Landscape and settlement in the vale of York : archaeological investigations at Heslington East, York, 2003-13.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roskams, Steve, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Research report of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; no. 82.

Research report of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; no. 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Heslington.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Landscape archaeology--England--Heslington.

Landscape archaeology.

Human settlements--England--Heslington--History--To 1500.

Human settlements.

History.

Heslington (England)--Antiquities.

Heslington (England).

England--Heslington.

Physical Description:

xx, 163 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : The Society oF Antiquaries of London, 2020.

Summary:

Taking a thematic approach to the landscape of the Vale of York and the human activity that helped to shape it, this volume examines the largest exposure of prehistoric and Roman activity investigated archaeologically in the immediate hinterland of the city of York, illustrating the complex development of landscape in the area from the Neolithic period and, most intensively, in Iron Age, Roman and modern periods.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Landscape assessment - evaluating archaeological site evaluation

1.1. Project background

1.2. Reconnaissance

1.3. Evaluation

1.4. Data gathering

1.5. Post-excavation assessment and analysis

1.6. Archiving, future access and publication policy

ch. 2 Landscape resources - nature and culture

2.1. Drift geology and formation processes

2.2. Exploitation of wood and stone sources

2.3. Exploitation of water sources

ch. 3 Bounded landscapes - enclosure, delineation and movement

3.1. Early control of livestock

3.2. Iron Age field systems at the western margin and enclosures to the east

3.3. Roman landscape boundaries in the centre of the site

3.4. A new late Roman enclosure at the centre of the site

3.5. Modifications to landholding in the northern central zone in the late fourth century ad

3.6. Medieval and later activity across the site

ch. 4 Productive landscapes - food production

4.1. The pastoral economy

4.2. The agricultural economy

ch. 5 Productive landscapes - specialist manufacture

5.1. Artefacts circumstantially indicating production

5.2. Prehistoric production at the margins of the site

5.3. Early Roman production towards the east of the site

5.4. Early Roman production in the centre of the site

ch. 6 Domestic landscapes - structures and household activities

6.1. Circumstantial prehistoric evidence

6.2. Iron Age roundhouses

6.3. Circumstantial Roman evidence

6.4. Late/post-Roman structures

ch. 7 Consumption in the landscape - import, use and discard

7.1. General patterns

7.2. Local, regional and long-distance exchange mechanisms

7.3. Consumption practices

7.4. Discard practices

ch. 8 Ideological landscapes - human burial, monumentality and other specialised deposition

8.1. Bronze Age cremations and associated deposition

8.2. Iron Age decapitation and landscape division

8.3. Structured deposition at the Iron Age/Roman transition, including an early Roman cremation

8.4. Burial of neonates and adults in relation to Roman landscape organization

8.5. A late Roman enclosure with monumental features and structured deposition

8.6. Late Roman masonry Well 7 and associated symbolism

ch. 9 Transitions in the landscape - change within and between conventional periods

9.1. Transitioning from mobility to sedentism

9.2. Transitioning between late prehistory and the Roman period

9.3. Transitioning within the Roman period

9.4. Transitioning between the late Roman and the sub-Roman/Anglian periods

9.5. Transitioning between the medieval and modern periods.

Notes:

Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780854313020

0854313028

OCLC:

1142341951

Publisher Number:

99988073697