Sutton Common: The Excavation of an Iron Age 'Marsh-Fort' (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781902771700)

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.

Author: Robert Van de Noort,Henry Chapman,John Collis
ISBN-10: 1902771702
ISBN-13: 9781902771700
Publisher: Council for British Archaeology
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2007
Pages: 235
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 11.62h x 8.45w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 108