Thematic Books

50 years of archaeological research in Wessex

Edited by Rowan Whimster

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.

Defining, accessing and managing the resource

edited by J Satchell & P Palma

Recent decades have witnessed an expansion of archaeological activity under water and in the coastal zone. There has also been a realisation of the threats to this material from human and natural action.

Deserted rural settlements in Wales

edited by Kathryn Roberts

Much of the upland and marginal landscapes of Wales are characterised by an abundance of abandoned houses and farmsteads. These remains are the tangible evidence that for many hundreds of years successive communities occupied and exploited rural areas that are now largely depopulated.

Romano-British small town to late medieval city

by Hal Dalwood and Rachel Edwards

The Deansway excavation lay in the centre of Worcester, where four large areas were excavated in 1988–89. Deeply stratified deposits revealed extensive evidence for the development of the settlement from a Romano-British small town to a late medieval city.

Frameworks for archaeological research

by Dominic Perring

This research report describes how archaeology can contribute to the study of the relationship between town and country, as well as setting out a series of recommendations for future research.

The restoration of the Great Hall

edited by Richard Fawcett

Stirling Castle is one of the most important royal and military structures in Scotland. This book traces the eventful history of the Great Hall from its original construction to the withdrawal of the army in the 1960s and its subsequent restoration.

The Evolution of a Wetland Landscape

by Stephen Rippon

The Gwent Levels Historic Landscape Study has examined c111 km² of reclaimed coastal alluvium on the northern side of the Severn Estuary in south west Britain, and the story of its creation is unfolded in this report.

A Handbook

by Mélanie Steiner

This handbook is primarily designed to raise standards and is intended for students and for those working in archaeological illustration. It is a showpiece of some fine illustrators, working in quite different ways.

Deciphering the countryside

by Stephen Rippon

The British landscape is remarkably varied in its character. To a considerable extent this results from the different ways that successive generations of human communities have created regionally distinctive patterns of agriculture and industry.

Investigating places of worship (Revised edition)

by David Parsons

This handbook is a ‘must have’ for church visitors and students who like to reach their own conclusions about the history and development of a church building.

A Handbook

by Virginia Dellino-Musgrave

The Handbook aims to give easy access to a range of information about the marine historic environment. It provides a useful guide for all those involved in the marine environment, from commercial exploration companies and local authorities to the recreational diver. In recent years there has been increased awareness of both the potential and the fragility of the marine and maritime zones.

part of the ‘Craft, Industry and Everyday Life’ series

by Quita Mould, Ian Carlisle and Esther Cameron

This volume presents the surviving evidence for the manufacture and use of leather artefacts at York during the Anglo-Scandinavian and medieval periods.