Medieval adaptation, settlement and economy of a coastal wetland : the evidence from around Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent

Medieval adaptation, settlement and economy of a coastal wetland : the evidence from around Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent /

"This extensive report details the archaeological investigations of the field systems and occupation sites, finds and environmental material, and documentary evidence. Two final chapters set out broader conclusions from the evidence for the field systems, settlements, and economy, and set the a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber, Luke, 1967-
Corporate Authors: University College, London. Field Archaeology Unit, English Heritage
Other Authors: Priestley-Bell, Greg, Gardiner, Mark (Mark F.), Sweetinburgh, Sheila
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2008]
Subjects:
Wetlands > England > Romney Marsh.
Human settlements > England > Romney Marsh.
Archaeological surveying > England > Romney Marsh.
Excavations (Archaeology) > England > Romney Marsh.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Antiquities
Archaeological surveying
Excavations (Archaeology)
Human settlements
Wetlands
Romney Marsh (England) > Antiquities.
England > Romney Marsh
Excavations (Archaeology) > England > Romney Marsh
Romney Marsh (England) > Antiquities, Roman
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Table of Contents:
  • The nature of the evidence
  • Reclamation and field systems
  • Settlement pattern
  • The local economy
  • The Lydd quarry area in 1552
  • Lydd quarry
  • The ditch system: overview
  • Sample excavations at Dering Farm, Lydd
  • Excavations at Caldicott Farm
  • Archaeological discoveries from Pioneer Pit and Allen's Bank
  • Denge west quarry
  • The pottery
  • Coins, tokens, jetons and a coin weight
  • The metalwork
  • The metallurigical remains
  • The ceramic building material
  • Burnt clay
  • The clay tobacco pipes
  • The glass
  • The leather
  • Worked bone or antler
  • Geological material
  • The animal bone
  • Other vertebrate remains
  • The insect remains
  • The marine molluscs
  • The vegetation and environment of the medieval and later periods: pollen and wood analysis
  • Plant macrofossils.

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