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• ocn953437974
• 953437974
• SCSB-1881243

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library