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In this new authoritative textbook on the archaeology of South-East England intended for students, researchers, and those working in commercial archaeology, over 30 leading authors provide a comprehensive overview of the South-East as an informed narrative and interpretation of the prehistory and history of the region. Chronological chapters tell the story of the development of the South-East by period from the Palaeolithic to the Norman Conquest. Others focus on either specific areas within the region, or aspects of material culture and the economy. This is the first book to look at the region as a whole for a generation and since the advent of developer-funded archaeology, and it will have an important place in the archaeology of the South-East. It is offered in memory of Sussex Archaeologist Peter Drewett.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Abstract (and foreign language abstracts)
Acknowledgements
Editors Foreword
Preface
Foreword, Prof Geoff Wainwright, MBE
Tabula Commemorativa
1. Professor Peter Ladson Drewett, 1947~2013 – an appreciation
By DAVID R. RUDLING
PART ONE: THE SOUTH-EAST THROUGH TIME
2. The Physical, Political and Social Parameters of the South-East
by MICHAEL J ALLEN and DAVID R. RUDLING
3. Changing landscape and land-use; a palaeo-environmental perspective
by MICHAEL J. ALLEN and MARTIN BELL
4. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods; the archaeology of early Homo in South-East England
by MATT POPE and BECKY SCOTT
5. The Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods; modern human hunter-gatherers south of the Thames
by MATT POPE and CHANTAL CONNELLER
6. Social organisation of earlier Neolithic communities
by PAUL GARWOOD
7. Flint Mining – organisation, operation and social significance
by JULIE GARDINER and DAVID FIELD
8. Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age/Chalcolithic – out of the woodlands?
by MICHAEL J ALLEN and JULIE GARDINER
9. The Bronze Age; ceremonial enclosures, mounding and belief
by DAVID FIELD and ANDY JONES
10. Bronze Age metalwork and society
by MARTYN BARBER and HELEN WICKSTEAD
11. Later Bronze Age revolutions
by ANN WOODWARD
12. Farms and forts: Iron Age of the South-East
by JOHN MANLEY and ANDREW FITZPATRICK
13. South-East England; the impact of Rome
by DAVID BIRD and DAVID RUDLING
14. Early Saxon period AD 410–680
by SUE HARRINGTON
15. Middle and Later Saxon period AD 680–1066
by STUART BROOKES
PART TWO: REGIONAL DIVERSITY
16. Weald: Iron production in South-East England
by JEREMY HODGKINSON
17. Downs: The Downlands
by MICHAEL J. ALLEN
18. Foreshore: The Thames foreshore and estuary and the North Kent Coast
by COURTNEY NIMURA, and JON COTTON with contribution by GUS MILNE
19. Rivers and Sea: Ships and boats
by PETER MARSDEN
20. Wetlands: The wetlands the South-East never knew
by CHRIS GREATOREX with MICHAEL J. ALLEN
21. Coastal Plain: The Coastal Plain; between chalk and sea
by CAROLINE WELLS
PART THREE: MATERIAL CULTURE AND ECONOMY
22. Non-invasive archaeological survey: discoveries and new interpretations
by AL OSWALD
23. The Land; changing patterns of enclosure
by JUDIE ENGLISH
24. Visualising the archaeology
by CASPER JOHNSON
25. Roman pottery production and supply in the South-East
by LOUISE RAYNER and ANNA DOCHERTY
26. The Portable Antiquities Scheme and the South-East; approaching the data
by STEPHANIE SMITH and DAVID WILLIAMS
27. Roman Roads and Roadside Settlements
by DAVID STAVELEY
28. South Eastern monuments in the 21st century, a continuing palimpsest of activity
by LISA FISHER
KEY REFERENCES
INDEX
Abstract (and foreign language abstracts)
Acknowledgements
Editors Foreword
Preface
Foreword, Prof Geoff Wainwright, MBE
Tabula Commemorativa
1. Professor Peter Ladson Drewett, 1947~2013 – an appreciation
By DAVID R. RUDLING
PART ONE: THE SOUTH-EAST THROUGH TIME
2. The Physical, Political and Social Parameters of the South-East
by MICHAEL J ALLEN and DAVID R. RUDLING
3. Changing landscape and land-use; a palaeo-environmental perspective
by MICHAEL J. ALLEN and MARTIN BELL
4. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods; the archaeology of early Homo in South-East England
by MATT POPE and BECKY SCOTT
5. The Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods; modern human hunter-gatherers south of the Thames
by MATT POPE and CHANTAL CONNELLER
6. Social organisation of earlier Neolithic communities
by PAUL GARWOOD
7. Flint Mining – organisation, operation and social significance
by JULIE GARDINER and DAVID FIELD
8. Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age/Chalcolithic – out of the woodlands?
by MICHAEL J ALLEN and JULIE GARDINER
9. The Bronze Age; ceremonial enclosures, mounding and belief
by DAVID FIELD and ANDY JONES
10. Bronze Age metalwork and society
by MARTYN BARBER and HELEN WICKSTEAD
11. Later Bronze Age revolutions
by ANN WOODWARD
12. Farms and forts: Iron Age of the South-East
by JOHN MANLEY and ANDREW FITZPATRICK
13. South-East England; the impact of Rome
by DAVID BIRD and DAVID RUDLING
14. Early Saxon period AD 410–680
by SUE HARRINGTON
15. Middle and Later Saxon period AD 680–1066
by STUART BROOKES
PART TWO: REGIONAL DIVERSITY
16. Weald: Iron production in South-East England
by JEREMY HODGKINSON
17. Downs: The Downlands
by MICHAEL J. ALLEN
18. Foreshore: The Thames foreshore and estuary and the North Kent Coast
by COURTNEY NIMURA, and JON COTTON with contribution by GUS MILNE
19. Rivers and Sea: Ships and boats
by PETER MARSDEN
20. Wetlands: The wetlands the South-East never knew
by CHRIS GREATOREX with MICHAEL J. ALLEN
21. Coastal Plain: The Coastal Plain; between chalk and sea
by CAROLINE WELLS
PART THREE: MATERIAL CULTURE AND ECONOMY
22. Non-invasive archaeological survey: discoveries and new interpretations
by AL OSWALD
23. The Land; changing patterns of enclosure
by JUDIE ENGLISH
24. Visualising the archaeology
by CASPER JOHNSON
25. Roman pottery production and supply in the South-East
by LOUISE RAYNER and ANNA DOCHERTY
26. The Portable Antiquities Scheme and the South-East; approaching the data
by STEPHANIE SMITH and DAVID WILLIAMS
27. Roman Roads and Roadside Settlements
by DAVID STAVELEY
28. South Eastern monuments in the 21st century, a continuing palimpsest of activity
by LISA FISHER
KEY REFERENCES
INDEX
