Yarnton

Gill Hey, Jane R. Timby

ISBN 10: 1905905211 / ISBN 13: 9781905905218

Published by Oxford University School of Archaeology, GB, 2011

About this Item

The Yarnton landscape, extending from the floodplain of the Thames up onto the higher Second Gravel Terrace, has witnessed a long history of topographic and vegetational change linked to human activity. Settlements on the edge of the Second Gravel Terrace were occupied throughout the Iron Age and Roman periods. Associated with the middle Iron Age settlement was a small cemetery of some 35 crouched inhumation burials. Further burials were made in the Roman period. The Roman settlement is marked by its ditched enclosures and small paddocks suggesting intensive stock management, although the presence of an extensive surrounding field system shows that arable agriculture was also intensive, at least in the early Roman period.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Yarnton
• Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology, GB
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905905211
• ISBN 13: 9781905905218
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 21.59W x 3.81H x 29.85D centimeters 21.59 centimeters width by 3.81 centimeters height by 29.85 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

The Yarnton landscape, extending from the floodplain of the Thames up onto the higher Second Gravel Terrace, has witnessed a long history of topographic and vegetational change linked to human activity. Settlements on the edge of the Second Gravel Terrace were occupied throughout the Iron Age and Roman periods. Associated with the middle Iron Age settlement was a small cemetery of some 35 crouched inhumation burials. Further burials were made in the Roman period. The Roman settlement is marked by its ditched enclosures and small paddocks suggesting intensive stock management, although the presence of an extensive surrounding field system shows that arable agriculture was also intensive, at least in the early Roman period.

About the Author

Gill Hey is CEO of Oxford Archaeology with research interests in Neolithic Britain.