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Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation at Chichester Road, Selsey, West Sussex.
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| Issue: |
Sussex Archaeological Collections 143 |
| Series: |
Sussex Archaeological Collections
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| Volume: |
143
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| Page Start/End: |
71 - 82 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Excavation in advance of a housing development revealed traces of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement and landscape features, exhibiting continuity of layout across the two phases. Boundary ditches defined land divisions, all apparently part of a single system extending at least 350 m along a terrace edge. Clustering close to these boundaries, isolated pits characterised the two northern areas of the site, while the southern area was occupied by structures and a dense concentration of pits of both periods. The only evidence of ritual activity was a tiny secondary deposit of cremation pyre debris in a ditch fill. It is possible that both phases fall into the transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age, in the eighth century BC. Includes an online supplement, and separately authored contributions on |
| Year of Publication: |
2005
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Eighth Century Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Cremation (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Ritual (Auto Detected Subject) |
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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SETTLEMENT
(Monument Type England)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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| Note: |
[OS SZ 8600 9400]
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
05 Mar 2007 |
