Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlement along the Empingham to Hannington pipeline in Northamptonshire and Rutland / / Simon Carlyle, Jason Clarke and Andy Chapman.

Reports on excavations by Northamtonshire Archaeology (now MOLA) in the south-east Midlands region; Nineteen sites were investigated, dating primarily to the Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods.

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Superior document:Archaeopress archaeology
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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Archaeopress archaeology.
Physical Description:1 online resource (148 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
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Other title:Introduction --
Background --
Topography and geology --
Excavation strategy --
Structure of the report --
Archive --
Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (c.4000-1450BC) --
Neolithic and early Bronze Age activity --
Worked flint --
Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (c.1450-400BC) --
A late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignment near Seaton --
Middle Bronze Age to early Iron Age activity at Glaston --
Middle to Late Iron Age (400 BC -- 43 AD) --
Middle to late Iron Age settlement near Seaton --
Possible ditches 75 and 84 --
Gully 51 --
Gullies 14, 18 and 37 --
Pit group (pits 47, 54, 72, 82 and 88) --
Pits 40, 49, 62, 66 and 69 --
Pits 77 and 80 --
Pits 5, 7, 25 and 30 --
Iron Age ditches and a cremation burial near Thorpe by Water --
Middle to late Iron Age settlement near Caldecott --
Ditches 73 and 38 --
Features to the south of ditch 73 --
Pit 44 and posthole 63 --
Pits and postholes to the north of ditch 73 --
Ditches to the north of ditch 73 --
Cobbled surface, 78 --
Middle to late Iron Age settlement at Swinawe Barn, Corby --
The enclosure (ditches 22, 46 and 92) --
The roundhouses --
Other features --
Late Iron Age ditches near Thorpe Malsor --
Ditch 18 --
Ditch 52 --
Middle to late Iron Age settlement at Willows Nursery --
The enclosure ditches, 15 and 39 --
Other linear ditches --
Finds and environment evidence from the Iron Age settlements --
The Iron Age pottery --
Seaton --
Caldecott --
Swinawe Barn, Corby --
Fabrics --
Forms and decoration --
Pottery distribution --
The assemblage from Roundhouse B --
Chronology --
Illustrated Iron Age pottery from Swinawe Barn (Fig 4.20) --
Thorpe Malsor --
Willows Nursery --
Fired clay --
Swinawe Barn --
Faunal and environmental remains from the Iron Age settlements --
Human bone --
The animal bone --
Methodology --
Carcass representation and butchery --
Species representation and diet --
Animal husbandry --
Discussion --
Charred plant remains --
Radiocarbon dating --
Roman Settlement (AD43 -- AD450) --
Late Roman settlement at Glaston --
Roman settlement --
Ditch 34 --
Roman activity near Seaton --
A Roman enclosure and cremation burials near Gretton --
The Roman enclosure --
Roman cremation burials --
A Roman pit at Swinawe Barn, Corby --
Roman enclosures at Rushton --
The enclosure: ditches 12 and 21 --
The droveway: gullies 5 and 7 --
Gullies 9 and 17 --
A Roman ditch system at Violet Lane --
Roman settlement near Thorpe Malsor --
Earlier features, ditches 61, 63 and 128 and pit 67 --
The major ditch systems --
Pebbled surface 131 --
The pit group --
Other pits/postholes 74, 105 and 121 --
Roman settlement at White Hill Lodge --
A ditched enclosure system --
Droveway: ditches 35 and 41 --
Roman settlement near Great Cransley --
Ditch 25 --
Enclosure 1 --
Enclosure 2: ditches 13 and 17 --
Enclosure 3: ditch 11 --
The trackway: ditches 40 and 31/36 --
Enclosure 4: ditch 44 --
Colluvium 58 --
Finds from the Roman settlement --
Roman pottery --
The Roman pottery from Thorpe Malsor (Figs 5.21-5.22) --
Selected assemblages --
Ditch 39 (part of ditch system with ditches 12 and 94, see below) --
