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Hinton, D. A., ed. (2002).
Purbeck papers
. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
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Title:
Purbeck papers
Series:
University of Southampton Department of Archaeology Monographs
Volume:
4
Number of Pages:
152
Publication Type:
Monograph Chapter (in Series)
Abstract:
Much archaeological rescue work has recently taken place in the coastal area of Purbeck in Dorset, due to oil-field and other industrial development. The Purbeck project was initiated to see what could be added to knowledge of the area through modern methods of archaeological survey and through the analysis of historical sources. The papers in the collection look at various aspects of Purbeck history and archaeology from the Iron Age, Roman and Medieval periods to the eighteenth century. Includes
Editor:
David A Hinton
Issue Editor:
David A Hinton
Publisher:
Oxbow Books
Year of Publication:
2002
ISBN:
1-84217-066-X
Note:
Is Portmanteau: 1
Source:
BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
Relations:
URI:
http//:www.arch.soton.ac.uk/research/purbeck/
Created Date:
22 Jul 2004
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The excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British settlement in Quarry Field, south of Compact Farm, Worth Matravers, Dorset
Alan H Graham
David A Hinton
David D Peacock
1 - 83
earliest remains found dated from the early Iron Age, then, following a hiatus, occupation that was essentially indigenous in character was indicated from the later Iron Age to the mid-second century AD. Later, rectangular buildings were probably in use until at least the fourth century AD
A `marginal economy'?; The Isle of Purbeck from the Norman Conquest to th...
David A Hinton
84 - 117
examination of documentary and physical evidence of farming practices and industries such as quarrying, salt production and fishing, and their relation to the economy and taxation of the region
Some pre-Black Death surveys and extents of Purbeck
Neil S Rushton
118 - 125
publication in translation of estate extents for Langton Matravers and Steeple manors, along with a survey of Corfe, containing information on estate occupants and their livelihoods
Purbeck marble in Roman and medieval Britain
David Williams
126 - 131
including its changing uses, either alone or in combination with other marbles
Report on the survey of the strip lynchets at Worth Matravers, Dorset
David Scott McOmish
132 - 138
survey of field banks and terraced lynchets south of the village, presumed to be medieval but with a layout influenced by underlying `Celtic' fields
The Worth Matravers strip fields in the eighteenth century
David A Hinton
Helen Trapp
139 - 152
strip fields shown on an estate map of 1772 correlate closely with surviving lynchets, indicating that although enclosure seems to have taken place in the 1790s, an open system may not have been operating fully before then
