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Excavations

Fengate Revisited: Further Fen-edge Excavations, Bronze Age Fieldsystems and Settlement and the Wyman Abbott/Leeds Archives
by Christopher Evans, with Emma Beadsmoore, Matt Brudenell and Gavin Lucas
At its core, this volume reports upon three large-scale excavations at Fengate, Peterborough. These cast new light on Briton's premier Bronze Age fieldsystem and their results lead to significant reappraisal of facets of Pryor's earlier interpretations and, also, approaches to the period's land-use generally. Reflecting upon such crucial issues as the character of settlement, landholding/territory and power, their discussion is furthered by the ...
Paperback. Price GB £30.00

Borderlands: The Archaeology of Addenbrooke's Environs, South Cambridge
by Christopher Evans, with Duncan Mackay and Leo Webley
Taking its inspiration from Cyril Fox's groundbreaking 1923 study of its namesake, and with its first volume issued to mark the 85th anniversary of his book, this series is dedicated to the archaeology of Cambridge's hinterland. In recent years an enormous amount of fieldwork has occured within the City's environs, to the point that it must now rank as one of the most intensively investigated landscapes in southern England.

This volume ...
Paperback. Price GB £25.00

Haltonchesters: Excavations Directed by J. P. Gillam at the Roman Fort, 1960-61
by J.N. Dore
This report presents the results of the excavations directed, in 1960 and 1961, by Mr J. P. Gillam within the fort at Haltonchesters. The work was carried out in the area to the south of the B6318 Newcastle to Carlisle road and to the west of the lane which runs from the B6318 to Halton village. Within this area lie the western part of the central range of the fort, a section of the west wall of the fort (including the porta quintana), the ...
Hardback. Price GB £20.00

Four Millenia of Human Activity along the A505 Baldock Bypass, Hertfordshire
by Mark Phillips
This report presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken in 20035 along the 6km route of the A505 Baldock bypass, Hertfordshire. The evidence spans the late Neolithic to the medieval period, although no evidence for activity from the later 5th century to the beginning of the 11th century was found. The late Neolithic evidence was dispersed across the route corridor and comprised bowl-shaped pits, shaft-like pits and a small ...
Paperback. Price GB £20.00

Wainscott Northern By-pass: Archaeological Investigations 1992-1997
by Peter Clark, Jonathan Rady and Christopher Sparey-Green
Between January 1992 and October 1997 watching briefs, evaluations and an excavation were conducted on the route of the Wainscott Northern Link or by-pass. This relief road was constructed over a distance of 5km from the junction of the A2 and M2, west of the original Medway crossing at Rochester north-east to the Four Elms roundabout on the A228 north of Wainscott.

Other than scatters of loose finds, little archaeological material was ...
Paperback. Price GB £15.00

Archaeological Excavations on the Route of the A27 Westhampnett Bypass West Sussex, 1992: Volume 1: Late Upper Palaeolithic-Anglo-Saxon
by A.P. Fitzpatrick, Andrew B. Powell and Michael J. Allen
Five main excavations and a number of smaller ones were undertaken in advance of the construction of the A27 Westhampnett Bypass near Chichester, West Sussex, in 1992. This volume presents the evidence for settlement and related evidence that spans 11,000 years from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the medieval.

The sites examined included a Late Upper Palaeolithic palaeosol, two early Mesolithic residential base camps, isolated Early and ...
Hardback. Price GB £20.00

Archaeology on the A303 Stonehenge Improvement
by Matt Leivers and Chris Moore
This volume reports on the archaeological works undertaken between 1998 and 2003 as part of the A303 Stonehenge Improvement highway scheme promoted by the Highways Agency.

The A303 trunk road and the A344 which pass Stonehenge are widely agreed to have a detrimental effect on its setting and on other archaeological features within the World Heritage Site. Around Stonehenge there is noise and visual intrusion from traffic and also air ...
Paperback. Price GB £9.95

Unlocking the Landscape: Archaeological Investigations at Ashford Prison, Middlesex
by Tim Carew, Barry Biship, Frank Meddens and Victoria Ridgeway
Excavations at Ashford Prison, just to the east of Staines, uncovered the intriguing story of that part of the landscape from the end of the last Ice Age. Flowing through the site was a tributory of the River Ash, itself a tributory of the Thames. It attracted the attentions of transient groups of hunter-gatherers and later a Neolithic ceremonial monument was built adjacent to it, on a slight promontory of higher land. During the Bronze Age the ...
Paperback. Price GB £17.95

The Brooks, Winchester 1987-88: The Roman Structural Remains
by John M. Zant
Excavations revealed a complex sequence of development and occupation from the 1st century AD until the post-medieval period. This report describes the Roman stratigraphic sequence, from the 1st to the early 5th centuries AD. An introductory chapter discusses the Roman town and the excavations of 1987-88, and the results of these excavations are presented by period, including the the Roman street and timber-lined channel and building activity on ...
Paperback. Price GB £12.50

EAA 57: Excavations at Redgate Hill, Hunstanton, Norfolk; and at Tattersall Thorpe, Lincol
by R. Bradley, P. Chowne. R. Cleal, F. Healy and I. Kinnes Current research in the prehistory of the East Anglian Fens, centred on the Fenland Project, attaches new significance to complementary work on the upland surrounding the basin. This volume brings together the very different results of two area excavations, at Tattershall Thorpe in Lincolnshire on the north-western edge of the Fens, and at Hunstanton in Norfolk, on the north-eastern ...
Paperback. Price GB £13.00