Gibson, C. (2005). A Romano-British rural site at Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 94. Vol 94, pp. 21-38. https://doi.org/10.5284/1073330. Cite this via datacite

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Title:		 A Romano-British rural site at Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire
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Issue:		 Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 94
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Volume:		 94
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Page Start/End:		 21 - 38
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Abstract:		 Excavations at Priors Gate, Eaton Socon, recorded Romano-British field systems, enclosures and at least one droveway. Other features included a large number of quarry pits, as well as two ring gullies and a small rectangular enclosure, the latter probably shelters or windbreaks rather than evidence for settlement. Two irregular pits are interpreted as shallow watering holes. Activity spans the late-first to fourth century AD, with a notable concentration in the late-second to early-third centuries. The distribution of pottery and animal bone suggests that a small rural settlement lay to the south of the excavated area. From the Flavian period onwards, this settlement was involved with small-scale mixed farming. Following a reorganisation of the landscape in the second century, large enclosures appear to have functioned as part of a `producer site', concerned mostly with stock rearing to provision more distant, less rural settlements. Animals consumed locally, particularly sheep and cattle, would have supplied secondary products including wool and milk for many years before slaughter. Includes
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Author:		 Catriona Gibson
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Other Person/Org:		 Damaris D Dodds (Abstract author)
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Year of Publication:		 2005
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Cattle (Auto Detected Subject)
Ring Gullies (Auto Detected Subject)
Animal Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
Flavian (Auto Detected Temporal)
SHERD (Object England)
Rural Settlement (Auto Detected Subject)
Enclosures (Auto Detected Subject)
Sheep (Auto Detected Subject)
Quarry Pits (Auto Detected Subject)
Droveway (Auto Detected Subject)
Settlements Animals (Auto Detected Subject)
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Rectangular Enclosure (Auto Detected Subject)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
Shelters (Auto Detected Subject)
Field Systems Enclosures (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 10 Mar 2006