Iron Age fen-edge settlement at Black Horse Farm, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire / Andrew A.S. Newton ; with contributions by Beta Analytic Inc., Jane Cowgill, Nina Crummy, Julia E. Cussans, Val Fryer, Andrew Peachey, Ruth Pelling, Carina Phillips, Rob Scaife and Maisie Taylor ; illustrations by Kathren Henry, Charlotte Davies and Caroline George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton, Andrew A. S., author.

Contributor:

Archaeological Solutions Limited, researcher.

Series:

BAR British series ; 640.

BAR British series ; 640

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sawtry (England)--Antiquities.

Sawtry (England).

Sawtry (England)--Antiquities, Roman.

Iron age--England--Sawtry.

Iron age.

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Sawtry.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities, Prehistoric--England--Sawtry.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Sawtry (England)--History.

Classical antiquities.

Antiquities.

England--Sawtry.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 140 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : BAR Publishing, 2018.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

Black Horse Farm is situated on the Cambridgeshire fen-edge. During the Iron Age and early Romano-British period it occupied a low promontory reaching out into the surrounding wetland. This volume describes the archaeological excavation of the site and the Iron Age settlement and Romano-British activity that was recorded there. The wetland of the fen would have been a prominent part of everyday life at Black Horse Farm, and the book examines the way in which the site's inhabitants utilised and exploited it. Fluctuations between dry and damp conditions were also a prominent aspect of life at this marginal location, and the later sections examine how the population responded to these conditions. The book examines themes including the organisation of space within the roundhouse [and] the role of ditches and banks as flood defences versus their social and defensive function, and [it] offers alternative interpretations for some commonly observed features at contemporary sites."--Back cover (page 4 of cover)

Notes:

"The Black Horse Farm, Sawtry, project was undertaken by Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS). "--Acknowledgements, page iii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-140).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407323275

140732327X

OCLC:

1467694347

Publisher Number:

B640 BAR Publishing

Access Restriction:

Use copy Restrictions unspecified