Unique, Traditional and Charming’. The Shapwick Project, Somerset
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8882067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Aston (corresponding author), Christopher Gerrard (0000-0002-7001-1800) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Pages | 1-58 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003581500044474 |
| OpenAlex | W1973950508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 16 |
The Shapwick Project, Somerset, began in 1989 as a ten-year, multidisciplinary landscape investigation focused upon the evolution of early and late medieval settlement patterns. This interim paper reviews the work carried out to 1996 and summarizes the results of archaeological fieldwork, standing building recording and documentary study. It is argued that the site of the present village and the medieval field system were planned in the late Saxon period and replaced a scatter of dispersed farmsteads, many of which show continuity from the prehistoric and Roman periods. The role of the medieval and post-medieval landscape is emphasized in reflecting and reinforcing social structure
Archaeology · Art · Civil engineering · Geography · Interim · Landscape archaeology · Landscape design · Multidisciplinary approach · Period (music · Prehistory · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Engineering · Historical Architecture and Urbanism · History · Landscape and Cultural Studies
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An Ecological Context for the Post-Roman Archaeology of the Somerset Moors (South West England, UK)
Soil geochemistry and detection of early Roman precious metal and copper alloy working at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK)
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Early Co-axial Field Systems on the East Anglian Boulder Clays
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Anglo-Saxon Landscapes of the West Midlands
The potential for heavy metal soil analysis on low status archaeological sites at Shapwick, Somerset
The Mills of Medieval England
Identifying and protecting historic landscapes
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2014 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |