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Sutton Common
Robert Van de Noort
Henry Chapman
John Collis
其他書名
The Excavation of an Iron Age 'marsh-fort'
出版
Council for British Archaeology
, 2007
主題
History / Ancient / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN
1902771702
9781902771700
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=weuAAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Sutton Common in South Yorkshire is one of the best-known Iron Age multivallate sites in lowland Britain. This volume describes the results of the large-scale excavations undertaken there between 1998 and 2003, which have provided unparalleled insights into the function and meaning of this 4th-century BC 'marsh-fort'. Sutton Common is described as a place where the social identity of the local community was reinforced through the construction of the physical representation of the idea of community, using a bank-and-ditch arrangement that resembles the defences used elsewhere, particularly at hillforts. No houses were found within the enclosure, but some 150 four-post structures were excavated, many containing deposits of charred grain in one or two of their postholes. This well-dated site makes significant contributions to the debates on prehistoric enclosure, cosmology, food storage, and mortuary practices in prehistoric Britain and Europe.