| Title: |
The New Antiquarians: |
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50 years of archaeological innovation in Wessex |
| Series: |
Council for British Archaeology Research Reports
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| Volume: |
166
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| Number of Pages: |
256 |
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Monograph (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
For many people, Wessex means Stonehenge, Avebury and the other iconic monuments of prehistory. In reality its chalkland landscapes have played host to a far longer and richer sequence of communities '“ from Palaeolithic hunters to Iron Age farmers and Roman citizens; from Anglo-Saxon settlers and medieval merchants to the navvies who built the Kennet & Avon Canal and the Australian soldiers who trained for the trenches of the First World War. In 2008, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Council for British Archaeology's Wessex group, archaeologists gathered in Southampton to review what we have learnt from the huge amount of research carried out in the region during the past 50 years and to identify the challenges for the next half-century. The conference was also a chance for those involved to tell the exciting story of discovery from their own, personal angle. The contributors to this volume include many of the UK's most influential archaeologists of the later 20th century, making this book an overview not only of the history of Wessex, but of the development of archaeological thinking and techniques during this period. Interspersed amongst these papers are profiles of the region's most influential sites and the memories of some of its leading characters. |
| Editor: |
Rowan Whimster
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| Publisher: |
Council for British Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2011
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| ISBN: |
9781902771854 |
| Locations: |
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Hampshire |
| County: |
Wiltshire |
| County: |
Dorset |
| Place: |
Isle of Wight |
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Wessex |
| Country: |
England |
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Avebury |
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Kennet & Avon Canal |
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Southampton |
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| settlers (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Anglo-Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| farmers (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Palaeolithic hunters to Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Created Date: |
14 Sep 2020 |
