Overview

Taking a thematic approach to the landscape of the Vale of York and the human activity that helped to shape it, this volume examines the largest exposure of prehistoric and Roman activity investigated archaeologically in the immediate hinterland of the city of York, illustrating the complex development of landscape in the area from the Neolithic period and, most intensively, in Iron Age, Roman and modern periods.

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Author:   Steve Roskams
Publisher:   Society of Antiquaries of London
Imprint:   Society of Antiquaries of London
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   82
ISBN:  

9780854313020

ISBN 10:   0854313028
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   28 May 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Summary; Resume; Zusammenfassung; Chapter 1 Landscape assessment - evaluating archaeological site evaluation; Chapter 2 Landscape resources - nature and culture; Chapter 3 Bounded landscapes - enclosure, delineation and movement; Chapter 4 Productive landscapes - food production; Chapter 5 Productive landscapes - specialist manufacture; Chapter 6 Domestic landscapes - structures and household activities; Chapter 7 Consumption in the landscape - import, use and discard; Chapter 8 Ideological landscapes - human burial, monumentality and other specialised deposition; Chapter 9 Transitions in the landscape - change within and between conventional periods; Notes; Abbreviations and bibliography; Index

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…a coherent story of the settlement and utilisation of a somewhat plough-eroded landscape is presented. * Current Archaeology * The quality of this publication maches the significance of the landscape it concerns. * Archaeological Journal *

...a coherent story of the settlement and utilisation of a somewhat plough-eroded landscape is presented. * Current Archaeology *

Author Information

Having worked for a decade in rescue archaeology, directing excavations in Tunisia and in the City of London in the 1970s and 1980s, Steve Roskams moved to the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. Although continuing to work abroad, in Algeria and Beirut, he has also undertaken the investigation of various UK sites in Devon, in Wiltshire and Iron Age and Roman landscapes and settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds. He helps to advise York City Council on archaeological matters and has co-written the Regional Research Framework for Yorkshire.

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