Iron Age fen-edge settlement at Black Horse Farm, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire /
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 acti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK :
BAR Publishing,
2018.
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| Series: | BAR British series ;
640. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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) |
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| Item Description: | "The Black Horse Farm, Sawtry, project was undertaken by Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS). "--Acknowledgements, page iii. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 140 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans |
| Format: | 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. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-140). |
| ISBN: | 9781407323275 140732327X |
| DOI: | 10.30861/9781407316574 |