Archaeology in Essex to AD 1500 : in memory of Ken Newton / edited by D.G. Buckley
1980, 1st edition. London : Council for British Archaeology. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #424937
ISBN: 0900312831
Physical description; 130 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. Notes; Summaries of papers presented at a conference held at Oulton Hall, Clacton, Essex, Mar. 10-12, 1978. Eighteen papers "which were all read at a ... conference at Oulton Hall, Clacton, Essex from 10 to 12 March 1978...are summarized in this volume." Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The environmental background -- The Palaeolithic of Essex -- Late-glacial settlement in Essex -- The Mesolithic of Essex -- The Neolithic of Essex -- The Bronze Age in Essex -- The early and middle phases of the Iron Age in Essex -- From Caesar, and the century before him, to the Essex of Claudius -- Settlement in the later Iron Age and Roman periods -- Colchester between the Roman and the Norman Conquests -- Mucking and the early Saxon rural settlement in Essex -- Early Saxon cemeteries in Essex -- The implications of pre-Conquest carpentry in Essex -- The archaeology of medieval Essex towns -- Ecclesiastical sites and structures in Essex -- The value of pre 17th century documents and maps to medieval archaeology in Essex -- The archaeology of later vernacular architecture in Essex.
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