Rippon, S. J. and Smart, C. (2015). The Fields of Britannia. British Archaeology 145. Vol 145, pp. 40-45.
Title The title of the publication or report |
The Fields of Britannia | |||||||||||
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Issue The name of the volume or issue |
British Archaeology 145 | |||||||||||
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British Archaeology | |||||||||||
Volume Volume number and part |
145 | |||||||||||
Number of Pages The number of pages in the publication or report |
66 | |||||||||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
40 - 45 | |||||||||||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
A major research programme, The Fields of Britannia, has investigated what happened to the landscape when Britain ceased to be part of the Roman empire, and the origins of today's countryside. Researchers at the University of Exeter looked at pollen sequences and other palaeoenvironmental data to reveal patterns of land-use, and undertook a quantified analysis of dated late Roman field systems and the countryside that followed, and how the relationship between the two varied across different regions. Overall, it was found that there is a wide range of evidence to suggest that landscapes evolved gradually from Roman to medieval times, with neither complete continuity nor a dramatic discontinuity. Communities adapted to the changing socio-economic circumstances of the fifth century AD in different ways, one result of which was growing diversity in agricultural practices. A more significant period of change appears to have been from around the eighth century, when open fields were created. LD | |||||||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2015 | |||||||||||
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
27 Dec 2015 |