Landscape and Settlement in the Vale of York: Archaeological Investigations at Heslington East, York, 2003-13 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780854313020)

The Vale of York, in North Yorkshire, has been used and shaped by communities since the end of the last Ice Age to the modern day. Its earliest, prehistoric features chart the way in which household groups shifted from mobile to more sedentary forms of occupation over time, culminating in the creation of landscape divisions from the end of the Bronze Age, and then recognizable field systems during the Iron Age. Throughout all periods, a variety of activity types on the landscape has been evident in the landscape, taking significantly different forms in different contexts: water management; the creation of boundaries; agricultural production; structural development, from domestic houses to larger monuments; exchange and consumption; and mortuary practices plus other ritual activity. This volume takes a thematic approach to these activities, revealing much about the area's development.

Author: Steve Roskams,Cath Neal
ISBN-10: 0854313028
ISBN-13: 9780854313020
Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of London
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2020
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 11.50h x 8.20w x 0.80d