Sutton Common : The Excavation of an Iron Age 'Marsh Fort' Paperback / softback
by Robert van de Noort, Henry P. Chapman, John Collis
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Sutton Common in South Yorkshire is one of the best-known Iron Age multivallate sites in lowland Britain.
This volume describes the results of the large-scale excavations undertaken there between 1998 and 2003, which have provided unparalleled insights into the function and meaning of this 4th-century BC 'marsh-fort'.
Sutton Common is described as a place where the social identity of the local community was reinforced through the construction of the physical representation of the idea of community, using a bank-and-ditch arrangement that resembles the defences used elsewhere, particularly at hillforts.
No houses were found within the enclosure, but some 150 four-post structures were excavated, many containing deposits of charred grain in one or two of their postholes.
This well-dated site makes significant contributions to the debates on prehistoric enclosure, cosmology, food storage, and mortuary practices in prehistoric Britain and Europe.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:235 pages, col and b/w illus
- Publisher:Council for British Archaeology
- Publication Date:31/12/2007
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- ISBN:9781902771700
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:235 pages, col and b/w illus
- Publisher:Council for British Archaeology
- Publication Date:31/12/2007
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- ISBN:9781902771700