UID:
almafu_9960092978802883
Format:
1 online resource (1 p.)
ISBN:
9781782974246
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1782974245
Content:
A major phase of economic expansion occurred in southern England during the second and early first millennium BC, accompanied by a fundamental shift in regional power and wealth towards the eastern lowlands. This book offers a synthesis of available data on Bronze Age lowland field systems in England, including a gazetteer of sites. The research demonstrates the importance of large-scale animal husbandry in the mixed farming regimes as evidenced in the design of the field systems which incorporate droveways, stock proof fencing, watering holes, cow pens, sheep races and gateways for stockhandling. It is argued that the field systems represented a form of conspicuous production, an "intensification" of agrarian endeavour or a statement of intent, to be understood in relation to the maintenance, display and promotion of hierarchical social systems involved in exchange with their counterparts across the English Channel.
Note:
1. Introduction -- 2. The range of evidence -- 3. The straits of Dover and the Thames Estuary -- 4. The London Basin -- 5. The upper Thames Valley -- 6. The Sussex Coast, downlands and weald -- 7. The Solent Basin -- 8. The west country -- 9. The North Sea Coast -- 10. Into the fens -- 11. The Severn and Avon Vales -- 12. Patterns in the land -- 13. Symbolism and subtleties -- 14. Competitive exploration : excavation priorities
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Abstract also in French and German.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781842172315
Additional Edition:
ISBN 184217231X
Language:
English
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