Along prehistoric lines : Neolithic, Iron Age and Romano-British activity at the former MOD headquarters, Durrington, Wiltshire / Steve Thompson and Andrew Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Steve, author.

Powell, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Wiltshire.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salisbury : Wessex Archaeology Occasional Paper, [2018]

Summary:

An excavation in 2010-12 on the site of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) Headquarters in Durrington, Wiltshire, revealed evidence spanning the post-glacial to the post-medieval periods. It lies immediately north-east of the Stonehenge part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site. The significant discoveries made during the excavation include a relatively deeply buried Late Glacial Allerød soil, and a zone of Late Neolithic activity centred on a number of natural solution hollows, posthole alignments and pit groups. The Late Iron Age defences, probably constructed in the immediate pre-Conquest period and decommissioned soon after, influenced the layout of early Romano-British fields and settlement activity. This report describes the site, and places it in its local context. Reports on the finds, dating and environmental remains are also presented.

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Plates

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Abstract

Chapter 1: Introduction

Location, topography, geology and soils

Archaeological and historical background

Chapter 2: Late Glacial

Chapter 3: Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age

Late Neolithic

Posthole alignments

Pits

Natural hollows

Early Bronze Age

Chapter 4: Iron Age

Middle Iron Age

Grave 5206

Feature 5642

Grave 6548

Grave 7530/feature 5187

Other Middle Iron Age evidence

Feature 7280

Late Iron Age

'Enclosure' ditch and bank

Chapter 5: Romano-British and post-Roman

Early Romano-British

Ditch 6203

Trackway

Field ditches

Feature 5530

Solution hollow 6513

Solution hollow 6257

Ovens/driers

Pottery kilns

Middle/Late Romano-British

Burials

Other features

Medieval, post-medieval and modern

Chapter 6: Finds

Worked flint by Matt Leivers

Introduction

Results

Burnt flint by R. H. Seager Smith

Stone

Neolithic stone objects by Phil Harding and Rob Ixer

Other stone objects by R.H. Seager Smith

Early prehistoric pottery by Matt Leivers

Grooved Ware

Other early prehistoric sherds

Discussion

Later prehistoric, Romano-British and later pottery by R. H. Seager Smith

Iron Age

Latest Iron Age/Romano-British (1st-4th centuries AD)

Medieval and later sherds

Fired clay by R. H. Seager Smith

Coins by Nicholas Cooke

Metalwork by R. H. Seager Smith

Personal items

Household

Agricultural/horticultural items

Fastenings and fittings

Metalworking waste

Items of post-Roman date

Slag by R. H. Seager Smith

Glass by R. H. Seager Smith

Worked bone by R. H. Seager Smith

Building materials by R. H. Seager Smith.

Human bone by Jaqueline I. McKinley

Taphonomy

Demographic data

Skeletal indices and non-metric traits/morphological variations

Pathology

Pyre technology and cremation ritual

Animal bone by L. Higbee

Early to Middle Bronze Age

Middle to Late Iron Age

Romano-British

Medieval to modern

Discussion and conclusions

Shell by R. H. Seager Smith

Chapter 7: Environmental evidence

Charred plant remains by Sarah F. Wyles and Chris J. Stevens

Charcoal by Dana Challinor

Iron Age and Romano-British

Radiocarbon dating by Alistair J. Barclay

Late Neolithic post settings and cremation burial

Iron Age burials and enclosure ditch

Animal bone deposits

Chapter 8: Discussion

Romano-British and post-Roman

Bibliography

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781911137061

1911137069

9781911137054

1911137050

OCLC:

1035516479