Ebook: The Roman to Medieval Transition in the Region of South Cadbury Castle, Somerset
Author: John Edward Davey
- Series: BAR British Archaeological Reports British Series 399
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
- Language: English
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This work is an examination of the transitional period spanning the end of Roman Britain and the beginning of the medieval period, in a small region centred on South Cadbury Castle, Somerset, England. It aims to set this well-known post-Roman settlement in its proper landscape and regional context through a landscape archaeological survey of the, previously poorly studied, hinterlands. Through this method the study moves towards a better understanding of the socio-economic processes effecting social and political change from the 3rd to 10th centuries AD. A multi-disciplinary approach is employed involving cartographic and documentary evidence; extensive geophysical survey and sample excavation revealed a remarkable continuity of land division in the rural landscape from the late prehistoric period to the modern day.