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Oxford Archaeology

Oxford Archaeology undertakes rescue excavation and archaeological survey work locally in the Thames Valley, and elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Its publications report on the results of these excavations.

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The Roman Roadside Settlement at Westhawk Farm, Ashford, Kent: Excavations 1998-9
by Paul Booth, Anne-Marie Bingham and Steve Lawrence
Westhawk Farm is the site of a large Roman settlement established at an important road junction shortly after the Roman conquest, discovered and partly excavated in advance of housing development. The settlement contained contrasting groups of carefully laid out plots and unplanned areas. Excavated timber buildings included circular and rectilinear structures and a polygonal shrine. The main concerns of the inhabitants were apparently agriculture ...
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In the Vaults Beneath: Archaeological Recording at St George's Church, Bloomsbury
by Ceridwen Boston, Angela Boyle, John Gill and Annsofie Witkin
Archaeological investigations, undertaken as part of a programme to restore St George's Church, Bloomsbury, to its original Hawksmoor splendour, involved the removal of 871 triple lead-lined coffins from within the crypt and monitoring works within the churchyard. The elaborate named coffins of upper middle class parishioners provided a valuable opportunity to greatly develop the new field of post-medieval coffin analysis, and to integrate ...
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Archaeology of the A1(M) Darrington to Dishforth DBFO Road Scheme
by Fraser Brown et al
The construction of the A1 (M) Darrington to Dishforth DBFO road scheme has provided an important opportunity to investigate landscape development over time in parts of West and North Yorkshire. Over sixty archaeological sites were investigated in advance of and alongside the massive engineering works in one of the largest programmes of archaeological fieldwork seen in the UK. The results of the work will greatly enhance understanding of the ...
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A Slice of Rural Essex: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from the A120 between Stansted Airport and Braintree
by Jane Timby, Richard Brown, Edward Biddulph, Alan Hardy and Andrew Powell
The upgrading of the A120 between Stansted Airport and Braintree allowed the unique opportunity to examine a slice of landscape crossing the clay plateau of Essex; a geology which has received little attention in the past. A diverse pattern of human history was revealed including earlier prehistoric flint knapping, later prehistoric ritual activity, a Roman farmstead with accompanying cemetery, a middle Saxon hall, medieval settlement, pottery ...
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On Track: The Archaeology of High Speed 1 Section 1 in Kent
by Paul Booth, Timothy Champion, Stuart Foreman, Paul Garwood, Helen Glass, Julian Munby and Andrew Reynolds
High Speed 1 (HS1) is the first new railway to be built in Britain for over a century and is the UKs first high speed railway. The publication of this volume celebrates the immense scale and award-winning quality of the archaeological and historic building investigations that resulted from the construction of Section 1 of the rail link in Kent.

The project encompasses some truly exceptional individual discoveries, such as the Early ...
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Death and Taxes: The Archaeology of a Middle Saxon Estate Centre at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire
by Alan Hardy and Bethan Mair Charles
How did Middle Saxon kings govern their estates, and how did the mechanism of early forms of regional administration work? A spectacular site on the outskirts of Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire has demonstrated that archaeology can add significantly to the debate. Between 1993 and 2003, Oxford Archaeology undertook a major programme of survey and excavation on the outskirts of the town, uncovering extensive remains dating from the Middle ...
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The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Butler's Field, Lechlade, Gloucestershire: Volume 2 - Discussion and Synthesis
by Angela Boyle, Dido Clark, David Miles and Simon Palmer
This volume is the second to be published on the excavations undertaken by the Oxford Archaeological Unit at Butler's Field, Lechlade in 1985. The project was initially conceived as a small element in a larger project to investigate the prehistoric and Roman landscape in the Lechlade-Fairford area and the discovery of a substantial Anglo-Saxon cemetery was unexpected. Volume 1, published in 1998, discussed the prehistoric and Roman activity and ...
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Archaeology in the Park: Excavations at Jennett's Park Bracknell, Berkshire
by Andrew Simmonds, Sharon Cook, Edward Biddulph, and David Score
Archaeological investigations at Jennett's Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, revealed episodes of occupation spanning several thousand years. The earliest activity was a small, temporary camp, which belonged to a band of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. After a hiatus, activity recommenced in the middle Bronze Age. Features of this date comprised three burnt mounds, two waterholes, two trough-like pits and a possible cremation burial.

Jennett's ...
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Aelfric's Abbey: Excavations at Eynsham Abbey, Oxfordshire, 1989-1992
by A Hardy, A Dodd and G D Keevill
The minster church at Eynsham, Oxfordshire, was founded in the 7th or 8th century and refounded in 1005 as a Benedictine abbey. The excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology revealed substantial remains of the abbey, tracing its history from its foundation until the Dissolution in 1538-9. The excavated precinct buildings included part of the Great Cloister, refectory, kitchens, cellars, domestic range and latrines. A programme of geophysical ...
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Green Park (Reading Business Park) Phase 2 Excavations 1995: Neolithic and Bronze Age sites
by Adam Brossler and Robert Early
In 1995 a second phase of excavations was undertaken by Oxford Archaeological Unit (OAU) at Reading Business Park in advance of development. This volume reports on the occupation evidence they found dating to the Neolithic, Bronze Age and medieval periods. The Neolithic features included an unusual segmented ring ditch, and a number of pits and postholes, with associated flint assemblages dating to the late Neolithic. A field system, composed of ...
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