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Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages, col and b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 284 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Sutton Common in South Yorkshire is one of the best-known Iron Age multivallate sites in lowland Britain. This volume describes the results of the large-scale excavations undertaken there between 1998 and 2003, which have provided unparalleled insights into the function and meaning of this 4th-century BC 'marsh-fort'. Sutton Common is described as a place where the social identity of the local community was reinforced through the construction of the physical representation of the idea of community, using a bank-and-ditch arrangement that resembles the defences used elsewhere, particularly at hillforts. No houses ... Read more
Sutton Common in South Yorkshire is one of the best-known Iron Age multivallate sites in lowland Britain. This volume describes the results of the large-scale excavations undertaken there between 1998 and 2003, which have provided unparalleled insights into the function and meaning of this 4th-century BC 'marsh-fort'. Sutton Common is described as a place where the social identity of the local community was reinforced through the construction of the physical representation of the idea of community, using a bank-and-ditch arrangement that resembles the defences used elsewhere, particularly at hillforts. No houses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Council for British Archaeology United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
York, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902771700
SKU
V9781902771700
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Ref
99-42
About Sally Rooney
Henry Chapman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham. His research interests centre on the later prehistoric period, and particularly the relationships between human activity and environmental change within past landscapes, focusing on wetland sites.
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