
Where Rivers Meet
The Archaeology of Catholme and the Thame-Trent Confluence
Council for British Archaeology (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-1-902771-78-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the story of an area of landscape in the English Midlands from earliest prehistory to around AD 900. Although it looks like a typical rural landscape, archaeological research, much of it in advance of quarrying, has revealed that this area has a long and remarkable history of occupation stretching back to the Ice Age. In particular at Catholme the project has revealed spectacular monuments from the Neolithic and Bronze Age (including a 'woodhenge-type' monument, a 'sunburst' monument and a cursus) that represent a regional expression of the monumental traditions of the age of Stonehenge.
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Language
English
Place of publication
York
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
col illus
ISBN-13
978-1-902771-78-6 (9781902771786)
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Henry Chapman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham. His research interests centre on the later prehistoric period, and particularly the relationships between human activity and environmental change within past landscapes, focusing on wetland sites.