Rippon, S. J. (1996). Roman and Medieval Settlement on the North Somerset Levels, Survey and Excavation at Banwell and Puxton, 1996. Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 7. Vol 7.
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Roman and Medieval Settlement on the North Somerset Levels, Survey and Excavation at Banwell and Puxton, 1996 | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 7 | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary | ||
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This paper details work done by the North Somerset Levels project in the field season of 1996. The attention shifted from earlier season to the coatline south of the Congresbury Yeo, in order to understand the potential roman and post roman exploitation of the levels.It is known that coastal parts of the North Somerset Levels were flooded during the post-Roman period (Rippon 1997, 123-7). Recolonization of the area was certainly underway by Domesday, when several settlements and numerous ploughteams are recorded, indicating that the Levels had been re-reclaimed. Key questions are, firstly, the date of this recolonization, secondly, whether these early settlements initially lay on a seasonally exploited saltmarsh or in an environment already protected from inundation by sea walls, and thirdly, the extent to which they were agriculturally based as opposed to exploiting the rich natural wetland resources. This paper attempts to answer these questions by examining two sites, Waterloo Farm, Banwell Moor and Church Field, Puxton. | ||
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1996 | ||
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