Dense pasts

Settlement archaeology after Fox's The archaeology of the Cambridge region (1923)

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ID3536280
AuthorsC Evans (0000-0001-9203-1354), Chris Evans (0000-0002-4197-4202, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Christopher Evans (0009-0000-5778-6858), Oscar Aldred (0000-0001-5207-7905, University of Cambridge), Anwen Cooper (0000-0001-7349-3203, Oxford Archaeology)
Year2023
Volume97
Issue395
Pages1193-1211
Publication date2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2023.99
OpenAlexW4385809233
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Cyril Fox's publication The archaeology of the Cambridge region (1923) is celebrated as a milestone in the development of landscape archaeology. Its centenary invites reflection on Fox's approach to landscape and on the development of knowledge about the archaeology of the Cambridge region over the intervening years. Here, the authors compare the evidence available to Fox with the results of three decades of development-led archaeology. The latter have revealed very high numbers of sites, with dense 'packing' of settlements in all areas of the landscape; the transformation in knowledge of clayland areas is particularly striking. These high-density pasts have far-reaching implications for the understanding of later prehistoric and Roman-period land-use and social relations

Archaeology · Art · Geography · Human settlement · Landscape archaeology · Landscape design · Milestone · Period (music) · Prehistory · Settlement (finance) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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