Ditch 94 (part of ditch system with ditches 12, see above, and 39) --
Ditch 112 (part of ditch system with ditches 72, 139, 117 and 145) --
Ditch 117 (part of ditch system with ditches 72, 112, 139 and 145) --
Ditch 139 (part of ditch system with ditches 72, 112, 117 and 145) --
Ditch 145 (part of ditch system with ditches 72, 112, 139 and 117) --
Ditch 150 (north end of site, aligned west-east) --
Pit 4 --
Illustrated vessels (Figs 5.21 and 5.22) --
Cross-feature joins --
Samian ware --
The Roman pottery from Great Cransley (Fig 5.23) --
Selected Assemblages --
Ditch 11, Enclosure 3, southern arm (same as ditch 23) --
Ditch 17 (Enclosure 2, southern arm) --
Ditch 23 (Enclosure 3, southern arm, same as ditch 7) --
Ditch 52 (late boundary, cutting trackway ditches, eastern side) --
Pit 29, Enclosure 2 --
Illustrated vessels (Fig 5.23) --
Other sites --
Roman fired clay and ceramic building material --
Gretton Road --
Rushton --
White Hill Lodge --
Great Cransley --
Roman querns --
Other Roman finds --
Glaston --
Coins --
Copper alloy objects --
Copper casting debris --
Iron --
Lead --
Worked bone --
Glass --
Faunal and environmental remains from the Roman settlements --
Cremation burials from Gretton Road --
Infant burial from Thorpe Malsor --
The burial of infants during the Roman period in Britain --
Animal bone --
Conclusions --
Anglo-Saxon burial and settlement (AD450-650) --
An Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery at Glaston --
Anglo-Saxon activity at Rushton --
Finds from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery and other sites --
Anglo-Saxon pottery --
Fabric --
Chronology and decorative symbolism --
The undecorated urns and other vessels --
Burial B4 (SF3) --
Burial B5 (SF4) --
Burial B6 (SF7) --
Burial B8 (SF6) --
Burial B12 (SF11) --
Burial B14 (SF16) --
Burial B18 --
Burial B20 (SF13) --
Pit 40 --
Pit 48 (SF 17) --
Topsoil (1) --
Field 15:07 (5), SFB --
Pit 30 --
Pit 32 --
Catalogue of illustrated Anglo-Saxon pottery --
The decorated urns --
Burial B7 (SF5) (Figs 6.11, 2 & 6.13) --
Burial B9 (SF8) (Fig 6.12, 10) --
Burial B11 (SF10) (Fig 6.12, 7-9 & 6.14 a, b & c) --
Burial B16 (SF 15) (Figs 6.2; 6.11, 1; 6.15 & 6.16) --
Other Anglo-Saxon pottery --
Subsoil (2) --
Ditch 10 (Fig 6.9, 6) --
Anglo-Saxon pottery from a watching brief, Field 15:07/4 --
Other Anglo-Saxon finds --
Burial B6 (adult, sex unknown) --
Burial B7 (juvenile, 4-5 years, sex unknown) --
Burial B9 (juvenile, greater than 10 years old, sex unknown) --
Burial B11 (adult and juvenile, sex unknown) --
Burial B12 (adult, 15-18 years, sex unknown) --
Burial B13 (adult, sex unknown) --
Burial B14 (adult, sex unknown) --
Burial B16 (adult, probably female) --
The beads --
Human bone from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery --
Fragmentation, completeness and elemental representation --
Pyre conditions --
Demography --
Sex --
Pathology --
Medieval and post-medieval field systems --
A field boundary wall and furrows at Normanton Road --
A boundary ditch and furrows at Seaton --
A ditch and furrows near Thorpe by Water --
A stone drain and furrows at Caldecott --
Boundary ditches and furrows at Swinawe Barn, Corby --
Furrows at other sites --
Finds of medieval and post-medieval date --
Medieval and post-medieval finds --
Cransley --
Post-medieval floor tiles --
Project objectives --
The late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignment near Seaton --
The Iron Age landscape --
The Roman rural landscape --
The early Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery at Glaston --
Bibliography.
Summary:Reports on excavations by Northamtonshire Archaeology (now MOLA) in the south-east Midlands region; Nineteen sites were investigated, dating primarily to the Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods.
ISBN:1784915351
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Simon Carlyle, Jason Clarke and Andy Chapman.